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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-10 11:27 AM
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Now, this is justice. FRC regrets endorsing legislator who now supports gay rights
For those who don't know, the Family Research Council is headed by Tony Perkins, he attributed the string of recent suicides by gay teens to their brains telling them that they are "abnormal".

In 2008, the Family Research Council endorsed Joseph Cao for Congress:

"Today FRC Action PAC is endorsing Joseph Cao for Congress representing the second district of Louisiana.

"Joseph Cao will be a true friend of the family. We need representatives who will fight to defend the family against the radical leadership in the House of Representatives," said Tony Perkins, President of FRC Action PAC. "I feel confident in Joseph Cao's ability to do just that."


Cao won his race and is now running for re-election ... and FRC is running ads against him because he turned out to be insufficiently anti-gay:

The conservative Family Research Council Action PAC has launched a last-minute radio ad campaign against Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao, R-New Orleans, for his support of gay rights ... Cao's "record is dismal on our issues," Tony Perkins, the former Louisiana legislator who heads the Washington-based FRC, said Saturday.

"Who is Rep. Joseph Cao representing in Washington?" the FRC ad asks. "Cao has repeatedly voted for extra protections for homosexuals at the cost of religious liberty. Cao voted to use the military to advance the radical social agendas of homosexual activists and he voted for a so-called hate crimes bill that places your personal liberties at jeopardy."

Cao co-sponsored both the Hate Crimes Protection Act of 2009 and House legislation to repeal the policy that prohibits openly gay men and women from serving in the armed forces, known as "don't ask, don't tell."


http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/how-times-have-changed

I'm torn on this.

I can't decide between :nopity: or :rofl:, what do you think is better?
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southern_belle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-10 11:30 AM
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1. ffs eom
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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-10 11:51 AM
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2. Tony Perkins need to be beat up after school. Who's up for it?...n/t
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EC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-01-10 12:38 PM
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3. So now they don't like him because he voted
against their need to scream "gay" every ten minutes?
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