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Related: About this forumTony Perkins: Obama's Attacks On Religious Liberty 'Just As Dangerous' As Terrorism
SUBMITTED BY Miranda Blue on Wednesday, 8/31/2016 11:45 am
The Family Research Council has been one of the central groups playing up the Religious Rights claims that conservative Christians are facing severe persecution in America today, a claim that relies on a constant stream of easily debunked tales of martyrdom .
The FRC fell back again on these martyrdom stories in a fundraising email from the groups president, Tony Perkins, in which Perkins lists a number of debunked tales of Christian persecution in the military in order to claim that President Obamas focus on undoing the foundation of faith in the armed forces is just as dangerous as the rise of a new terrorist group:
There is a grave threat to America's military you won't hear about from the mainstream media. No, it's not a new terrorist group. But it's just as dangerous. President Obama is bent on undoing the foundation of faith that has been a source of strength to America's servicemen and women since Valley Forge. In the irony of ironies, those charged with defending your religious freedom are losing theirs.
Christian servicemen and women need you to stand with them NOW because the persecution they are suffering is going from bad to worse. All you have to do is look at the growing number of those serving our country in uniform who have been punished just for remaining true to their faith.
Christian servicemen and women need you to stand with them NOW because the persecution they are suffering is going from bad to worse. All you have to do is look at the growing number of those serving our country in uniform who have been punished just for remaining true to their faith.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/tony-perkins-obamas-attacks-religious-liberty-just-dangerous-terrorism
Go mop your basement, Tony.
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Tony Perkins: Obama's Attacks On Religious Liberty 'Just As Dangerous' As Terrorism (Original Post)
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Aug 2016
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(125,682 posts)1. "I myself just barely escaped being fed to lions this morning"
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(82,333 posts)2. I was stoned last night.
