Perkins, Tony

Mitch McConnell Most Be Voted Out

“GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today condemned the appointment of anti-LGBTQ hate group leader Tony Perkins to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Perkins was appointed on the recommendation of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, according to an announcement the Congressional Record.” [efn_note]glaad.org – Sen. Mitch McConnell appoints violently anti-LGBTQ activist Tony Perkins to United States Commission on International Religious Freedom[/efn_note]

“Tony Perkins — the anti-LGBTQ pastor, hateful Family Research Council president, and failed Republican politician — is at it again, viciously lashing out against Faithful America on his popular radio show and blog.” [efn_note]Faithful American – We will not give in to hateful bullies like Tony Perkins[/efn_note]

Tony Perkins heads the Family Research Council, an anti-LGBT hate group located in Washington, D.C. Perkins has a sordid political history, having once purchased Klansman David Duke’s mailing list for use in a Louisiana political campaign he was managing. In 2001, Perkins gave a speech to a Louisiana chapter of the Council of Conservative Citizens, a white supremacist group. Since joining the FRC, Perkins has taken the group in a harder anti-LGBT direction, using it to publish false propaganda about that community and contending that gay rights advocates intend to round up Christians in “boxcars.” [efn_note]Southern Poverty Law Center – Tony Perkins[/efn_note]