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TONY PERKINS of "FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL gets raked over the coals, over and over again!
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FYI, here's a little info about TONY PERKINS-

Anthony Richard "Tony" Perkins (born March 20, 1963) is an American political activist.
Perkins is president of the Family Research Council, a conservative Christian think-tank and public policy foundation based in Washington, D.C. Perkins formerly resided in Baker in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, when he served two terms as a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Perkins was raised in Cleveland, Oklahoma and graduated from Cleveland High School in 1981 and went on to receive his Bachelor of Science degree from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia and later earned a Master of Public Administration degree from Louisiana State University. After college, he entered the United States Marine Corps. Following his tour of duty, he entered the law enforcement arena, working for the Baton Rouge city police. During this time, he also worked with the U.S. State Department's Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program.

After leaving the law enforcement field, Perkins worked at WBTR-TV, an independent Baton Rouge television station as a reporter and later as news director.
He stayed there until his election to the legislature. He was elected on a "traditional" conservative platform of strong families and limited government. Four years later, he was reelected without opposition.
Perkins is married to the former Lawana Lee. He has been affiliated with the National Rifle Association, and the Christian Coalition.
In 1996, Tony Perkins worked as the campaign manager for Louis E. "Woody" Jenkins, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Louisiana. In that capacity, Perkins signed a contract with a company run by former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke. Duke's company was paid $82,000 in exchange for the use of its mailing list.

Perkins became the President of the conservative Christian Family Research Council, a political offshoot of James Dobson's Focus on the Family, in September 2003.

Perkins has urged Congress to pass the Federal Marriage Amendment which would define marriage as the union between one man and one woman in the United States. He has also criticized civil unions.
In Perkins' own words, from a July 21, 2006, column in the publication Human Events:
The definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman is rooted in the order of nature itself. It promotes the continuation of the human race and the cooperation of a mother and a father in raising the children they produce. This union can only be protected through amending the United States Constitution. If it's not, activists will continue using the courts to sell a five-legged dog. But as we say where I'm from in Louisiana, 'that dog won't hunt.'

Perkins June 3, 2010 "Washington Update" email described the gay civil rights movement as "a movement dedicated to destroying marriage, free speech, public health, religious liberty, and (after the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal) national security"

In November 2009, Perkins signed a statement known as the Manhattan Declaration calling on Evangelicals, Catholics and Orthodox not to comply with rules and laws permitting abortion, same-sex marriage and other matters that go against their religious consciences.