Right Wing Watch reported Wednesday that American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer will not only be speaking at the upcoming Values Voter Summit, but will immediately follow Mitt Romney.
Bryan Fischer
Today, People For the American Way released a statement urging Romney and fellow Republican presidential candidates Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain and Rick Santorum to condemn Fischer’s unmitigated bigotry rather than lending it legitimacy by appearing with him:
- Fischer, the chief spokesman for the AFA, has insisted that American Muslims have no First Amendment rights, has said that Muslims should be banned from the U.S. military, and has called for a ban on the building of new mosques in the U.S.
- Fischer has written that “gay sex is a form of domestic terrorism,” thinks gays and lesbians should be “disqualified from public office,” claims that gays are responsible for the Nazi Party and that gay people today will “do the same thing to you that the Nazis did to their opponents in Nazi Germany.”
- Fischer has insisted that Native Americans are “morally disqualified” from controlling American land and insists that American Indian communities are “mired in poverty and alcoholism” because not all have converted to Christianity.
- He has written that African American welfare recipients “rut like rabbits.”
- Last year, Fischer insulted Medal of Honor winner Sal Giunta, who saved the lives of two fellow soldiers under heavy fire in Afghanistan, saying “we have feminized the Medal of Honor” because “we now award it only for preventing casualties, not for inflicting them.”
People For the American Way president Michael Keegan urged Romney and his fellow presidential candidates to denounce Fischer’s bigotry before appearing with him at the event.
“Bryan Fischer’s stunning record of public bigotry would make him a pariah in any sane political movement,” Keegan said. “But his long record of hate speech doesn’t seem to bother the supposed ‘mainstream’ GOP politicians like Mitt Romney and Rick Perry who are sharing the stage with him at an event sponsored by his employer. Candidates don’t have to agree with the views of everyone they appear with – but they should be wary of lending legitimacy to those who peddle hate and fear of their fellow Americans.
“If Mitt Romney wants to appeal to mainstream audiences, he should publicly disassociate himself from Fischer’s bigotry before handing him the podium.”
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Its truly unbelievable that there are humans out there that have Mr Fischers thought process. It makes me sad for those individuals.
ok…
Unfortunatly, these are Conservatives we’re talking about…
Romney showing his true colors perhaps?
Watch him skirt around it and end up making himself look like the bigoted, ignorant fool he is. One can only hope.
We’re not talking about sane, rational people here. We’re discussing Republicans and TEAbaggers (sorry about the redundancy) who hate everyone who’s not in their definition of “Christian” (Mitt might have problems here) and wealthy (No problem here for Mittens)
You stupid ass, we were killed in the concentration camps too.
Before naysaying, please read all of this to try to understand that I am both a Christian, as well as a card-carrying member of the GLBT community.
As a Christian, I am horrified by this man, the organization he represents, and organizations like it. Does the Bible speak poorly of homosexual behavior? Absolutely! However, every single time it does, it had nothing to do with any kind of behavior within the context of committed loving relationships. Every time homosexuality is written about in the Bible, it is put in the context of idol worship or rape. As such, the Bible never specifically condemns committed homosexual relationships. However, people like Mr. Fischer and Mr. Phelps would prefer to take the text of the Bible not only out of its literary context, but also its historical context as well, leaving an unequal application of the Law of the Torah as the gaping hole where all of their arguments fall to peices when measured up to the grace freely given by God thanks to Christ’s death and resurrection.
gawd, australia is filled with these christian bigots thankfully the refugess who come to this country are forming the antidote to their toxin
it´s hilarious to say gay/lesbian people are the same as Nazis,just because they were also killed in concentration camps because they were called perverts.and all this because Hitler himslf was secretly gay and couldn´t accept it.What a pity…and now Fischer blames Homosexuals and Muslims for shit that clearly is made in America.I´m sorry,Mr Fischer,but you´re an asshole.