Dinesh D'Souza responds: 'I am not having an affair'

A recent article in World magazine gives the false impression that I, a married man, had an affair with a woman Denise Joseph at a Christian conference in Charlotte, N.C. The article alleges that I shared a hotel room with her and introduced her as my fiancé. Finally it states that I filed for divorce only on the day I was confronted about my conduct by intrepid reporter Warren Smith. Here are the facts:

1. My wife Dixie and I have been separated for two years. Dixie approached me and demanded this [a separation] before I came to King’s College to become its president in late August 2010. I informed the chairman of the college about this at the time. I also informed the reporter who wrote the World article, Warren Smith, but he deliberately left it out of his piece, even though it is entirely relevant to the context.

2. I met Denise three months ago. We are not and have not been having an affair. Nor did we share a hotel room in Charlotte. Smith did not even ask me about this. Instead, Smith apparently deployed conference organizer Alex McFarland to call and raise the issue with me.

I clearly told McFarland that Denise and I stayed in separate rooms. McFarland knew he didn’t have what he wanted, because he subsequently called me back and asked me again. I realized McFarland may be fronting for Smith, so I told him I didn’t have any further comment. I’m not sure whether McFarland is lying or Smith is lying, but one of them made up the quotation attributed to me that we stayed in the same room but “nothing happened.” This is pure libel.

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SirWilhelm

When you can't discredit the message, discredit the messenger, and that's what they're trying to do to D'Souza. And they will lie, if the truth won't do it.
- Chris
  
  D'Souza is asking for a divorce – breaking that God's holy union of yours that is "Bringing down society".
  - SirWilhelm
    
    Yes, and broken marriages, and single parents, are symptoms of how broken our society has become, to which I must admit, I have contributed to, with my own divorce. But, I have learned from my mistakes, and have not repeated that one, and I do my best, to help my children maintain their marriages.
  - Bar-Eliam
    
    This is not the only story that is coming out about D'Souza. Not only will their be great breaking news there will be some great exposes` on Rove and Hannity. They are not what you think they are.
- Bar-Eliam
  
  Pictures don't lie especially when taken by three different photographers in three different cities.
  They will be printed shortly in all the newsstand rags for all to see. Coming out in just a week and one half. Will be just like the others who ran the mega churches and got caught in drug and gay sex scandals. D'Souza is a scam artist. Did you hear him on his recent appearance on the Bill Maher program? He said he had brought up many comments about President Obama and not one of them were true. He stood there and admitted it.
  What a lying piece of dreck.
  - SirWilhelm
    
    Well, there's plenty of evidence, forensic evidence, that proves Obama is a fraud, in the case of his online birth certificate, his Selective Service registration card, and the Connecticut Social Service he has used for many years. And then there's all the personal information he has paid to seal away, the passport he used to go to Indonesia, when Indonesia was not allowing American citizens in, and all his college records. So, D'Souza doesn't really matter, in the long run. Obama is the real lying piece of dreck. His whole life is a fiction.
    - Robert30
      
      Just wondering how far your kind would go to make these statements as a word from the Prophet.
      Even your buddy D'Souza stood on the stage with Bill Maher and said he had lied in his book and media presentations about President Obama.
      By the way the president has not hidden anything as many of us have read his records online so he didn't try too hard to hide them.
      By the way the passport used to go to Indonesia was a family passport which also includes his sister. Don't travel much do you.
      - SirWilhelm
        
        What Prophet? D'Souza is not my buddy. And, what records? If you've read them online, why don't you link them? How do you know the passport was a family passport which included his sister? And how would that get him into Indonesia, if he was an American citizen? Do you know Indonesia doesn't recognize dual citizenship? If Obama was adopted by his mother's Indonesian second husband, it would explain why he was registered at an Indonesian school as a Muslim under the name Barry Soetoro, and why he could get an Indonesian passport to use to get into Pakistan. You don't have to travel, to know what matters, in Obama's situation.
      - danstewart
        
        You libs will say anything to protect your mesiah won't you. Wake up idiots, obama is destroying our country. I don't know if he is just dumb or more likely it is intentional. At any rate, our country is going down the tubes. Also, I don't believe you have read his records, except for the photo shopped ones he released.
  - Taquoshi
    
    Most respectfully, pictures only give one moment of something that happened in time. A photograph doesn't tell an entire story. And I am sure you know that photographs can be altered. Printing photographs in news stand rags at this point would be pointless as D'Souza has resigned from his position as President of Kings College, unless of course, you have something else to prove.
fort9erdon

This is ABSOLUTELY Obama's response to his movie 2016, which raises doubt about the truth of Obama's background, and his secret, hidden past.
patsy40

The powers that be can't dispute his film so the will try to discredit him. The film is out there for all to see and should.
CWinBaltimore

Congratulations! You've joined the ranks of those smeared by the Liberal Socialist machine! You're in fine company, Judge Bork, Justice Clarence Thomas, and my personal favorite who had to drop out of the primaries, Herman Cain! It's all, good, the people who count know these kind of accusations for what they are, and those that don't, were never going to think highly of you anyway! Keep up the good fight!
- Despeville
  
  He divorced for crying out loud and do not pretend that this is nothing or good.
  - petroskhan
    
    All too true. In Luke 16:18 Jesus says:
    
    Every one who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery,
    and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
  - Steve03
    
    He says he's separated, not divorced. There's a difference!
    - Evermyrtle
      
      Whose business is it?? Sin is sin is sin………………Who gets to decide which sin is worse???
      - Steve03
        
        His sins are his problem. Whether you can still trust his film is the question . . . If a truthful Chrsitian necessarily produces a true film, then a liar and an adulterer necessarily produces a false film.
      - ibelieveinfreedom2
        
        And what say you about all of obama's lies and falsehoods? Facts are facts, and the fact is this man who says his name is barack hussein obama has not produce one shred of evidence that that is his name. However if he is who he says he is and his father is who he claims him to be,. then he is not Constitutionally eligible to be POTUS. Also what background we do have of the man who claims to be barack hussein obama shows him to be everything Mr. D`Souza says he is. In fact, the man claiming to be barack hussein obama wrote as much in his own book. So for you to claim that Mr. D`Souza is a liar and his film should be discredited is totally absurd.
      - Steve03
        
        A shred of evidence? Other than a birth certificate, backed up by birth notices in the papers of the time, well-documented attendance at Columbia and Havard, a teaching stint at Chicago, and 15 years in politics, you mean. And no record of the slurs you report as truth being raised by anyone until he got uppity and ran for president. But at least we know you serve the Father of Lies.
      - http://www.answersingenesis.org/ keyboardshark
        
        The 'birth certificate'? An obvious, amateurish fake, according to the vast majority of computer forensics experts. The number is out of sequence when compared to the Nordyke twins who were born within the same timeframe, and overlays and changes can be detected on the PDF document.
        
        His college records? Either sealed or never released. Interviews were conducted of students who attended Columbia at the same time that Obama supposedly attended, and none can seem to remember him.
        
        Fact is, we know very little about Obama during the years he supposedly attended college, and he steadfastly refuses to release his records. In all likelihood, the reason he does not want them released is because they would show that he was a foreign exchange student, and obviously not eligible for the presidency.
        
        His records as an attorney? Also sealed. So we know very little indeed about the man who calls himself Barack Obama. He has changed names more than once, and has a SS number from Connecticut even though he never lived there when it was issued. And there is far more to the mystery than I have time or space to write.
      - Robert30
        
        Seems you are applying the same standards you use to prove your human incarnation of a god is truly acceptable but our GOD President Obama is not whom he says he is?
      - http://www.answersingenesis.org/ keyboardshark
        
        I fail to see the connection.
      - Robert30
        
        Well stated Steve
      - Robert30
        
        D'Souza is the one who just a couple of weeks ago appeared on Bill Maher's TV program and proclaimed to one and all that he had lied and made up all kinds of untruths about President Obama.
        Too bad you suffer from intolerance.
      - http://www.answersingenesis.org/ keyboardshark
        
        Link, please?
      - Robert30
        
        Look it up yourself! Have you not learned how to do that?
        Just type in Bills name and dumbo D'Souza. Any further instruction will cost you a pretty penny.
      - http://www.answersingenesis.org/ keyboardshark
        
        If it's that easy to look up, you must be pretty lazy to have not provided it in the first place. Once again, link please? Or is your claim that D'souza "proclaimed to one and all that he had lied and made up all kinds of untruths about President Obama" just your spin? If you are going to make that kind of claim, the burden of proof is on you.
      - CWinBaltimore
        
        I suggest reading James, it pretty well explains that there is no one sin and better or worse than any other, in fact, you can make an excellent case that there is only one REAL sin, that being the sin of disobedience to God. Wether you murder or fornicate or tell a "little white lie"you are guilty of the same sin. Taking that into account, when your wife asks you "does this dress make me look fat?", you answer COULD make you as big a sinner as Adolph Hitler! Therefore, put down the rock, get on your knees, and pray for this man instead of judging him, heck, for that matter pray for me, I can use all the help I can get!
      - http://www.facebook.com/people/Andrew-Patton/592034163 Andrew Patton
        
        That is utterly and completely ridiculous. Scripture says that there is sin unto death and sin not unto death. A "little white lie" is clearly sin not unto death, while murder is sin unto death.
      - Robert30
        
        You seem to want to. If it is one of your kind it is okay but if it were one of those pesky Liberal persons you would be having a two headed cow.
    - Despeville
      
      Almost there. Read past what is posted here:
      
      "While World notes that my divorce filing was registered with the court on October 4—giving the impression that I moved quickly on the day their reporter spoke to me—in reality I had been working with a San Diego law firm on this for the previous two weeks. "
      Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/10/17/2016-obama-america-film-maker-am-not-having-affair/#ixzz29hTbUy6A
  - Evermyrtle
    
    Those who have no sin, cast the first stone!!!
    
    We have all sinned and come short of "THE GLORY OF GOD!" In all of the 6,000 years we have had only ONE PERFECT ONE, HE DIED ON THE CROSS FOR OUR SINS.
    - Despeville
      
      Indeed and I am a chief of sinners but that is not a point. The point is that D'Souza is crying : 'I am not having an affair" while he commmited adultry already by divorcing his wife…
      - CWinBaltimore
        
        Good GOD man, get a grip! First she said she wanted to separate from HIM, Second, he's not making excuses for anything, he's refuting charges he committed adultery against his wife WHILE they were still together, and Third, I've been divorced myself so if you want to be all judgmental start with me, but be aware that Jesus has forgiven me, and your unforgiveness will be visited back upon you! NOW, can we PLEASE dispense with the circular firing squad being directed at the man who's exposing the charlatan that's obviously a LOT more Godless than anyone reading these boards?
      - Despeville
        
        "your unforgiveness will be visited back upon you! NOW, can we PLEASE dispense with the circular firing squad being directed at the man who's exposing the charlatan that's obviously "
        
        The hypocrisy and inconsistency so closely intertwined in your above shenanigan is quite hilarious. :o)
      - CWinBaltimore
        
        Matt 18:23-35 KJV
        
        It's amazing what you can learn if you use your Bible for something besides an arm rest on Sunday. The willingness to judge and condemn another believer is quite sad.
      - Despeville
        
        Listen to me. You have no earthly idea what I read on Sundays or any other day of the week so do not patronize yourself that you do… As far as your maceration of Matt 18:23-35. Just because I pointed out that divorce is a sin just as it would be alleged D'Souza's affair that does not mean I do not have mercy on him just as I do on you and your sins. I am a sinner myself. Calling sin by name is not less merciful than obfuscating it or hiding it or minimizing it. In fact it is the exact opposite.
      - Evermyrtle
        
        Are you saying that we don't know you but you know us?????
      - CWinBaltimore
        
        First, I never obfuscated, hid, or minimized anything. The article states that the reporter accused him of sharing a hotel room with the lady, He said it didn't happen,
        
        "We are not and have not been having an affair. Nor did we share a hotel room in Charlotte."
        
        THEN everyone started the dogpile about his divorcing his wife, but he said SHE asked for the separation, never stating why… could it be SHE found someone else? "… saving for the cause of adultery…" I'm not saying she did, nor am I saying she didn't, I'm saying there is ZERO evidence either way, and yet you and others on here are ready to brand the man with a scarlet letter 'A' and disparage the whole body of his work based on assumptions that he's bearing false witness now, that his wife is as innocent as the driven snow, and you castigate ME for stating that much ado has been made over too little evidence. I would rather suffer the slings and arrows of the Philistines, than rely upon your brand of 'mercy'. I'm not wasting another moment of my life bandying word with a judgemental hypocritical charlatan. May God have mercy on your soul, I shake the dust of this place from my feet!
      - Despeville
        
        Great now move on before you rip more Scriptures out of their context to appease your ego.
      - Evermyrtle
        
        Is this GOD speaking???? No, no, no, GOD will forgive them of their sins, mankind won't
      - Bar-Eliam
        
        What is your problem? You would be crucifying any man who did not belong to your religious club.
        You bunch of religious zealots cross the line all the time. We gratefully note xianity is a dying religion.
      - http://www.facebook.com/people/Andrew-Patton/592034163 Andrew Patton
        
        When two Christians marry, they marry for life. If they separate, both are forbidden under pain of adultery to marry another as long as the first spouse lives. Whoever takes a second spouse while the first still lives does not marry validly and commits adultery, not only once, but rather every single time he or she has sex with that illegitimate spouse.
      - Bighoss
        
        No. Jesus said that he who puts away his wife saving for the cause of adultery and marries another commits adultery. D'souza has not remarried nor has he divorced his wife. Thus your conclusion is silly as well as utterly unscriptural. Get a grip.
      - Despeville
        
        Hoss while I grant you the first you are incorrect on the second and I would recommend for you what you recommend others: read entire article. His divorce is technically done.
        
        "While World notes that my divorce filing was registered with the court on October giving the impression that I moved quickly on the day their reporter spoke to me—in reality I had been working with a San Diego law firm on this for the previous two weeks. "
      - Bighoss
        
        My bad. I stand corrected. but only on "the second."
      - Robert30
        
        Face it he committed adultery. Personally I don't care and would expect nothing less from him.
      - OleDad48
        
        Divorce is not good but it is also not adultery. ". . . he committed adultery already by divorcing his wife. . . " This is just now correct.
      - OleDad48
        
        "not correct" – sorry for the typo
      - Gordon
        
        While it is wrong for Christians to divorce, the real sin is in the remarriage. "…Whosoever shall put away his wife, AND MARRY ANOTHER, committeth adultery against her." Mark 10:11 The remarriage equals adultery in an ongoing state!
      - Evermyrtle
        
        Is what he is doing worse that what we are doing? If so, who says so?. I do not find that in GOD'S WORD. Besides we do not know the whole story we only know of the one incident, not his entire life, not even one week of his life..Remember, we will be judged we use to judge others with.
      - Bar-Eliam
        
        Typical of the heroes of the right wing zealots.
    - Bar-Eliam
      
      Why you rush right in to support this immoral man. If this had been someone who doesn't follow your perverse version of xianity you would be all over him like white on rice.
      What would you say if you found out this happened to the Grahams ( it did) and a number of others. Look at a couple of your mega church leaders who were active in gay sex and drugs. It was okay they were forgiven. What a joke.
      Apply you condemnation equally.
      No wonder xianity is dying out.
    - Robert30
      
      There are those of us who have no sin. Are you not jealous.
  - Robert30
    
    He is not divorced and that little piece of info really surprised his current and 3rd wife.
- Bar-Eliam
  
  Not only is it true there are the wonderful pictures taken by several well known photographers.
  Why not just wake up and realize the game is up. Just like all the right wing kooks who preach one line of baloney but eat a whole bunch on the sly.
  We understand his new fiancee loves him to bushcavate her. See the pictures in living color.
- Robert30
  
  What a joke each sub human you named has turned out to be the worlds greatest failures.
  Thomas sits at the bench and says nothing. He is called the mum-dum justice by his sister.
  Bork's wife has had him arrested several times for spouse abuse and everyone know about Cain and his affairs. Now it you are gone and defrocked D'Souza.
Vladimir

I loved 2016. I also loved, "Dreams From My Real Father" by Joel Gilbert. Both are "must see".
- Despeville
  
  Did you also like "Rings from my Father"?
  http://www.wnd.com/2012/10/obamas-ring-there-is-no-god-but-allah/
- Robert30
  
  Neither must be seen. Even the authors admit they lied. How sad after raking in all the money and ripping off you right wing nuts who were looking for blood. You people are a group of Judas'!
http://twitter.com/DStopper29 Dave L

Typical leftist tactics to accuse someone of an affair after what he did to Obama.
- Despeville
  
  He is a Roman Catholic for crying out loud and that is leftist if you know what I mean.
  - http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JT6BSHXURPK5Z2JHVQJLXUULSE Preobrazensky
    
    D'Souza left the Catholic Church to become an Evangelical. And I really don't know what you are trying to say by infering that the Catholic Church is left wing!! Segments of the clergy and laity post-Vatican II have certainly embraced a left wing mindset, but the traditional Church is anything but liberal, which is probably why it is attracting vocations and members while most of the post Conciliar church is suffering church closures and decreased vocations as well as decreased membership (except for Latinos).
mallen11

I believe D'Souza; not those who try to discredit him because they do not want to know the truth about -0. The movie 2016 tells the truth; not enough people have seen it.
- Robert30
  
  How strange. D'Souza just announced he has resigned from heading up his university..the fake NY university that bears no accreditation or real substance as a college or anything. But he will get you a diploma for a goodly sum.
LouiseCA

It appears that perhaps the liberal machine managed to find a couple of
disgruntled "Christians" who were willing to sell their soul for the
sake of revenge. Dinesh is correct..there is a lot of "viciousness masquerading as righteousness" going on these days.
- sadnana
  
  Well said.
- Steve03
  
  Well said — just look at your own posts!
- Chris
  
  And Dinesh is the one who would know all about that. His film is the perfect example. Hypocrisy reigns.
Wordman

Nice theories, but I'm afraid you're all dead wrong. I am very familiar with World Magazine and it's anything but a liberal rag. It's a conservative, Christian magazine. In fact, one of its founders breifly resigned in order to work with the Bush (W) administration. I'm sorry to hear of this conflict as I greatly admire both World Mag and D'Souza. Not sure about anybody lying, but the root issue seems to be that D'Souza, a noted Christian leader, was courting another woman while he was still married. World, which hails from a solidly Biblical world view, rightfully considered that to be out of line and news worthy. What can we say? Our heroes have "feet of clay."
Evermyrtle

The truth is the last thing the liberals want. It does not matter to them whose reputation they destroy. What Conservatives think is a ruined reputation, if applied to liberals, they are proud of it, but will deny it being the truth. . They love dirt and love to throw dirt on us because they know we don't like it.
Mark Brickey

WORLD MAG?!?!?! What's happened to the leadership of this venerable read? I've trusted WORLD for many years, but now they're using sleaze? WHY? We need to hold WORLD to correct reporting standards.. That's why they're in existence!!!
- Wordman
  
  And "correct reporting standards" would be what? Ignoring the truth? If someone at World lied, then, yes, they should be openly disciplined. Fired, in fact. And World should print a prominantly placed correction But if the essence of this story is true, why would we fault World for bringing it to the public's attention?
  - Taquoshi
    
    Wordman,
    
    Like you, I've read World Magazine for years and I deeply admire Dinesh D'Souza. And I am disappointed in this "scandal" on both parts. I'm disappointed that Dinesh's marriage failed, I'm disappointed that Marvin Olasky objected to Dinesh's appointment to King's College and subsequently resigned, I'm disappointed that Warren Smith was fired.
    
    Unfortunately, to me, this does look like payback simply because I can't see another motive for it. And the liberal MSM is probably dancing with glee over it.
    - Wordman
      
      Great thoughts, and you are obviously one of the few who has the inside track on this. But a couple of questions: Unless World has prostituted itself to the liberal media (And I can't imagine it!!), how can we think their article about D'Souza could be "payback"? I know the liberal media will use of all this, but though it can certainly be inconvenient, isn't the truth still the truth?
      - Taquoshi
        
        I guess my suspicions center around why the World reporter would focus in on D'Souza's conference hotel accommodations? Why would someone look into that at all?
        
        Yeah, it probably came as a shock to lots of people that he and his wife were separated, and he was introducing another woman as his "fiance". The D'Souza's have a child and there were most likely privacy concerns, so probably the separation was not published from the roof tops.
        
        And having had experience with the legal system, filing probate papers, a simple land deed change or just getting a name change can take weeks. As a matter of fact, two weeks between starting a divorce proceeding and the actual filing seems rather expedient, but once the process is started, D'Souza wouldn't have any say when the process went forward. He could, of course, call it to a halt, but determining when it would be filed wouldn't be up to him.
        
        Regarding the "truth", there are facts that are incontrovertible. He
        was at the conference, as was the woman he wishes to marry. He had registered into a
        room. Whether or not he is able to enter into an engagement before his
        divorce is finalized is something people can argue over since positions
        could taken anywhere from the Roman Catholic canon, or a strict
        orthodox view all the way to a very liberal position. Whether or not
        he was involved with this woman sexually at that conference is something
        we will never know as a "fact". The only people who really know the
        truth are Mr. D'Souza and his intended.
        
        Sometimes, people become so very convinced that someone is involved in wrong doing nothing anyone says or does can convince them otherwise. I've also seen cases where people have resigned or walked away "on principal" when they themselves have made the issue into an insurmountable hurdle.
        
        On my own part, I had someone who had a grudge against a friend and former boss try to have me fired on very flimsy grounds, not once but three times. Fortunately, for me, I was proved to be innocent of all wrong doing, but that didn't stop this person from continuing to try.
        
        Finally, the last question I have would be why would World Magazine involve itself in this issue at all? What purpose does it serve to broadcast this supposed "incident"?
        
        I would like to think that Mr. Olasky was above involving himself, the reporter and the magazine in such petty muck raking, but I have read past editorials, where he seems to be unnecessarily harsh on other issues. Unfortunately, it was some time ago, and I can't really remember what the focus was. But I do remember being shocked at the tone of the editorial.
      - Wordman
        
        My friend, I believe you mean well, but I'm not sure you're thinking straight on this.
        Though World tries to be relevant to all readers, most of their readership are from the Christian community. World presents news items that they feel we should know. The fact that a noted Christian leader is openly violating Biblical standards is important. In World's book (and mine), a married man is clearly out of line if he openly romances a woman other than his wife, whether or not the man and his new squeeze are actually sleeping together. World's position is that character matters, and I agree. When President Clinton was under the gun for his escapades with the Lewinsky girl, many people took the position that the President's private sexual matters were not relevant to our evaluation of him as a leader. I hope you would agree that they were wrong. Character DOES matter. I didn't read the piece from World, but I doubt it was reported as salacious gossip. I believe that World was discharging their duty as Christian journalists by faithfully reporting relevant facts that pertain to D'Souza's character as a Christian leader. Here's a thought experiment: What would you think of a news service if you found out they had credible information that OBAMA was romancing a woman other than Michelle, and the news service chose NOT to report it? I hope you would say that they failed to do their duty. And if so, is not what is good for the goose, also good for the gander?
      - Taquoshi
        
        Okay, my friend, I understand your position. However, Scripture is really clear on a
        few points
        
        Dealing With Sin in the Church
        
        One witness is not enough to convict a man accused of any
        crime or offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the
        testimony of two or three witnesses. (Deut 19:15)
        
        This is the third time I am coming to you. EVERY FACT IS TO
        BE CONFIRMED BY THE TESTIMONY OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES. (II Cor. 13:1)
        
        15 “If your brother or sister[b] sins,[c] go
        and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you,
        you have won them over. 16 But if they will not listen, take one or two others
        along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or
        three witnesses.’[d] 17 If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church;
        and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a
        pagan or a tax collector. (Matthew 18:15-17)
        
        Other than introducing someone as his fiancé, where are the witnesses to confirm that they did indeed co-habit the same hotel room? When was D'Souza approached by the accuser about the supposed sexual improiety
      - Wordman
        
        Regarding the matter of two or more witnesses, you raise an excellent point. I thought of that as well. We can only hope that a venerable Christian publication like World, with seasoned Christian journalists at the helm, would not be reckless regarding scriptural standards. I know that the leadership at World are at least under church authority, and that they seem to submit themselves to a Christian board made up of sharp Christian elder types. I believe that they have at least tried to think through the issues of their responsibilities as journalists under scriptural constraints. My long experience with them suggests that they generally get it. I HAVE seen them be hasty and, in my view, somewhat reckless in a couple of instances in the past. If that is true of them in this case, I pray that God will bring them to repentance along with appropriate acts of restitution. Perhaps you should write them and express your concerns. You might be part of the solution. In any case, I'm not ready to write off brother D'Souza or his work. I'll be keeping on eye on how this plays out. God bless!
      - http://www.facebook.com/people/Andrew-Patton/592034163 Andrew Patton
        
        Introducing her as his fiance is all the evidence we need. It doesn't matter if he didn't have sex with her; by asking her to marry him when he is not free to marry on account of being married to another, he has already transgressed his vow to "forsake all others as long as you both shall live." Besides which, he has gravely lied to her by promising her marriage and sex that he cannot lawfully give. While we may not have evidence of an act of adultery, there is abundant evidence of intention to commit adultery at a future date, which means they have already committed adultery in their hearts.
Richard Tryon

Now I have to see 2016 along with many others who would not have done so before a "sleazy" reporter tried to make a "score" for his ego? D'Sousa need not say more.
- Robert30
  
  No he won't have to say more..he has resigned from his so-called university…a diploma mill in NY. He has also admitted he lied on Bill Maher's show. Whatta guy!
Randy131

I guess someone has an axe to grind, and Dinesh D'Souza is the recipient of that sharpened axe! Strange how the truth has a way of washing away the lies, and as Jesus proclaimed, it will always come to light, in this case sooner than later.
- Washington22
  
  Hi Randy131……Where have you been? I've always enjoyed your thoughts. Don't be a stranger. { also dreamweaver }
Wordman

I would add to my comments below, that World Mag merely did what we all SAY that we want the popular media to do: That is, they "outed" one of their own in the interests of truth (Something that we used to call journalistic integrity, and which we don't see much of anymore.). While it is unfortunate that the liberals will make use of this, World nevertheless did the right thing. Though we mourn the fact that one of our champions has been tarnished, we should praise World Magazine for having the courage to do the right thing.
stefan semchyshyn, md

I enjoed 2016 and highly recommend its viewing. Another movie I found appropriate for our time is Idiocracy.
Dinesh, please keep up the good work and God Bless.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004047180339 John Adams

He has certainly NOT obeyed the Biblical admonition to abstain from all appearance of evil.
Assuming he is divorced, to have sexual relations with a woman while Dixie is still alive it adultry. He needs to break of his relationship with Denise. Nothing good can come from it.
- Washington22
  
  Sir, WE are NOT God…………….Mr. D'Souza's personal life is not at issue. He is the one who will go before God and speak for his life, not you or me or anyone else. I was married for 20 years and am divorced and it is none of your business or anyone elses. Mr. D' Souza is a brilliant man and he knows what his relationship with God is. I leave that to him………Blessings to you and yours.
  - John Adams
    
    God's Holy Word, the Bible, says that it is adultery to have sexual relations with someone else if your former spouse is still alive. And the fact that he admitted to entering a hotel with a woman other than his wife certain does appear to be evil.
    He may or may not be brilliant but he certainly is NOT obeying God in this matter.
    And yes, God HAS given us the responsibility to judge. We cannot condemn, but we MUST judge.
    - ibelieveinfreedom2
      
      Who said he had sexual relations with the woman? He said they stayed at the same hotel in separate rooms. I'm sure any nosy busybody could look that up (as if it's anyone's business but theirs). I've stayed at numerous hotels over the years as I'm sure that 99.9% of the posters here have; that does not mean they had sex with every other person staying there. You people pry into other people's business too much. Mr D`Souza is entitled to his personal life without a bunch of little old ladies making up their own facts. By the way John, did you ever pay attention to the part of the Ten Commandments where we are instructed not to bear false witness against our neighbor? Unless you were a witness to Mr. D`Souza's sexual relations, I suggest you point your finger back to your high and mighty self. To use your words, we have a responsibility to judge you and it seems you too are a sinner.
      - John Adams
        
        According to his own testimony, he and Denise both entered the hotel together and left together and there don't appear to have been any chaperones. Therefore, he certainly DOES appear to be evil, and that in itself breaks God's command.
      - ibelieveinfreedom2
        
        @John Adams
        They were both going to the same convention. If Denise had instead been his buddy Dennis, wouldn't the two of them go together and leave together? I guess then he'd be accused of being homosexual. Nothing anyone does these days is right as long as there are evil people looking for evil in others. Again, you deliberately left out the part about two separate rooms. Or is that inconsequential to you? You also left out the part where he has denied that there is a sexual relationship between them. What difference would it have made if Denise had gone in a separate vehicle 15 min. later than him? You are deliberately twisting things to suit your evil mind. If your mind were not in the gutter, you would naturally presume innocence until there is absolute proof of guilt. This story has no proof of guilt. You are just evil.
      - John Adams
        
        The FACT remains that his wife, Dixie, is alive. That prohibits him from having any relationship with another woman, whatever that relationship is.
petroskhan

Look, people, it is very important to separate the message from the messenger. D'Souza has made a great film, very insightful, and full of relevant, critical information. That does NOT mean that he, personally, is above reproach. Jesus was quite clear on the subject of divorce; I suggest looking up the relevant verses. Luke 16:18 and Mark 10:11-12 are a good start.

And even though he may be committing a sin according to the Bible (heck, who hasn't?), that does not invalidate the message of his movie. People need to learn to simply look at facts, not connect unrelated issues to each other.

Hey, if an overweight chain-smoking doctor tells you to exercise and take care of yourself…is his advice bad?
Washington22

and who cares? This gossip is for not…………….Mr D'souza's personal life is of no consequence. He movie was a great service to all Americans and I thank him……………
pittymax

David Axlerod strikes again! This is his favorite tactic to try and and smear someone.
Sam

I wish every liberal would drop dead. They do nothing but smear people and push evil.
- Evermyrtle
  
  I wish every liberal would find JESUS CHRIST AND ACCEPT HIM AND HIS WONDERFUL LOVE AND SAVING GRACE.We could have the most wonderful country in the world, all of our problems would be gone because GOD would make them disappear or show us what to do about them. As it is we do not have a clue how to handle them.
  - Steve03
    
    When you find Him, you'll be a liberal, too.
aceituna

Who is responsible for the divorce,D'Souza or his ex-wife. He said she asked for the divorce. If she is the reason for the break-up he is free to marry again. The rest of the arguement all concerns govt. red tape. If D'Souza is repentent of any wrongdoing on his part and his ex is not and still wants to be on her own way he is free.
- Gordon
  
  According to Jesus and Paul, a marriage is a covenant made by one man and one woman for life, ended only by the death of one of the partners. To remarry after divorce, while your covenant partner is still living is to enter into a state of adultery.
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Andrew-Patton/592034163 Andrew Patton
  
  Wrong. He is bound to her as long as she lives unless she is not a baptized Christian, and she in turn is bound to him as long as he lives.
fliteking

I used to subscribe to World Magazine, I canceled my subscription because of their liberal leaning muck.

Sad really, such a magazine coould be a real benefit for the World if they kept their political beliefs to themselves.
ibelieveinfreedom2

Mr. Dsouza has hit a lot of liberal nerves. They are scared of him and the only way to stop him is to discredit him. What the World Magazine reporter has done via this article is confirm Mr. Dsouza's work as absolute fact. Thanks Word Magazine. Congratulations Mr. Dsouza on your fantastic works! Job well done!
Steve03

Notice the update on Fox: "On Thursday, October 18, the author resigned from his position as president of The King's College in New York City." It’s not clear whether he jumped or was pushed. But an innocent man would have kept his job and continued to defend himself, and a Christian college wouldn’t have demanded his resignation unless it though the accusations were credible.

Many posters on this site argue that, since the Founding Fathers were practicing Christians, the Constitution they created must incorporate –"verbatim"! – Biblical law and Christian teaching. Now the same posters are arguing that even if "2016: Obama's America" and D’Souza’s forthcoming book were produced by a man who is both a liar and an adulterer, the movie and the book are truthful and trustworthy. At last, I begin to understand how such people can insist with a straight face that there is no contradiction between 2 Samuel 24:1 and 1 Chronicles 21:1.
- ibelieveinfreedom2
  
  I whole heartedly disagree with you. An innocent man would resign to protect the ex wife and their child as well as the woman he met only 3 months ago. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Everything is fair game when it comes to discrediting anyone who dares uncover the truth about obama as far as the media are concerned. Herman Cain was accused of this same nonsense all without merit but it eliminated the possibility of obama having to run against another black man which would eliminate his ability to use the race card. That could not be allowed. Mr. D`Souza also stated that he did not know what he had done was not an acceptable "Christian" behavior. What I say is that this whole article exposes un-Christian behavior on the part of the writer and amongst many of those who have posted here. So many think they are so righteous in their condemnation. If the writer of the World article thought Mr. D`Souza's behavior was so unbecoming of a Christian, then as a Christian he should have told him so and asked him to seek counsel and forgiveness and not repeat the behavior. He certainly would not have written an article about it. Steve, you also are a sinner and before God he that breaks one commandment breaks them all (James 2:10). Therefore by your standards if you were to write anything we should all ignore it as coming from a liar, and an adulterer. You seem to be judging the wrong person for the wrong reason.
  - Steve03
    
    I judge people only in as far as I need to to determine whether I can trust them or not. All are sinners, but all are not equally untrustworthy.
    It's early days yet on this one . . . but it's an old script. Lots of folks insisted Jimmy Swaggart, Jim Bakker, and Kent Hovind were falsely accused, too, until it turned out they weren't.
- Wordman
  
  Steve, if the character of a messenger is shown to be defective, it does not necessarily follow that his message is worthless. It DOES reasonably call the message into question, but we can not say for certain that D'Souza's report is false just because he has been shown to have a character flaw. Let's apply your logic to YOU: Are YOU perfect? If you say yes, we'll all call you a liar. If you say no, then you either must either concede my point or, by your own argument, admit that we shouldn't listen to anything you say.
Mike

Dinesh,
It all just goes to prove that you have hit a lot of nerves on the other side and that they are determined to discredit you in any fashion they can. Why don;t they respond to claims that the president frequented a gay bar for a number of years on Wednesday nights while a community organizer? Just keep up the good fight and ignore the prattle coming from desperate quarters.
http://www.facebook.com/ron.thompson.3154 Ron Thompson

You are a target of the Left, because you told the truth about their master! You have morality and the major of your college professor don't ! Obama academia strikes again!
Brian LaFever

The Obama regime is only trying to discredit the awesome film you made by attempting to discredit you. Ignore them, you owe no one an explanation for what goes on in your personal life.
Bighoss

Seth McFarland is one of the ultra-rightest nutjob theocrats on the American Family Radio network. Nothing he or the other extremists say on that wackaninny network on elsewhere should be accepted without a lot of independent verification.
Chris

So much for that "God's holy union" that is threatened by gays. This guy just kills it. Dishonest as you can get. Criticizing the presidents and liberals and then goes out and commits an abomination.

What a total joke this guy is.
Debbie

First, divorce, separation and engagement all in the same conversation is inapproprate. Even though I admire Dinesh D'Souza's work in defending the faith and trying to expose 'the lies' of President Obama. He did not handle this the right way. Yes, he was exposed like so many others in his talk and in his walk. We are not perfect but this sorely discredits his voice.
Wordman

Looking over these posts, I'm just amazed. Most of you seem to think we live in a black and white world where we must defend our heroes to the death as being without fault, or we must condemn and discard them as completely bad. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm assuming that a high percentage of the people writing here are Christians. If so, we, of all people, shouldn't find it difficult to admit that even good men screw up now and then. I, for one, am encouraged when I read that almost all of our Bible heroes — Noah, Moses, David, Peter, Paul, etc — failed on occasion yet repented and continued to be used mightily by God. It looks like D'Souza made a serious mistake. Fine. Let's hope he repents and is restored. But this doesn't mean that all his work must be rejected. It stands or falls on its own merit. Real life is messy. Oh, well.
Douglas

There are no ends to what Obama and his gang will do to anyone that makes or implies Obama is a fake, and this is another example of this fact…This man writes movie 2016 questioning Obama and here we are! I just wonder at what point will all Americans wake up too Obama and his plan against America…the dreams of his past father…who hated America and all she stands for!
Gordon

D'sousa's personal crisis aside, he has done an amazing job of revealing who Obama is and what has shaped him and why he is so dangerous to America. Kudos to Dinesh for his brilliant work, his books and his movie, 2016, Obama's America!
AcidRain502

And there is no persecution of Christians in this country! Ha!
Sam

The left is trashing Dinesh because of the movie, "Obama:2016". Can't anyone see what is going on? The left does this to anyone who dares to speak the truth. J. Edgar Hoover was accused of being a cross dresser. Herman Cain was accused of having affairs to keep him out of the race. The left couldn't deal with a black Republican running against obama. Anytime someone stands up to the radical left, they are attacked, lied about and destroyed. This is how the left works. Dinesh is a decent man. People should learn how to recognize one instead of worshiping low lives like obama and other worthless human beings.
Esther

I agree this is a ruse to embellish Obama.
Steve03

A bit more on why he was fired by –rather than resigned from — the King's College:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/18/dinesh-d-souza-resigns-presidency-of-the-king-s-college.html
Musicqueen

There is a real possibility that Mr. d'Sousa is innocent. Remember he is the main instigator the hugely successful movie, you know the one: Obama: 2016. Sound familiar? If there is nothing nasty to find, in a person's history, make up some. Where have we heard that before?
John J Flanagan

I believe he is being set up and framed. It is the viciousness of the liberals and left to defame any opponents while avoiding and covering up for the immorality of its favored groups and individuals. Remember the story of Jezebal and Namath, a just and decent man whose small parcel of land was desired by Ahab? The wife of Ahab, a wicked heathen woman, had Namath framed and stoned, and his land was taken by Ahab, who needed another vineyard like Trump needs another new apartment building.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_BX7Q3RKO7UTT6Q7TJE27NVGPQE lonestarlady

I'll bet that both Smith and McFarland are anti-American Democrats. We need to do all we can to discredit both these idiots!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Gail-Steelhammer-Cohen/1313002671 Gail Steelhammer-Cohen

If he is telling the truth the reporter or the other gentleman should have come to him like in the Bible and tell him that his conduct was wrong – if he did not agree, then another should also come – DSouza is correct that we should not, especially in a dicey situation like this, where there is more to the story, try to attack a fellow Christian and make him look bad for spurious reasons. The world does that well enough when a pastor really does fall from grace and cheat on a spouse when no separation has occured – Bottom line those in the church with great responsibility should be most careful their conduct cannot be questioned, and those who suspect wrongdoing should get the whole story and verify it before smearing a brother in Christ