Perkins Comments After FRC Staffer Receives Threatening Phone Call
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Research Council President Tony Perkins made the following comments today in his daily email newsletter The Washington Update regarding the upcoming Senate vote on the defense authorization bill and its "hate crimes" provision:
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"Now that Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has filed cloture on the conference report, it could be less than 24 hours before the Senate votes on the final legislation. Before they do, we need your help. Contact your senators and urge them to fight for our freedom - and the soldiers defending it.
"This is not an inconsequential vote. Expanding hate crimes puts America in lock-step with the stated agenda of homosexual activists who will turn next to the so-called Employment Non-discrimination Act, followed by the repeal of the ban on homosexuality in the military and then the Defense of Marriage Act. More than 100,000 people have signed our petition opposing the 'hate crimes' measure as a violation of the First Amendment.
"While Congress is busy giving preferential treatment to homosexuals, maybe it's time to point out the kind of calls we receive from the side of 'tolerance.' Just last week, FRC Senior Vice President Tom McClusky came into his office to find this voicemail:
"I read about your, uh, homophobic comments, and I just gotta give you some advice. It's not a good idea to be, uh, an intolerant bigot s*****g. Uh, because, you know, you reap what you sow and when you start spreadin' hate against other people, that's exactly what you're gonna get back. And, you know, who knows what effect that could have on you, or your family, or your office, you know, on G Street? Uh, just a bit of advice for ya. You should really learn, really-stop bein' such a redneck piece of ****."
Perkins concluded, "Tom is not alone. We get reports almost daily from donors who have given to pro-marriage campaigns in the states and are being awakened in the middle of the night by harassing phone calls and death threats. Where's the protection for them? Where are those blowing the trumpet of tolerance?"
To hear the audio of the voicemail - go to
http://www.thecloakroomblog.com/2009/10/we-get-voicemails/
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