Bachmann & Jan Markell Talking About the "The Criminalization of Christianity"

Complete audio HERE. Excerpts: Update by Eva: Bachmann denied knowing anything about Olive Tree Ministries when she interviewed with GR Anderson then at City Pages. And then there is her apparent relationship with Olive Tree Ministries, a Maple Grove-based outfit that believes we are living in end times. The two main issues the ministry is concerned with: gay marriage and Israel. "True Bible scholars have always said that 'Israel is God's timepiece for the end of the age,'" Olive Tree's website proclaims. "Many Bible translations of Psalm 102:16 read, 'When the Lord builds up Zion (Israel), He shall appear in His glory.'" The Olive Tree website has a testimonial from Bachmann, and claims that she attended one of the organization's conferences. And last spring, she appeared on a radio show hosted by one Jan Markell to discuss "what's in the news from a biblical perspective." (Bachmann claims to not know about Olive Tree. Nor does she recall doing the program with Markell, saying she grants interviews to several media outlets.) Markell is the founder of Olive Tree, what she calls a "Messianic" and "Jew for Jesus" ministry. On KKMS-AM (980) last March, Bachmann called the gay marriage issue a "ticking time bomb" that must be voted on by Minnesotans before "an activist judge could impose his morality on all Minnesotans."