Under His Eye: Tony Perkins appointed to U.S. religious freedom commission.

[Duncan Grant]

FRC’s Tony Perkins Appointed To U.S. Commission On International Religious Freedom

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins has been appointed to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on the recommendation of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, according to an announcement in Monday’s Congressional Record. -snip-

Religious Right groups have been huge cheerleaders for Vladimir Putin, whose regime has restricted religious freedom as well as the rights of LGBTQ people. In 2017, when the USCIRF classified Russia as a “country of particular concern,” Perkins took note, but essentially blamed Barack Obama for increasing religious repression, saying that “America’s hostility to religious liberty at home has led to incredible indifference abroad.” Added Perkins, “After eight years of Obama’s war on faith, it’s time for America to pick up the torch of liberty and find its voice on the crisis.” -snip-

Perkins’ appointment appears to be yet another example of political payback to the Religious Right leaders and activists who make up a dominant part of the Republican Party’s political base and are President Trump’s strongest supporters. Perkins and other FRC spokespeople were outspoken cheerleaders for the confirmation of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Perkins praised the appointment of former Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, another Religious Right favorite, as Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. And Perkins is helping put together a political gathering in June at which Religious Right leaders will heap praise upon Trump and urge conservative Christians to vote for Republicans in this year’s midterm elections.

[asiliveandbreathe]

1. Just adding another croc to the swamp - eom

[Phoenix61]

2. I'm confused

How did I miss Obama's war on faith? WTF is he talking about?

[The Genealogist]

3. He didn't install a theocracy

So he conducted a "war on faith." I guess. Who knows with these people.

[Duncan Grant]

4. FRC: Homosexual conduct is harmful...and can never be affirmed.

From the Southern Poverty Law Center

“Family Research Council believes that homosexual conduct is harmful to the persons who engage in it and to society at large, and can never be affirmed. It is by definition unnatural, and as such is associated with negative physical and psychological health effects.”
– Family Research Council website, 2016

They’re “persecuted” because equal marriage and LGBT equality on the federal level occurred during the Obama administration. Let’s face it; if they have to acknowledge LGBT equality then they have to admit they’ve been wrong. If they’re wrong about LGBT people, what else in their cosmology is suspect? The entire “Jesus loves who I allow Him to love” fallacy evaporates and they’re left dining on ashes.

I don’t take these fanatics lightly. They’re the primary obstacle to young LGBTQ people’s safety. Pardon my soapbox. I could rant about these people for hours.

[lambchopp59]

5. Nor can I take the fanatics lightly.

My own youth disrupted by Fred Phelp's cousins, leaving me homeless at 16, it was either that or death.
If the fur on the back of my neck stands up when reading this, it's just because when Barack Obama stated there's room for everyone at the table (unconditionally) I was so relieved, so hopeful that the PTSD healing process could truly begin.
Reading things like this I can only grimace, shake my head and hope for the best.
"There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life".
I never could have predicted how true Frank Zappa's statement would become.

[RKP5637]

6. This is getting damn freaky!!! n/t