dan and faris wilkes started a fracking company which they sold for billions of dollars a little over forefathers before them, the wilkes brothers are spending that fortune on politics, specifically conservative politics. in 2016, the wilkes-barre others made what is believed to be the largest single campaign contribution of the presidential cycle. they donated $15 million to a super pac supporting ted cruz for president. faris wilkes says he believes our country was founded on the idea that our rights come from the creator, not the government, and that ted cruz was the best candidate to support those values. together the brothers have donated millions to hard-line conservative organizations, like the heritage foundation and the liberty council, which defended a kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. faris wilkes also continues his political activism in his own church, where he is the lead pastor. he has given sermons about how homosexuality is, quote, a perversion tantamount to best geology, pedophilia, and incest, and that it's a predatory lifestyle. h