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Fox News To Host Marriage Equality Debate Between Ted Olson And Tony Perkins

Tune in this Sunday at 10AM ET.

Via press release:

Both sides in the same-sex marriage debate are looking to the Supreme Court as it decides whether or not to weigh in on the issue. The High Court is set to discuss cases from Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee, and decide whether to rule on petitions challenging state bans on same-sex marriage.

We’ll debate what has become a key social issue within the country, exclusively with Ted Olson, former Solicitor General who served as Co-Counsel for the plaintiffs in Virginia’s same-sex marriage case, and Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council.

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Tony Perkins Gets Trounced On Anti-Gay Lies On Fox News Sunday

In a delicious bit of TV watching, anti-gay Tony Perkins appeared on Fox News this past Sunday in what I’m sure he thought would be a friendly environment to pawn his false claims against marriage equality.

However, Ted Olson (conservative lawyer who has argued and won at the Supreme Court for gay marriage rights) was there to address many of Perkins untruths.

One of the lies Perkins tried to peddle was the anti-gay favorite – “Well, we know from the social science that children do best with a mom and a dad,” Perkins said. “If love is the factor, what boundaries are there?”

The Pulitzer-Prize winning PolitiFact has already addressed this lie calling it FALSE.

Meanwhile, Olson put forward facts. You know, those pesky things.

Watch below as even Fox News host Chris Wallace tries to get Perkins to say something based on anything factual.

(via Raw Story)