Posted on 05/16/2014 9:22:00 AM PDT by ColdOne
First they lost their television show. Now the Benham brothers say they are losing their business.
SunTrust Banks is cutting ties with would-be reality stars David and Jason Benham after liberal activists attacked them for their conservative views on abortion and gay marriage, The Daily Caller has learned.
In a statement provided first to TheDC on Friday, the Benham brothers confirmed that SunTrust Banks has pulled all of its listed properties with the Benham brothers’ bank-owned property business, which includes several franchisees across four states.
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How dare they refuse to do business with someone because they aren’t gay!
equality??
SunTrust could have a backlash. It’s a southern bank.
I hope someone from the ACLJ is paying attention to this story. Jay Sekulow should eat SunTrust alive. This is akin to banks closing accounts of gun manufacturers. Blah.
The witch hunt continues ...
And the Left accuses US of “McCarthyism ...”
This vicious gang of fascists start the Brothers down the road to destruction and the Daily Caller has the gall to refer to them only as “liberal activists?”
SunTrust Statement
David and Jason Benham today confirm that SunTrust Bank® has pulled all of its listed properties with the Benham brothers and several franchisees across the US. This came without warning or explanation from SunTrust and took place over a 15 minute period on May 15, 2014. The Benhams, as well as several of their franchisees, have enjoyed a mutually productive working relationship with SunTrust for many years, even holding “preferred broker” status. SunTrust was contacted but declined to explain why they fired these brokers.
David Benham explained, “We were caught off-guard with this one. Keeping us off television wasn’t enough, now this agenda to silence wants us out of the marketplace.”
The Benham’s recognize SunTrust’s right to hire or fire any real estate broker they choose, but do not support the decision of SunTrust to fire independent franchisees that are associated with the brothers, many of which do not hold the same beliefs the brothers do.
David went on to say, “As Americans we find ourselves at a crossroads and are forced with a decision to either stand up or sit down. Evidently, SunTrust’s longstanding commitment to diversity must not include our historic Christian values. ”
Jason Benham added, “If our faith costs us our HGTV show and our business, then so be it.”
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Benham Real Estate is a full service real estate company that specializes in selling bank owned properties. The real estate division, Benham REO Group, has about 100 offices in 35 states across the US.
SunTrust, Member FDIC, is a federally registered service mark of SunTrust Banks, Inc.
Mark of the Beast
Worship Sodomy or Starve
I don’t care where they got pressured from!!!!!!!!! This stinks. It should be illegal!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wonder how long SunTrust would last once they are boycotted due to their “anti-Christian policies?”
Since they are a public company, seeing a big dip in their stock price would also light a fire under them.
lol
yep....or Jews not getting contracts/materials for business anymore, I wonder when that happened? /s
Rush just mentioned this. 12 million listeners. I wonder how many are Suntrust customers and pro-life and pro-traditional marriage?
We should start a campaign to send Sun Trust Chick-fil-a sandwiches.
I can’t imagine this story not getting traction. A LOT of traction.
I’ve banked with Suntrust for 15 years. Personal and business accounts. The local branch people are great but corporate is a bunch of schmucks.
I am moving to a smaller local bank.
Reading the story it seems obvious someone high up made this decision.
The evil Koch Brothers should establish a nation-wide financial institution for fellow evil Right Wingers.
“A week later they sent me back a form letter a week later telling me that I didn’t meet the qualifications for position. “
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More proof that we are living in a world gone mad.
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Exactly! We need to freeze each one of these as they come in. You can’t boycott everything, but while the story is up front and center you deal with it forcefully.
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