Jim Bakker Claims The Religious Right To Sell Fraudulent Cure To The Coronavirus

We have been discussing most recent case against televangelist Jim Bakker.  Bakker was mentioned in my recent column on why some religious claims raised in the pandemic are dubious.   Now, Bakker is making sweeping claims that he has a religious right to sell a fraudulent cure for the coronavirus.  His new lawyer, former Gov. Jay Nixon, is arguing that the free exercise clause gives Bakker the right to sell (for profit) a cure that could discourage the stricken from getting medical treatment or taking real precautions.

Republican Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt sued Bakker and Morningside Church Productions Inc. to enjoin Bakker to stop selling Silver Solution as a treatment for the coronavirus on his streaming TV program.  Nixon has declared “Jim Bakker is being unfairly targeted by those who want to crush his ministry and force his Christian television program off the air. The video recording of The Jim Bakker Show clearly shows the allegations are false. Bakker did not claim or state that Silver Solution was a cure for COVID-19.”