The Christian right-wing has sunk to a new low. I’ve noted before that these groups aren’t above lying or pimping  child rape victims in their never-ending quest to line their pockets. At one time, I thought that Ruth Jacobs was the lowest in a cesspool of nutty BS, but Eugene Delgaudio has surpassed Jacobs in the race to the moral bottom.

Meet Eugene Delgaudio. One can get a taste for the precise nature of Delgaudio’s hubris by merely noting the pretentious name he gave his organization: Public Advocate of the United States. Yes, Delgaudio is actually pompous enough to crown himself the public advocate of the entire United States of America and, with a straight face, ask you for money.

Delgaudio regularly sends me emails begging for cash. One of his most resent e-begs caught my eye:

Delgaudio used the above video in an effort to support the lame notion that homosexuals are invading and taking over public schools. His e-beg focuses the fear his propaganda generates right into his slimy pocketbook. While this alone is repugnant, I’ve not yet exposed just how low this guy is willing to go to get you to put your hard-earned cash into his hand.

The video Delgaudio used seemed a little fishy to me:

Since I wasn’t aware that the federal government had begun endorsing faith-based curriculum in public schools, it seemed a bit dubious to me that the above “Quaker Friends School” was, as Delgaudio insinuated, a public school. So, I did a little fact-checking:

After calling the school’s administration I discovered that the Friends School is not, in fact, a public school. It is, in fact, a private faith-based school. Can you imagine my shock when I discovered the pious Delgaudio had apparently misrepresented the truth in an effort to get you to put your cash into his pocket?

I then I emailed the school to let them know that an apparent snake-oil salesman was using their faith community to line his own pocketbook. Here’s their response:

Now the plot thickens. Not only did Delgaudio misrepresent the truth when he used the copyrighted content in an effort to line his own pockets, it appears that the video was being used in violation of US copyright laws. So… I contact the copyright holder and this was their response:

My ears perked up when I read the statement that the right wing had unlawfully used their film in propaganda before. I thought to myself, “Self, could it be that the right wing commonly uses this GroundSpark documentary to scare people out of their cash?” and found myself answering, “Does the Pope wear Pradas under his mystical muumuu?”

A quick look at the video stats revealed that hate groups do, in fact, seem to like using this video. After taking some aspirin to deal with the headache I gave myself from repeated facepalms, I decided to turn my attention to the YouTube channel that’s enabling hate groups to line their pockets through fearmongering:

After taking another aspirin, I decided to dig a bit deeper. Meet the owner of this YouTube Chanel, one Mr. Wenceslao Gonzalez:

If Delgaudio is the dealer, Mr. Gonzalez is the pusher. It is Mr. Gonzalez who pushed the propaganda which Delgaudio eagerly used in his crusade to scare you out of your cash.

Now comes the ironic twist to this story of greed, lies and law breaking… It turns out that Mr. Gonzalez was investigated by child services for child abuse:

Apparently Mr. Gonzalez attempted to obtain a lawyer to defend him from CPS, but the lawyer declined:

I called Delgaudio to inform him of his connection to an alleged child abuser, but sadly, Delgaudio didn’t return my call. I guess he’s too busy raking in the bucks. Meanwhile, it seems that GroundSpark DMCA’d Mr. Gonzalez and the video in question has been forcibly taken down by YouTube: