Mike Johnson’s Christian publishing house called MPOX an “appropriate penalty” for being gay

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is currently a member of the board of a Christian publishing house that has produced content characterizing MPOX – the disease formerly known as monkeypox – as an “appropriate penalty” for being gay.

As Politico reports, Johnson has been a member of the board of Living Waters Publications since at least 2013. The Christian ministry and publishing house listed him as an unpaid director on its 2013 990 tax form. Johnson, who before taking public office was a senior attorney for anti-LGBTQ+ hate group Alliance Defending Freedom (then called the Alliance Defense Fund), previously represented the company’s founder and CEO Ray Comfort in a religious liberty case.