Bob Enyart

Bob Enyart (/ˈɛnjɑːrt/) is an American talk radio host and pastor of Denver Bible Church.

In 1999, he bought nearly US$16,000 (equivalent to $24,556 in 2019) worth of O. J. Simpson memorabilia at an auction benefiting the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. He then led a group that set fire to the items on the steps of the Los Angeles courthouse where Simpson was acquitted in protest of the verdict in the O. J. Simpson murder case.[1][2]

Enyart has picketed the homes of doctors performing abortions, causing one Colorado town to ban such protests in residential neighborhoods.[3] Enyart also angered families of AIDS victims when he read the men's obituaries on his television show calling the deceased a sodomite.[4] Enyart has also led residential protests against executives of a company which provided construction services for Planned Parenthood offices leading to similar neighbor complaints.[5] Enyart has criticised presidential candidates who do not share his view on abortion.[6]

He is a proponent of corporal punishment of children saying that their "hearts are lifted" by spanking.[7] He was convicted of misdemeanor child abuse in 1994 after beating his girlfriend's child with a belt so hard that the beating broke the skin.[8][9]

A series of late night phone calls by Enyart to the general manager of the Kenosha, Wisconsin, station that carried his program but publicly disagreed with Enyart's views prompted Senator Russ Feingold to call for a Federal Communications Commission investigation to see if any laws had been broken by the talk show host.[10]

In June 2009, Enyart was convicted of criminal trespass following a protest at Focus on the Family.[11]

Enyart has been called a mid-Acts ultradispensationalist.[12] "Ultradispensationalism" is the point of view that the Church was founded later than on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2).[13]

References
  1. Brennan, Charlie (February 18, 1999). "Denver buyer burns O.J. memorabilia". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on 1999-05-03. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  2. Mehta, Seema (February 18, 1999). "Group Burns Simpson Memorabilia Outside Court". Los Angeles Times. pp. B4. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  3. "County limits demonstrations Abortion protests at doctor's home lead to ordinance". Denver Post. June 28, 2000. pp. A-01. Retrieved 2008-09-21.(subscription required)
  4. "Host must stop reading gays' obituaries on TV Friends of AIDS victim angered". The Gazette. January 14, 1995. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
  5. Slevin, Colleen. "Neighbors Of Company Back Limits On Protests". Associated Press. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
  6. Beaubien, Jason (June 15, 2007). "Romney's Abortion Stance: Flip-Flop or Full Circle?". All Things Considered. NPR. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
  7. Briggs, Bill (May 17, 1995). "The World of Bob Enyart Outspoken TV broadcaster steers a hard right". Denver Post. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
  8. Gerhardt, Gary (April 10, 1999). "TV HOST BEGINS JAIL SENTENCE BOB ENYART GIVEN 60 DAYS FOR HITTING BOY WITH BELT". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
  9. Lindsay, Sue (June 17, 1999). "JUDGE AFFIRMS ENYART'S RIGHT TO DISCUSS ABUSE CONVICTION ON TV". Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved 2008-09-21.(subscription required)
  10. Lisheron, Mark (December 23, 1994). "`Right-wing' TV host will stop late-night calls to foes in Kenosha". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
  11. "Activists jailed over trespassing at Focus". Colorado Springs Gazette. June 10, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-06-13. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  12. "The Plot".
  13. Ryrie, Charles: Dispensationalism Today.
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