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Related: About this forumCNN’s Don Lemon Grills FRC President Over Anti-Gay Extremism
from Equality Matters
On February 9, Family Research Council president Tony Perkins made his sixth CNN appearance of 2012, joining CNNs Don Lemon to discuss the recent controversy surrounding a pending federal rule concerning contraception coverage.
For the first few minutes of the segment, it appeared that the anti-gay hate group leader would once again be allowed to appear on national television without being called out for his right-wing extremism.
Halfway through the interview, however, Lemon turned his attention to a recent anti-gay assault caught on tape in Atlanta. Lemon grilled Perkins over his opposition to gay rights, asking why FRC has failed to condemn acts of violence against LGBT people
For the first few minutes of the segment, it appeared that the anti-gay hate group leader would once again be allowed to appear on national television without being called out for his right-wing extremism.
Halfway through the interview, however, Lemon turned his attention to a recent anti-gay assault caught on tape in Atlanta. Lemon grilled Perkins over his opposition to gay rights, asking why FRC has failed to condemn acts of violence against LGBT people
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Though Perkins denies condoning violence against gays and lesbians, hes made a living out of peddling homophobic myths that depict LGBT people as threats, predators, and enemies of the state:
* Gay men are more likely to be pedophiles
* Gay activists are terrorists who work out of the same playbook as Islamists
* Gays and lesbians want to destroy your traditional values
* Gays and lesbians want to recruit children into a lifestyle of perversion
* Gays promote an agenda thats destructive to our society and could be the death nail of America
As the Southern Poverty Law Center recently noted, these anti-gay talking points almost certainly contribute to the high rates of violence against LGBT people
* Gay men are more likely to be pedophiles
* Gay activists are terrorists who work out of the same playbook as Islamists
* Gays and lesbians want to destroy your traditional values
* Gays and lesbians want to recruit children into a lifestyle of perversion
* Gays promote an agenda thats destructive to our society and could be the death nail of America
As the Southern Poverty Law Center recently noted, these anti-gay talking points almost certainly contribute to the high rates of violence against LGBT people
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By bringing up Perkins anti-gay positions and tying them to real instances of anti-gay violence, CNNs Lemon demonstrated how news networks should treat representatives of FRC. Instead of giving Perkins a pass and treating him as a legitimate political commentator as so many other news anchors have done Lemon made sure to let his audience know about his guests far-right extremism.
Other news hosts should take note.
Other news hosts should take note.
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CNN’s Don Lemon Grills FRC President Over Anti-Gay Extremism (Original Post)
The Philosopher
Feb 2012
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Perkins is such a vile snake. I can barely keep down my last meal when he appears on my screen
stevenleser
Feb 2012
#3
EC
(12,287 posts)1. Tweety got him on his
"Obama is waging war on religion" bullshit too. Asked him to name specific ways that Obama waged war on religion and told him he didn't believe him.
HillWilliam
(3,310 posts)2. The nutters are slowly losing
but keep in mind that a wounded animal is a dangerous animal.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)3. Perkins is such a vile snake. I can barely keep down my last meal when he appears on my screen
and that is the PG version of how I feel.