Johnson’s Southern Baptist views have become the subject of much media coverage since he was elected last week. The Huffington Post reported that his wife, Kelly, operates Onward Christian Counseling Services, a counseling website outlining biblical positions on marriage.
The liberal publication included a copy of her company’s operating agreement, which includes a statement of faith.
The statement of faith includes beliefs about marriage and sexuality, namely that marriage amounts to a relationship between “one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture.” It also states that “any form of sexual immorality, such as adultery, fornication, homosexuality, or any attempt to change one’s sex, is sinful and offensive to God.”
On Monday, HuffPost reported that the website for Onward Christian Counseling had been taken offline following Friday’s report.
The site remains offline nearly a week later.
Other media attacks include the Daily Beast calling Johnson a Christo-fascist and Bill Maher comparing Johnson to the perpetrator behind a mass shooting in Maine last week who “heard voices.”
Appearing on Fox News, Johnson said, “If you truly believe in the Bible’s commands and you seek to follow those, it is impossible to be a hateful person because the greatest command in the Bible is that you love God with everything you have and you love your neighbor as yourself.”