When are Christians going to stop being persecuted in this country? If you are a rich white male Christian in this country you might as well just hang it up. The cards are stacked against you.
“I’m just another one of the prophets that went to jail for the Gospel,” Alamo called to reporters afterward as he was escorted to a waiting U.S. marshal’s vehicle.”
Well…that and taking girls as young as 9 across state lines for sex. (Who knew that was illegal in Arkansas?)
The five women, now age 17 to 33, told jurors that Alamo “married” them in private ceremonies while they were minors, sometimes giving them wedding rings. Each detailed trips beyond Arkansas’ borders for Alamo’s sexual gratification.
While the dollar value of the rings was probably lost on his 8 year old brides, “Papa Tony” could afford some nice wedding rings.
He had built his multistate ministry on the backs of followers who worked in various businesses to support the church. In the 1980s, he designed and sold elaborately decorated denim jackets, hobnobbed with celebrities and owned a compound in western Arkansas that featured a heart-shaped swimming pool.