Crash Course: Another Christian influencer arrested for child abuse: Why conservatives keep falling for these cons

Ruby Franke was yet another Duggar knock-off, putting a shiny happy gloss on religious oppression [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRm3YPAP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvanB1NzU5a2hnZi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWN2M2dlcnV4eDNXA3NwY0IKZPnE_vpk-UR2CVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRm3YPAP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNmlnMmg3MzloNy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWN2M2dlcnV4eDMmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZPnE_vpk-UR2CVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Another Christian influencer arrested for child abuse: Why conservatives keep falling for these cons From Amanda Marcotte: Ruby Franke's is just the latest in a long line of stories that illustrate the gap between the image the Christian right likes to portray and the ugly reality just under the surface. 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