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Tony Perkins laments that ‘Mike and Ike’ are gay and ‘sexualizing candy’
As part of a new advertising campaign, “Mike and Ike” have announced that they are divorcing so Ike can pursue a career in the arts and Mike can fulfill his dream of becoming a “music legend,” but FRC president Tony Perkins is upset that Mike and Ike are a gay couple and said they are sexualizing candy.
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Perkins blames Secret Service prostitution scandal on repeal of ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’
Family Research Council president Tony Perkins claims that since the President has been “enforcing open homosexuality in our military” then he should not have been “upset” about the prostitution scandal, maintaining that Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’s repeal led to “a total breakdown” in “moral order.”
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FRC itching to be humiliated again as ‘Day of Silence’ approaches
Because the “Day of Silence” — and the organization behind it, GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) — deals with the plight of LGBT students, they both have been in the cross hairs of religious right groups who claim that Day of Silence is simply another way to supposedly “indoctrinate” students into homosexuality…
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Electronic Arts defends allowing same-sex relationships in video games
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Video game developer and distributor Electronic Arts, under fire from Christian right groups for including same-sex relationship options in their games, has dismissed the complaints, calling them political harassment.
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‘Day of Dialogue’ from Focus on the Family is ‘sacred discrimination’
I have a hair-trigger sensitivity for the protection of LGBT youth. Even if an action is wrapped in heart-themed paper and tied with a Jesus-loves-you ribbon, when there is something rotten inside, I can smell it. There is something very rotten at the core of the Day of Dialogue event sponsored by the conservative Christian ministry Focus on the Family.
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Rick Santorum pledges to restore ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
While sitting down with Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council at the Greenwell Springs Baptist Church on Sunday, Rick Santorum doubled down on his commitment to bring back the discriminatory Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy.
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MSNBC rejects ad exposing hate group leader’s anti-gay record
Amid a growing outcry from progressive Christian leaders to take Family Research Council President Tony Perkins off the air, MSNBC has rejected an ad exposing his and FRC’s extensive record of hate speech against gay and lesbian Americans.
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Family Research Council launches fundraiser to stop ‘fake marriages’
WASHINGTON — The virulently anti-gay Family Research Center has launched an aggressive new fundraising campaign to “Stop Fake Marriages” in the U.S., because, according to the FRC, 2012 could be the “tipping point” year in the battle for marriage.
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Marriage equality moves forward in Washington, New Jersey
Marriage equality took center stage again on Monday, with progress on both coasts — in Washington out west, and in the east, New Jersey.
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Maryland school official calls ‘ex-gay’ flyer ‘reprehensible and deplorable’
ROCKVILLE, Md. — The superintendent of Montgomery County schools in Rockville, Md., has labeled as “reprehensible and deplorable” flyers that were sent home with high school students recently, claiming that homosexuality is a choice that can be changed.