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name = Bob Enyart
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Cheryl Mayns
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Bob Enyart is an American radio talk show host, author, and pastor of Denver Bible Church. He best known for buying nearly $16,000 worth of O.J. Simpson memorabilia at an auction benefiting the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Enyart then led a group which set fire to the items on the steps of a Los Angeles courthouse in protest of Simpson's inclusion in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. [cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67474539.html|title=DENVER BUYER BURNS O.J. MEMORABILIA TV HOST ENYART SPENDS $16,000, THEN TORCHES ITEMS AT L.A. COURTHOUSE|last= Brennan|first=Charlie|date= February 18, 1999 |work= Rocky Mountain News|accessdate=2008-09-21] [cite news|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/39092787.html?dids=39092787:39092787&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Feb+18%2C+1999&author=SEEMA+MEHTA&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=SOUTHERN+CALIFORNIA+%2F+A+news+summary%3B+The+Local+Review+%2F+DEVELOPMENTS+IN+LOS+ANGELES+COUNTY%3B+Group+Burns+Simpson+Memorabilia+Outside+Court&pqatl=google|title=Group Burns Simpson Memorabilia Outside Court|date=Feb 18, 1999|work=Los Angeles Times|pages=B4|accessdate=2008-09-21]
Enyart is also known for his views on homosexuality and abortion saying that they are acts which should be punishable by death.[cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF445742E13CC6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=The World of Bob Enyart Outspoken TV broadcaster steers a hard right|last=Briggs |first=Bill |date=May 17, 1995|work=Denver Post|accessdate=2008-09-21] Enyart pickets the homes of doctors performing abortions resulting in one Colorado town banning such protests in residential areas. [cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF457CCDDD92A2&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=County limits demonstrations Abortion protests at doctor's home lead to ordinance|date=June 28, 2000|work=Denver Post|pages=A-01 |accessdate=2008-09-21] Enyart also angered families of AIDS vicims when he read the men's obitiaries on his television show calling the deceased "sodomite"s. [cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=CSGB&d_place=CSGB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F34B9FE1D3C6BAB&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Host must stop reading gays' obituaries on TV Friends of AIDS victim angered|date=January 14, 1995 |work=The Gazette|accessdate=2008-09-21] Enyart has also led residential protests against executives of a company which provided construction services for Planned Parenthood offices leading to similar neighbor complaints. [cite news|url=http://cbs4denver.com/local/colorado.construction.protests.2.676185.html|title=Neighbors Of Company Back Limits On Protests|last=Slevin|first=Colleen |work=Associated Press|accessdate=2008-09-21] Most recently Enyart has criticised presidential candidates who do not share his view on abortion. [cite news|url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11118128|title=Romney's Abortion Stance: Flip-Flop or Full Circle?|last=Beaubien|first=Jason |date=June 15, 2007|work=All Things Considered|publisher=NPR|accessdate=2008-09-21] ]Enyart is a proponent of corporal punishment of children saying that their "hearts are lifted" by spanking.[ He was sentenced with 60 days in jail for misdemeanor child abuse in 1994. Enyart hit his then girlfriend's 7 year old son with a belt hard enough to break the skin. [cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67481687.html|title=TV HOST BEGINS JAIL SENTENCE BOB ENYART GIVEN 60 DAYS FOR HITTING BOY WITH BELT|last=Gerhardt|first=Gary |date=April 10, 1999|work=Rocky Mountain News|accessdate=2008-09-21] Upon release from jail, Enyart's parole officer filed an objection with the court to Enyart's appearing on the Politically Incorrect television show but a judge disagreed allowing the appearance. [cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67485131.html|title=JUDGE AFFIRMS ENYART'S RIGHT TO DISCUSS ABUSE CONVICTION ON TV|last=Lindsay|first=Sue |date=June 17, 1999|accessdate=2008-09-21] ]A series of late night phone calls by Enyart to the general manager of the Kenosha, Wisconsin station which carried his program but publicly disagreed with Enyart's views prompted Senator Russ Feingold to call for an FCC investigation to see if any laws had been broken by the talk show host. [cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MWSB&p_theme=mwsb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB828A476D9C8A3&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title= `Right-wing' TV host will stop late-night calls to foes in Kenosha|date=December 23, 1994|publisher=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|accessdate=2008-09-21]
References
External links
* [http://www.denverbiblechurch.org Denver Bible Church]
*Imdb|1065172
*TV.com person|366189
