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Jan 26, 2016: Politico: Tony Perkins endorses Ted Cruz
Tony Perkins, the evangelical president of the Family Research Council, has endorsed Ted Cruz for president. Speaking to Megyn Kelly on Fox News’ “The Kelly File” on Tuesday night, Perkins said, “Ted is a constitutional conservative who will fight for faith, family and freedom. He will defend our right to believe and live according to those beliefs. Our families will be protected and freedom will once again mean something in America.” Sept 13, 2014: PoliticusUSA: Tony Perkins Rejects First Amendment, Claims Islam Tears at the Fabric of Our Democracy
Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council is that guy the Founding Fathers warned you about. Jan 14, 2014: Little Green Footballs: Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins: Gay Rights Will Lead to the Extinction of Humanity
Family Research Council president Tony Perkins told Washington Watch listeners last Friday that they should oppose gay equality because it will lead to the end of humanity. Aug 16, 2012: Daily Caller: Family Research Council head: Southern Poverty Law Center gave gunman ‘a license to shoot’
At a Thursday press conference Family Research Council President Tony Perkins partially blamed the left-leaning Southern Poverty Law Center for the Wednesday shooting in the lobby of his organization’s headquarters. Mar 20, 2012: Miami Herald: Right Wing Watch video | Pastor Dennis Terry introduces Rick Santorum, tells liberals and non-Christians to 'get out' of America Greenwell Springs Baptist Church pastor Dennis Terry introduced presidential candidate Rick Santorum and Family Research Council president Tony Perkins tonight in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with a rousing speech railing against liberals and non-Christians and condemning abortion rights, "sexual perversion," same-sex marriage and secular government. |
March 20, 1963: Anthony Richard Perkins was born in Cleveland, Oklahoma.
October 21, 1995: Perkins won an open seat in the Louisiana House representing District 64 (the eastern Baton Rouge suburbs, including part of Livingston Parish) when he defeated Democrat Herman L. Milton of Baker 63% to 37% in the nonpartisan blanket primary.
May 17, 2001: Perkins gave a speech to the Louisiana chapter of the Council of Conservative Citizens, a white supremacist group that has described black people as a "retrograde species of humanity". Perkins claims he did not know the group's ideology at the time.
April 26, 2005: An article in The Nation, Max Blumenthal reported that while managing the unsuccessful U. S. Senate campaign of Woody Jenkins in 1996, Perkins "paid former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke $82,500 for his mailing list." Perkins denied knowing about the purchase. A document authorizing the payment was reported to contain Perkins' signature. The incident resurfaced in the local press in 2002, during Perkins' unsuccessful Senate run.
Z-News Notes: Dec 27, 2013: A writer who only identifies himself/herself as "Heather" from Crooks & Liars published an article tonight about Tony Perkins and his conversation with Shannon Bream on Fox News tonight after A&E announced they would reinstate Phil Robertson and Duck Dynasty would go on. Of course, she/he labeled Perkins a "homophobe" and suggests that we will now see "the homophobes come out of the woodwork to celebrate." Get used to it. Anyone who agrees with Phil Robertson or opposes organizations like GLAAD will be called a homophobe. No big deal, really, as people who oppose President Obama are called "racist," the labels are losing their sting and now border on the humorous when used in the context that they use them in. It really amounts to a problem with literacy and an inability to think through an issue and understand what exactly they are arguing against.
May 14, 2018: Perkins was appointed to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.
June 17, 2019: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom elected Perkins as chair for the commission.
June 16, 2020: Perkins became the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom vice chair.
December 10, 2020: Perkins signed a letter from the Conservative Action Project asking state legislatures in the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, Nevada, and Michigan to exercise their plenary power under the Constitution to overturn Joe Biden's victory by appointing pro-Trump slates of electors to the Electoral College. |