Joy Behar Issues Apology Following Remark About Christian Organization Linked to Amy Coney Barrett

“The View” co-host 👤Joy Behar is apologizing after making a comment about a Christian organization connected to ⚖️Supreme Court Justice ⚖️Amy Coney Barrett.

Behar made the apology during the show on Tuesday.

“I have to clarify something I said yesterday. I want to correct something. I said on air when I stated that People of Praise had been deemed a hate group, I just got them mixed up with another group. It was inaccurate,” Behar said.

She added, “So I don’t think that’s right that I should – I have to say, you know, sorry about that … Anyway. I conflated them.”

Whoopi Goldberg responded, saying it is “easy to do.”

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Behar’s original remark about the group was made during the show on Monday.

“Justice ⚖️Amy Coney Barrett’s religious faith is being called into question again. There are calls for her to recuse herself from a case which is about a web designer who wants to post a statement that she won’t design wedding websites for same-sex couples because it’s against her religious beliefs,” Behar said.

She added, “Now here’s my question. Does she is, you know, a religious person. She belongs to the People of Praise group which the — the Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled them a hate group, and their founder has questioned the so-called separation of church and state. They believe that sex should occur only within marriage and, of course, between a man and a woman. They’ve got very specific things that they believe.”

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Former members of the People of Praise called on Barrett to remove herself from the case because of her connection, as IJR reported.

Maura Sullivan, a woman raised in the People of Praise community in South Bend, Indiana, told The Guardian, “I don’t believe that someone in her position, who is a member of this group, could put those biases aside, especially in a decision like the one coming up.”

Barrett previously served on the board of Trinity Schools Inc., a private group of Christian schools affiliated with the People of Praise.