Court requires bank to seize assets from Benny Hinn Ministries after failure to pay marketing company

 For the second time in five years, a court has ordered Benny Hinn Ministries to pay a marketing company for services rendered which the ministry had previously avoided paying. Hinn’s ministry now faces garnishment of assets.

In a case that received almost no attention, during summary judgment Judge John P. Chupp ruled against Benny Hinn’s World Healing Center Church (WHCC) in January, ordering the Grapevine, Texas-based organization to pay PrintMPro, Ltd, better known by the trade name PrintMailPro, “actual damages in the amount of $144,617.52 plus $64.93 per day from November 6, 2025 through date of this Judgment.”

Judge Chupp also required WHCC, which uses the trade name Benny Hinn Ministries, to pay PrintMailPro’s legal fees.

According to the lawsuit filed in September 2025, “PrintMailPro produced a substantial amount of printed materials and provided a substantial amount of mass mail marketing services for Defendant between January and May 2025.”

In February, PrintMailPro submitted an application to Tarrant County’s 141st Judicial District Court requesting a Writ of Garnishment to allow the company to collect the debt from the ministry’s bank, Frost Bank in San Antonio.

In March, PrintMailPro served San Antonio-based Frost Bank a Writ of Garnishment authorizing the bank to seize “$159,615.85, besides interest and costs of suit” to pay the plaintiff.

PrintMailPro also notified WHCC that assets would be seized to pay debts.

On April 9, Trinity Foundation emailed Attorney Paul Hyde, representing PrintMailPro, several questions, including, “Is this a common problem? In your career as an attorney, have you encountered other religious organizations that wouldn’t pay bills and debts had to be collected by garnishment?”

This article will be updated if a response is received. 

The court docket for the PrintMailPro case is viewable at txcourts.gov.

Court requires bank to seize assets from Benny Hinn Ministries | U.S.

SPLC indicted for defrauding donors, allegedly giving $3M to leaders of KKK, other extremist groups

 A grand jury has indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for allegedly giving $3 million to individuals tied to extremist groups it claims to oppose, including the Ku Klux Klan, as the far-left nonprofit condemns the allegations as the product of a “weaponized” federal government.

In a statement Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that a federal grand jury in Montgomery, Alabama, indicted SPLC on 11 counts, including wire fraud, making false statements to a federally insured bank and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

SPLC, a prominent nonprofit, identifies itself as “a beacon of hope, fighting white supremacy and various forms of injustice to help create a multiracial democracy where we can all live and thrive.”

The indictment alleges that “unbeknownst to donors, some of their donated money was being used to fund the leaders and organizers of racist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan, the Aryan Nation, and the National Alliance.”

The court document, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama on Tuesday, also states that “the SPLC’s paid informants (‘field sources’) engaged in the active promotion of racist groups at the same time the SPLC was denouncing the same groups on its website.”

The indictment outlines $3 million in payments made to informants, including $270,000 to an individual who was part of the “online leadership chat group that planned the 2017 ‘Unite the Right’ event in Charlottesville, Virginia, and attended the event at the direction of the SPLC.” The informant allegedly “made racist postings under the SPLC and helped coordinate transportation to the event for several attendees.”

Additional payments cited in the indictment include $1 million to an informant affiliated with the neo-Nazi organization National Alliance, more than $300,000 to an officer in the Aryan Nations-affiliated Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club, $140,000 to a former chairman of the National Alliance and $70,000 to a former leader of the National Socialist Party.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama Northern Division filed two forfeiture actions in hopes of recovering "alleged proceeds of the organization’s fraud scheme."

SPLC indicted, accused of giving $3M to extremist organizers | Politics

Supreme Court to decide if Christian schools can participate in pre-K funding program

 The U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide whether a pair of Catholic schools were wrongly excluded from a Colorado preschool program over their theological views on LGBT issues.

In an orders list released Monday, the Supreme Court granted certiorari, or agreed to hear an appeal, in the case of St. Mary Catholic Parish et al v. Lisa Roy et al., namely on when the government can exclude religious entities from public programs.

In August 2023, St. Mary Catholic Parish in Littleton and St. Bernadette Catholic Parish in Lakewood filed a complaint alleging that the state excluded them from participating in the Colorado Universal Preschool Program Act due to their religious beliefs.

The two parishes have a preference for admitting Catholic families to their programs and they require their staff to adhere to Catholic teaching, including on sexual ethics and gender identity.

In addition to the two churches, other plaintiffs included the Catholic Archdiocese of Denver and the parents of preschool-aged children. Named defendants included Lisa Roy, executive director of the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, and Dawn Odean, director of Colorado’s Universal Preschool Program.

The Colorado government program provides a minimum of 15 hours of free preschool each week for an eligible child and is funded by both private and public money.

At specific issue was the equal opportunity requirement of the Universal Preschool Program, which required participating preschools to “provide eligible children an equal opportunity to enroll and receive services regardless of race, ethnicity, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, lack of housing, income level, or disability, as such characteristics and circumstances apply to the child or the child’s family.”

In June 2024, a district court ruled against the plaintiffs, concluding in part that the requirement “does not exclude Plaintiffs from the UPK Program solely because of their religious status or exercise,” but rather “applies to UPK providers, regardless of their religious or non-religious character.”

Supreme Court to weigh in on challenge to Colorado pre-K program | Politics

Gay singer's viral video of surrogate baby crying 'mama' sparks controversy: 'Children deserve better'

 Traditional marriage advocates have condemned a gay country music star and his partner after they were seen laughing in a viral social media video as they tried to redirect their surrogate-born baby when he cried out for his “mama."

The video, posted last Monday by country music singer Shane McAnally, 51 and captioned "23 week old homophobic baby," shows him and his partner, Michael Baum, playing with a baby boy, Texson Ray McAnally Baum, born via surrogacy last October. 

Baum is seen asking the baby, “Who do you want, Dada or Pop?” The child begins to cry and appears to say, “Mama, mama.”

McAnally and Baum laugh, and Baum responds, “No, there is no mama.” Texson is not the only child the couple has had through surrogacy. They also have twins, Dylan and Dash, who were 12 at the time of Texson’s birth, according to People magazine.

Speaking from behind the camera, McAnally tells the child, “You have dada or pop — two choices.”

The video has attracted hundreds of thousands of likes and thousands of comments, many critical and others supportive.

Among the reactors is Katy Faust, founder and president of the advocacy group Them Before Us, which advocates for the rights of children to be raised by their biological mother and father. Faust, an Evangelical Christian, declared that same-sex marriage “destroys every facet of the natural family.” 

“What is the natural family? A man and a woman make a baby,” Faust wrote, arguing that a home should include a mother and a father.

“For gay marriage to be possible, it must reject procreation as the central feature of the family. Instead, it centers adult identity and validation. That requires the dismantling of every one of those natural features of the family,” she continued.

Faust contends that same-sex marriage intentionally “denies children their mother or father … or both.” She also cited other same-sex couples who have used surrogacy, including political commentator Dave Rubin.

In 2022, some Christians and conservatives raised concerns after Rubin announced that he and his partner had children through in vitro fertilization and surrogacy.

Critics argued that surrogacy raises ethical concerns because it involves a woman agreeing to carry and give birth to a child for another person or couple, separating the child from his or her biological mother.

According to Faust, factors such as biology, having both a mother and a father, and sibling relationships are no longer central in same-sex parenting.

Viral video of surrogate baby crying 'mama' sparks controversy | U.S.

Lebanon: From 'Switzerland of the Middle East' to Iran's Puppet

 Lebanon today bears little resemblance to the country it once was.

Before the 1975-1990 civil war, Lebanon was known as the "Switzerland of the Middle East." During the 1960s and 1970s, it enjoyed significant prosperity, strict banking secrecy laws, and a reputation as a safe, neutral financial hub for regional and international capital. Its banking sector was among the most sophisticated in the Arab world. It attracted foreign investment and established Beirut as one of the world's leading financial centers.

French journalist Julien Ricour-Brasseur wrote in Middle East Eye in 2021:

"Lebanese citizens unwilling to attempt the desperate crossing of the Mediterranean are flocking to public offices to obtain visas to any possible destination. They are looking to somewhere beyond the sea, where the glow of green is beckoning, the green light of hope - and the dollar....

"The story of Lebanon could open like this: Once upon a time, there was a nation known as the Switzerland of the Middle East. And frankly, the story ends there."

Lebanon was also distinguished by its sectarian diversity and religious pluralism, a place where multiple Muslim and Christian communities coexisted within a relatively open political system. Its geography, combining snow-capped mountains suitable for winter sports with a Mediterranean coastline, made it a major tourism destination. At its peak, Lebanon enjoyed one of the highest GDP per capita levels in the region and was regarded as a rare oasis of stability in a turbulent Middle East. This Lebanon, however, no longer exists.

Decades of civil war, corruption, and political paralysis have been a main driving force behind its decline. Yet Hezbollah's emergence as an armed state within the state, and its repeated wars with Israel on behalf of its patrons in Iran, are key factors that have contributed to Lebanon's collapse.

Lebanon: From 'Switzerland of the Middle East' to Iran's Puppet :: Gatestone Institute

State Lawmakers Nationwide Erect Firewalls Against Sharia Law

 A quiet surge is reshaping American courts in states such as Georgia and Missouri to prevent the encroach of Sharia law.

State legislators are advancing “American Laws for American Courts” (ALAC) and related measures. These laws attempt to keep the U.S. and state constitutions as the sole legal authorities. The message to Americans is clear: no foreign codes and no parallel tribunals. This effort addresses real risks in family law, contracts, child custody, arbitration, and other legal conflicts.

These laws are not instance of intolerance or fearmongering; Sharia principles have clashed with constitutional rights in our nation, and these laws will help prevent such clashes in the future.

The foundation for these laws was laid years ago. Since 2010, about a dozen states have enacted ALAC-style protections. These laws bar courts from enforcing foreign laws that violate American liberties.

State Lawmakers Nationwide Erect Firewalls Against Sharia Law | Frontpage Mag

With Viktor Orbán Gone, Will Hungary Embrace Free Markets Under Péter Magyar?

 National conservatism was dealt a blow this week when Hungarians ousted Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in the country's parliamentary elections on Sunday. The country turned out in record numbers to elect Péter Magyar, a former Orbán loyalist and the leader of the center-right Tisza party, who declared that "together, we liberated Hungary." With record turnout, preliminary election results put Magyar's Tisza party on course for 138 seats in the 199-seat parliament, with Orbán's nationalist Fidesz party on course for 55, and the far-right Our Homeland on course for six.

While Orbán's defeat has undoubtedly been met with dismay by his MAGA allies, much of Hungary has celebrated the news. "We are so happy that Orbán is finally gone!" said one Hungarian celebrating on Sunday night, as the crowd in the capital chanted "Russians go home!"

Given Orbán spent 16 years in office, this response is understandable. After being elected in 2010, one of the first things his party did was amend the constitution to give itself more power, despite making no promise of constitutional reform during the election. The new constitution, which was rushed through with no referendum or consultation with opposition parties, allowed the government to expand Hungary's Constitutional Court, appoint Orbán loyalists, and consolidate the regime's domestic power.

With Viktor Orbán gone, will Hungary embrace free markets under Péter Magyar?