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Either because he's terrified of going to prison, or because he expects to be arrested and then light up a fire under his base, Bolsonaro is calling for people to manifest on Feb 25th. The cherry on top? The parafernalia they'll use to speak to the people is going to be paid for by one of our most infamous megachurch leaders. Always, always the evangelicals looking to help the alt-right.
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Bolsonaro's evangelical ally pits Armed Forces against the courts
The anti-democratic messages from the Brazilian far-right keep coming thick and fast. On Thursday, evangelical preacher Silas Malafaia — one of the most influential televangelists in Brazil — said the Supreme Court must endorse President Jair Bolsonaro’s recent pardon of convicted lawmaker Daniel Silveira. “Or else [Mr.] Bolsonaro will summon the Armed Forces.”
Mr. Malafaia brought up “Article 142” of the Constitution, which the far-right claims gives the president the power to call a military intervention. Except it doesn’t, as The Brazilian Report explained back in 2020, when this misguided idea began making its way into mainstream politics.
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So, in Brazilian LGBT+ rights news, Thammy Miranda, trans man and father to a 6 month old child, has been a target of a slew of transphobic attacks in social media after cosmetics company Natura featured him in an advertising piece for Fathers’ Day. Natura was also target of LGBT+phobia-driven calls for boycotts, by figures such as Evangelical pastor Silas Malafaia and congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro, who’s also president of son Jair Bolsonaro. They said it was absurd that a “woman” (their word) became cover boy for Fathers’ Day. "I was seeing that more than five million children in Brazil do not have their father's name on their birth certificate. It just proves that I am the father that is Brazil has been lacking.", Thammy spoke in response. "The best memories that my son will have of me, without a doubt, will be of the good things that we live together, whether playing, being friends, educating ..."
So, in Brazilian fake news news, Evangelical pastor Silas Malafaia has been sentenced to pay a R$ 15,000 (~US$ 2,770) indemnification to left-wing federal deputy Marcelo Freixo for having falsely accused him, in the 2016 elections, of defending incest, pedophilia, and bestiality and wanting to show them as common things to children as young as 6 years old in schools.
Brazilian church wins court battle to remain open despite coronavirus
Pastor said church would remain open as Bolsonaro dismissed virus as media ‘fantasy’, while Brazil has 654 confirmed cases
A major evangelical church in Brazil has won a court battle to remain open despite warnings that large gatherings will help spread the coronavirus.
The ruling came days after a prominent bishop from another evangelical church told followers not to worry about the pandemic because the devil was trying to create fear.
Religious leaders around the world have closed places of worship to help slow the spread of the virus, but many evangelical and Catholic churches remain open in Brazil, where seven people have died from Covid-19 and there are 654 confirmed cases.
Even before Thursday’s court ruling, Pastor Silas Malafia, head of the Assembly of God Victory in Christ church – and a vociferous ally of the far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro – said his church would stay open.
Bolsonaro, who recently dismissed coronavirus as a media “fantasy”, has provoked widespread condemnation by defying medical advice and making public appearances with crowds of supporters.
In an Instagram video, gospel singer Ana Paula Valadão attacked churches for staying open and suggested they wanted to keep receiving donations from the faithful.
More than 1,500 people attended a service at Malafia’s huge church in Rio de Janeiro, on Thursday said Alexandre Camargo, a pastor at the church. “It is a spiritual hospital for us,” he said. The church is not filled to capacity, hand sanitizer is provided and worshippers stay more than one metre apart, he said.
Brazil’s biggest evangelical church, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, is also still holding services, (and providing soap and water and hand sanitizer, telling people to keep their distance and avoiding prayers involving physical contact).
Its leader, Bishop Edir Macedo, told followers not to worry about coronavirus in a WhatsApp video. “There is an economic interest behind this whole coronavirus campaign,” he said, claiming a campaign of fear had been created by the devil.
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Brazilian Pews Become Trenches in Fight Against Quarantine
As he does every Sunday, Brazilian pastor Silas Malafaia took the stage of his Pentecostal church in a middle-class Rio de Janeiro neighborhood. But this week, he wore a T-shirt instead of a blazer, and behind the three cameras broadcasting to his legion of YouTube followers were thousands of empty seats.
Brazil’s churches have landed on the front lines of a battle between state governors, who have introduced quarantine measures designed to contain spread of the new coronavirus, and President Jair Bolsonaro, who is actively undermining them and says a broad lockdown will destroy Brazil’s economy.
Brazil’s politically powerful evangelical Christians helped bring the far-right president to power in the 2018 election, and Bolsonaro is letting them know they aren’t forgotten, political analysts said. The most influential pastors are backing the president’s defiant coronavirus stance while grudgingly respecting governors’ orders by canceling services or moving them online. There are signs some churches are disobeying.
“I’m asking which is worse: coronavirus or social chaos?” Malafaia, one of Brazil’s most prominent pastors who leads the Assembly of God Victory in Christ Church, said. “I can guarantee you that social convulsion is worse.”
It mirrors the argument of Bolsonaro, who has urged governors to abandon lockdown and likened COVID-19 to a “little flu” that mainly threatens the elderly and those with preexisting health problems. Brazil reported 4,579 confirmed cases and 159 deaths as of Monday afternoon.
Some religious organizations, such as the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops, have welcomed measures in Rio and Sao Paulo, where all nonessential businesses shut down. The bishops’ leader, Pope Francis, warned in a letter, parts of which were published Monday, of “viral genocide” if countries prioritize economies over people.
By contrast, Malafaia and other evangelical Protestant leaders across Brazil have voiced outrage at governors’ decisions, warning they would only cooperate under court order.
On social media, some pastors downplayed health risks posed by COVID-19, claiming that you can’t catch the virus inside a house of God — but can become infected at home if you fail to attend services.
On Thursday, Bolsonaro passed a decree that added religious activities to the list of “essential services,” meaning that houses of worship could remain open even though citizens are asked to stay home. The decree was overruled by a federal court the following day. Sunday, on the streets, he again defended people getting back to work.
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