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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTony Perkins: Gay Rights Will Destroy Freedom, Devastate US Economy
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/tony-perkins-gay-rights-will-destroy-freedom-devastate-us-economyPerkins told host Dave Garrison that gay rights present such a grave threat to religious liberty that the movement for LGBT equality will inevitably lead to a rapid downward spiral of our nation, including our economy.
After Garrison expressed regret that we at Right Wing Watch see us as hating gays, Perkins insisted that his anti-gay activism is motivated by love for the gay community.
Just as an onlooker would try to wake up a person sleeping inside of a burning building, Perkins explained, he is simply trying to tell gay people about homosexualitys destructive nature:
closeupready
(29,503 posts)Can't quite figure it out.
RKP5637
(67,109 posts)he says. It's the same old story, Psychological Projection, text book case.
Initech
(100,079 posts)spanone
(135,843 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)RKP5637
(67,109 posts)City Lights
(25,171 posts)ancianita
(36,060 posts)Why his media silence for two years. Why now.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)Warpy
(111,267 posts)since being free to marry the man of his dreams could be too great a temptation for him and destroy his present license to bully gays and lesbians. It will certainly devastate his personal economy as the cash flow dries up when the sky doesn't fall and his followers gradulally realize how full of shit he is and desert him.
My advice to old Tony is to find somebody else to hate. The time to milk this particular cash cow is just about up, cupcake. Time to move on.
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)new revenue from wedding-related spending.
"devastate the economy". Right
brooklynite
(94,588 posts)See, all those fundamentalist dress shops and bakeries that refuse to serve gays will lose business when they get ignored by anyone who's not a bigot.
WhiteTara
(29,718 posts)and vacations.