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Tony Perkins and FRC gins up poll to “prove” huge majority of GOP opposes marriage equality

Hate group leader Tony Perkins and the Family Research Council are at it again.

Via press release, Perkins attempts to allay fears that Republicans could actually be softening on same-sex marriage. Oh, the horror!

Today, Family Research Council (FRC) and American Values released the results of a commissioned national survey conducted by Wilson Research Strategies showing that 82 percent of Republican and Republican-leaning independents believe marriage “should be defined only as a union between one man and one woman.” 74 percent strongly agreed with this statement.

The same survey found that the voters want their elected leaders to promote this view in public policy: 75 percent of Republican and Republican-leaning independent voters disagree that “politicians should support the redefinition of marriage to include same-sex couples.” 67 percent strongly disagreed with this statement.

FRC President Tony Perkins made the following comments in response to the survey:

“Republican voters continue to resist the demands of cultural elites who want to see the party abandon the very core values that gave rise to American exceptionalism. The vast majority of the GOP base continues to believe that marriage is a non-negotiable plank of the national platform and want to see their elected officials uphold natural marriage as the national standard, a goal to stand for, encourage and promote in law.

“The results of this survey are no surprise especially considering what has taken place in recent months. Republican voters, like everyone else, have seen that redefining marriage is really about fundamentally altering all of society. Redefining marriage undermines our fundamental freedoms of speech and religion and in the case of the Mozilla CEO, even the ability to engage in the democratic process without the fear of losing one’s livelihood.”

The problem with the FRC’s poll is it doesn’t jive with what’s happening in reality OR other recent polls.

Remember, the FRC paid for their poll using  a right-leaning polling company.

According to a Washington Post/ABC News poll last month, 54% (not 82%) of Republicans oppose same-sex marriage.  Forty percent of Republicans support the freedom to marry.

I guess Tony can at least feel he “got what he paid for” – a poll that shows what he wants it to show.

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Tony Perkins: Dan Cathy of Chick-Fil-A is a “coward”

In a strange, topsy-turvy world, Mike Huckabee chats with hate group leader Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council about how those who would keep the LGBT community from having equal rights are somehow the ‘victims’ of attacks on their religious freedoms. See, in their world, it is their right to discriminate against other Americans. And those who would seek to express themselves through their wallets are “economic terrorists.”

During the segment, Tony Perkins calls out Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy as a “coward” for stepping back from his opposition to marriage equality.

But remember, Tony Perkins and his ilk are the ‘victims’ here.

Joe Jervis of JoeMyGod explains the anti-gay view of boycotts like this:

When major national Christian groups with millions of followers call for boycotts, that is a righteous use of the free market in order to preserve morality, marriage, family, and the American way. But when gay folks call for a boycott, THAT is homofascist intimidation, intolerance, bullying, economic terrorism, a stifling of religious liberty, and an attempt to deny the freedom of speech. And don’t you forget it.

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Eldest Duggar child now to advocate anti-gay policy for certified hate group

Josh Duggar, the oldest of the clan of children who are the focus of TLC’s reality series 19 Kids and Counting has accepted a position as executive director with Family Research Council, which has been classified as an anti-gay hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and has a long history of attacking the LGBT community.

Duggar made the announcement via Twitter yesterday (see above).

“If Josh Duggar wants to make a living dehumanizing and denigrating LGBT people and their families, that’s his business, but FRC’s lies and stereotypes need to be treated as such,” said GLAAD Spokesperson Wilson Cruz. “Josh’s new boss Tony Perkins has actually accused LGBT equality advocates of being pawns of the devil. Fans of his family’s reality show ought to know that.”

(via Queerty)

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Anti-gay voices’ deafening silence on violent LGBT attacks

Pic via Memeographs.  Click pic to enlarge

After last year’s shooting at Family Research Council, many prominent voices in the LGBT community condemned the senseless attack.

However, I have been pondering the deafening silence of the Tony Perkins’ (Family Research Council) and Brian Browns’ (National Organization for Marriage) of the world regarding the multiple violent attacks on the gay community in NYC this month.

Question: does silence equal consent?

UPDATE: Interestingly, the following statement appeared on the NOM Blog this afternoon, hours after my original post above.

“We condemn in the strongest possible way the murder of a gay man in New York by a killer who apparently hurled anti-gay insults at him moments before the killing. This senseless act cannot be condoned in America or anywhere, and we urge that the perpetrator be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Our heart goes out to the family of the victim, and we hold them in our prayers. While this killing appears to have no connection to the current debate about redefining marriage, there is no room for violence toward any American — whether they support traditional marriage or not. No person should be subjected to violence because they are gay or lesbian or because they believe that marriage is the union of one man and one woman. There is no place for violence, period.” – Brian Brown

UPDATE 2: This statement is now on the Family Research Council website.

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins released the following statement regarding the charges filed in the Mark Carson murder case in New York City: “We denounce any and all acts of unprovoked violence. No American should be the target of violence – period. We hope and trust that justice will be served in that the perpetrator of this senseless act of violence will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Perkins said.

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Family Research Council busted using faked image for anti-gay propaganda

Just another day in the lying land of the Family Research Council.

The image above was used in FRC’s recent propaganda to show several concerned people at a “Boy Scouts Policy Meeting.”  See the placard on the left side of the picture saying “2013 Policy Meeting?”  See the Boy Scouts emblem near the center of the image?  Jeremy Hooper from Good As You found just one, little problem:

It’s a complete fabrication. FRC simply Photoshopped a Boy Scout logo and a “2013 Policy Meeting” placard onto an existing picture that they lifted from another site. The picture in question is actually from the website LegalGeekery.com and is described as being from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

The LegalGeekery post is from 2009. See the original image below BEFORE Family Research Council performed their bigotry magic on it:

So, here’s the thing, kids: if you have swallowed any of the FRC’s sad diatribe against the LGBT community up to now, think about who you follow. Because for all you know, they are as fake as the image at the top of this post.

(via JoeMyGod)

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The lastest load of anti-gay propaganda from Family Research Council

From Tony Perkins and the Family Research Council.

If this was the only clip of Tony Perkins you ever saw of him, other than the bile dripping from his voice as he speak the words “homosexuality” and “biblical standard of morality,” you might not know what a hateful bigot he is.

How this man goes day after day campaigning against others; must be draining.

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CNN: Hate group leader says gay scout leaders will molest your kids

Hate group leader Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council appeared on CNN today to speak with Carol Costello about the full page ad his group ran in USA Today urging the Boy Scouts to retain their ban on gay scouts.

Said Sprigg: “The mere fact that someone openly identifies themselves as homosexual means that they are modeling for boys the acceptability of homosexual conduct. And parents who do not agree with that view have a right to protect their children form that… They have a right to protect their children from the potential risk of child sexual abuse at the hands of men who might be attracted to other males.”

Costello correctly quoted an American Psychological Association study that shows homosexuals are not any more likely to molest kids than straight men.

“Unless you’re condemning every single homosexual in the country as being a possible pedophile, that’s not fair!”

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FRC begs for “post-election plans” money

JoeMyGod points out the Family Research Council’s latest money beg, which lays out their post-election priorities.

Remember, these are the folks who SWEAR they are totally not anti-gay:

We ask you to stand with us in three important ways. PRAY – With the re-election of Barack Obama, we now face another four years and simply put – one of the greatest challenges of our lifetime. PERSEVERE – Stand with us. Truth will win out! PARTNER – With your financial support, FRC will redouble our efforts to …

• Prevent radical homosexual activists from further harming the U.S. military
• Compel the Department of Justice to enforce the Defense of Marriage Act
• Challenge the provisions of ObamaCare which undermine families
• Stop the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)

FRC needs your support now more than ever. Your gift before will help us continue to identify harmful policy, identify and embolden allies on the Hill and maintain God-given religious freedoms.

Thank you for your generosity at this challenging time for our country.

>>>Note that three out of four items are anti-gay.

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Tony Perkins, of the Family Research Council, equates being gay to adultery and alcoholism

The president of the Family Research Council slammed the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community once again, condemning Pride month while equating LGBT people with adulterers and alcoholics.

As Right Wing Watch reports, Tony Perkins filled in on the American Family Association’s radio network last week, and responded to one caller’s accusation that right-wing pundits were ignoring societal ills to instead focus primarily on promoting misconceptions about the LGBT community.

“The month of June is Gay Pride Month,” Perkins declares. He went on to note, “Now, I have not yet seen where they have declared Adultery Pride Month, I have not seen where they have declared the Drunkenness Pride Month,” before adding that “we’re not celebrating those other forms as a society, we’re not promoting [them] and teaching [them] as normal in our schools.”

Read more at the Huffington Post

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CNN’s Brooke Baldwin asks Tony Perkins: “Why do homosexuals bother you so much?”

Brooke Baldwin asked Tony Perkins, of the certified hate group Family Research Council, to clarify what about same-sex couples deserved to be “less valued” by society. Perkins noted that he did not discount that there were loving same-sex couples raising children, just as there were loving single mothers doing the same. “If it were just two caregivers, three would be better!” he noted, but instead it was about a “fundamental role” a man and a woman had in a family.

Baldwin asked him whether his experience had corroborated that belief: “Have you ever been to the home of a same-sex couple?” Perkins answered in the negative, and refused to argue what he would tell that hypothetical couple to convince them their lifestyle was hurting society. “We don’t make public policy based on what is good for me… not anecdotes or what one couple likes.” As a society, Perkins asserted, “we have incurred a great harm.”

“I know you don’t want to answer the question,” Baldwin asked, patience wearing visibly thin, “but I’m going to try again: why do homosexuals bother you so much?” “They don’t bother me!” Perkins replied, asserting again that he was “not going to be silent while they try to redefine marriage in this country.”

You’ll note how many times Perkins says the phrase “social science has shown us” that kids do better with two, opposite sex parents. The fact is quite the opposite: children raised by lesbian parents fare as well as they would in heterosexual households, new research suggests.
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