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Robert Enyart (January 10, 1959 – September 12, 2021) was an American conservative talk radio host and pastor of Denver Bible Church in Denver, Colorado. He was an outspoken anti-abortion advocate, theologian, and political commentator. Enyart opposed vaccinations and mask mandates for COVID-19. He died of COVID-19 on September 12, 2021.

Career

Born in Paterson and raised in Passaic County, New Jersey, Enyart worked in the computer industry and designed computer software for military helicopters. He served as a computer analyst for Microsoft. He served as a spokesman for the anti-abortion group American Right to Life.

In 2000, Enyart became pastor at Denver Bible Church, a Protestant Christian church in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.

Broadcasting

From 1991, Enyart hosted a daily talk show on the Denver-based Christian radio station KLTT, Bob Enyart Live. A television version was later broadcast on KWHD and affiliated religious broadcasting networks. Enyart was also a presenter on the evangelical television network Cornerstone Television.

Real Science Radio was a creationism radio show and podcast created by Enyart which aims "to debunk evolution and to show the evidence for the creator God". It was originally titled Real Science Friday and was renamed in 2013 after an intellectual property lawsuit was brought by NPR for the similarity to their show Science Friday.

Activism

Abortion

Enyart picketed the homes of doctors who performed abortions, causing one Colorado town to ban such protests in residential neighborhoods. He criticized presidential candidates who did not share his view on abortion.

AIDS

Enyart angered families of AIDS victims when he read a man's obituary on his television show, Bob Enyart Live, calling the deceased a sodomite. A regular feature of the show involved reading obituaries of AIDS sufferers while playing "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen, whose lead singer, Freddie Mercury, died in 1991 from complications from AIDS.

Corporal punishment

Enyart was a proponent of corporal punishment of children. He served a 60-day jail sentence after being convicted of child abuse for hitting a 7-year-old child with a belt so violently that he raised welts and broke the skin of the child.

He agreed to stop making late-night telephone calls to Kenosha, Wisconsin, residents who were upset with the content of his program on a Kenosha television station after Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) called for a Federal Communications Commission investigation to see if the talk show host had broken laws.

In June 2009, Enyart was sentenced to 11 days in jail after he refused to pay a fine upon his conviction of criminal trespassing at the Focus on the Family headquarters.

O. J. Simpson

In 1999, Enyart bought about $16,000 worth of O. J. Simpson memorabilia which he burned on the steps of the Los Angeles courthouse where Simpson was acquitted in protest of the verdict in the O. J. Simpson murder case.

COVID-19

Following a lawsuit brought by Enyart, a U.S. District Court judge ruled in October 2020 that, even amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado, the state could not impose mask-wearing mandates or limits on the size of gatherings at Denver Bible Church.

Enyart was unvaccinated against COVID-19 after supporting the debunked theory that vaccinations had been tested on aborted fetuses.

Death

An August 2021 update to his website announced that Enyart had developed COVID-19. Enyart died of COVID-19 in Denver on September 12, 2021.

References

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7. Starr, Jerold M. (2001). Air Wars: The Fight to Reclaim Public Broadcasting. Temple University Press. p. 142. ISBN 978-1-56639-913-5. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
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9. Melissa Steffan (February 5, 2013). "Creationist Pastor Loses to NPR over 'Science Friday' Radio Show – Colorado pastor aims to rebut evolution, but a 'trademark infringement and cybersquatting' lawsuit forced him to rename his program". Christianity Today.
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12. "Host must stop reading gays' obituaries on TV Friends of AIDS victim angered". The Gazette. January 14, 1995. Archived from the original on October 13, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2008.
13. Roberts, Michael. "COVID Hits Pastor/Podcaster Who Sued Over Masks in Church". Westword. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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15. 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 September 21, 2008.
16. 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 September 21, 2008.(subscription required)
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18. "Activists jailed over trespassing at Focus". Colorado Springs Gazette. June 10, 2009. Archived from the original on June 13, 2009. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
19. Mehta, Seema (February 18, 1999). "Group Burns Simpson Memorabilia Outside Court". Los Angeles Times. The California Times Publishing Company. pp. B4. Retrieved September 14, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
20. Tribune, Chicago (February 18, 1999). "BUYER SMASHES AND BURNS O.J. SIMPSON MEMORABILIA". chicagotribune.com. The Tribune Publishing Company. Retrieved September 14, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
21. Bradbury, Shelly (October 21, 2020). "Colorado's COVID-19 restrictions on churches violate Constitution, federal judge rules". The Denver Post. MediaNews Group. Retrieved September 14, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
22. Strauss, Valerie (December 8, 2020). "No, coronavirus vaccines aren't made from aborted fetuses or created to control the population — and more lessons about fake news". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 14, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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26. Pengelly, Martin (September 14, 2021). "Colorado radio host who urged boycott of vaccines dies of Covid-19". the Guardian. Retrieved September 14, 2021.

External links

• Denver Bible Church
• Bob Enyart Live
• Bob Enyart at IMDb

• 1959 births
• 2021 deaths
• American anti-abortion activists
• American anti-vaccination activists
• American Christian religious leaders
• American conservative talk radio hosts
• Ex-gay movement
• People from the Denver metropolitan area
• Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado
• COVID-19 conspiracy theorists
• American Christian creationists
• American television talk show hosts