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'''Justin Todd Harris''' (born August 25, 1975)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/justin-harris/jtharris99|title=Justin Harris (Todd)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 8, 2020}}</ref> is the owner and operator of Growing Gods Kingdom, a preschool in West Fork in Washington County in northwestern [[Arkansas]]. He is also a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative. Since 2013, he has represented District 81, which includes parts of Washington and Crawford counties. From 2011 to 2013, Harris represented District 87, a seat then switched to the since term-limited Republican Jonathan Barnett of Siloam {pronounced SIGH LUM) Springs in Benton County.<ref name=harrisofwestfork>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/269/justin-t-harris|title=Justin Harris, R-82|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=January 6, 2014}}</ref>

'''Justin Todd Harris''' (born August 25, 1975)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/justin-harris/jtharris99|title=Justin Harris (Todd)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 8, 2020}}</ref> is the owner and operator of Growing Gods Kingdom, a preschool in West Fork in Washington County in northwestern [[Arkansas]]. He is also a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative. Since 2013, he has represented District 81, which includes parts of Washington and Crawford counties. From 2011 to 2013, Harris represented District 87, a seat then switched to the since term-limited Republican Jonathan Barnett of Siloam (pronounced SIGH LUM) Springs in Benton County.<ref name=harrisofwestfork>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/269/justin-t-harris|title=Justin Harris, R-82|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=January 6, 2014}}</ref>

==Background==

==Background==

==Personal life==

==Personal life==

Harris and his wife, the former Marsha Gail Frederick (born 1976), have three sons,<ref name="arktimes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/a-child-left-unprotected/Content?oid=3691164|title=A child left unprotected|publisher=''The Arkansas Times''|date=March 11, 2015}}</ref>Justin and Marsha Harris also adopted three daughters. The oldest one, Mary, was in their home just a few months; the other two lived with the Harrises for about a year before they were "rehomed" to another family, where one of the girls was [[rape]]d. The Harrises believed that the children could communicate telepathically with "... other foster families, the girls' biological mother, a Department of Human Services employee and a former babysitter." According to ''The Arkansas Times,'' Harris and his wife believed that the middle child was possessed by a demon, and she was kept under lock and key.<ref name="casting out demons"/>

Harris and his wife, the former Marsha Gail Frederick (born 1976), have three sons,<ref name="arktimes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/a-child-left-unprotected/Content?oid=3691164|title=A child left unprotected|publisher=''The Arkansas Times''|date=March 11, 2015}}</ref> Justin and Marsha Harris also adopted three daughters. The oldest one, Mary, was in their home just a few months; the other two lived with the Harrises for about a year before they were "rehomed" to another family, where one of the girls was [[rape]]d. The Harrises believed that the children could communicate telepathically with "... other foster families, the girls' biological mother, a Department of Human Services employee and a former babysitter." According to ''The Arkansas Times,'' Harris and his wife believed that the middle child was possessed by a demon, and she was kept under lock and key.<ref name="casting out demons"/>

''The Arkansas Times'' reported:

''The Arkansas Times'' reported:

<blockquote>"Chelsey Goldsborough, who regularly babysat for the Harrises, said Mary was kept isolated from Annie and from the rest of the family. She was often confined for hours to her room, where she was monitored by a video camera. The reason: The Harrises believed the girls were possessed by demons and could communicate telepathically, Goldsborough said. Harris and his wife once hired specialists to perform an "exorcism" on the two sisters while she waited outside the house with the boys, she said."</blockquote>

<blockquote>"Chelsey Goldsborough, who regularly babysat for the Harrises, said Mary was kept isolated from Annie and from the rest of the family. She was often confined for hours to her room, where she was monitored by a video camera. The reason: The Harrises believed the girls were possessed by demons and could communicate telepathically, Goldsborough said. Harris and his wife once hired specialists to perform an "exorcism" on the two sisters while she waited outside the house with the boys, she said."</blockquote>

They had an [[exorcism]] performed, but then sent the girls to live with Eric Francis, a former employee, while the Harris family continued to receive adoption subsidies. Francis raped one of the girls, and was sentenced to forty years in prison.<ref name="casting out demons">{{cite web|url=http://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/casting-out-demons-why-justin-harris-got-rid-of-kids-he-applied-pressure-to-adopt/Content?oid=3725371|title=Casting out demons: why Justin Harris got rid of kids he applied pressure to adopt|publisher=''The Arkansas Times''|accessdate=March 11, 2015}}</ref> Harris has stated that during the adoption process his wife was dying of pancreatic [[cancer]]. <ref name="usatoday.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/03/10/legislator-gives-away-adopted-girls/24733831 |title=Lawmaker defends giving away adopted girls|publisher=''USA Today''|accessdate=March 13, 2015}}</ref> However, Mylife.com reports that Marsha Harris, five years later as of September 2000, is still living.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/marsha-harris/mharris76|title=Marsha Harris|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 19, 2020}}</ref>

They had an [[exorcism]] performed, but then sent the girls to live with Eric Francis, a former employee, while the Harris family continued to receive adoption subsidies. Francis raped one of the girls, and was sentenced to forty years in prison.<ref name="casting out demons">{{cite web|url=http://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/casting-out-demons-why-justin-harris-got-rid-of-kids-he-applied-pressure-to-adopt/Content?oid=3725371|title=Casting out demons: why Justin Harris got rid of kids he applied pressure to adopt|publisher=''The Arkansas Times''|accessdate=March 11, 2015}}</ref> Harris has stated that during the adoption process his wife was dying of pancreatic [[cancer]].<ref name="usatoday.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/03/10/legislator-gives-away-adopted-girls/24733831 |title=Lawmaker defends giving away adopted girls|publisher=''USA Today''|accessdate=March 13, 2015}}</ref> However, Mylife.com reports that Marsha Harris, five years later as of September 2000, is still living.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/marsha-harris/mharris76|title=Marsha Harris|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 19, 2020}}</ref>

Harris and his family attend and are members of Cross Church of Northwest Arkansas, also known as the Church at Pinnacle Hills, whose pastor is [[Ronnie Floyd]], the 2014 president of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]]. Cross Church is a [[Southern Baptist]] "mega-church".<ref name=harrisofwestfork/><ref name=votesmart/>

Harris and his family attend and are members of Cross Church of Northwest Arkansas, also known as the Church at Pinnacle Hills, whose pastor is [[Ronnie Floyd]], the 2014 president of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]]. Cross Church is a [[Southern Baptist]] "mega-church".<ref name=harrisofwestfork/><ref name=votesmart/>