Good As You: Tony Perkins Roundup

11/10/2008

Video: Tony's such a 'riot'

"You don't change public policy to accommodate a few." "There's no oppression here." These and other bits of brilliance from Tony Perkins, a man who apparently has an ability to see riots where there are none: Tony Perkins claims gay...

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11/07/2008

The arc of justice vs. The arch enemies of justice

The Family Research Council's Tony Perkins, predictably, is lashing out against gay activists who vow to fight (and win) against Proposition 8 in court. Of the forthcoming legal battles, Tony says: Once again, homosexual extremists are turning to their place...

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09/26/2008

Shocking video: Like-minded people agree with each other!

This video is produced by the Family Research Council: We reply: "Yea, Tony? "African-American leaders" say this stuff? You mean African-American leaders like: Bishop Harry Jackson: A staunchly gay-unfriendly "pro-family" personality with whom you yourself have co-authored a book Bishop...

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07/30/2008

Wait, YOU'RE accusing someone of bias, Tony? Oh, that's cute.

Reacting to the news that the wording of Prop. 8 will now speak more specifically to the negative effects the measure would have on gays, the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins says California Attorney General Jerry Brown has "sabotaged the...

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07/17/2008

Tony Perkins has priorities firmly in order

For a piece that he (or his ghostwriter) has written on the Massachusetts' Senate's vote to repeal the 1913 law that's prevented out-of-state gay from marrying in the Bay State, the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins has decided the following...

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06/02/2008

Doublespeak: The 'pro-family' movement's one consistency

Wanna see a blatant case of a "pro-family" leader shifting his talking points so that they fit the poliutical situation at hand rather than what is truly in his heart and mind? Well, check this out. At a press conference...

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05/27/2008

Gas prices? Housing bust? No, no -- it's gay 'I do's that are gonna dick us over

In a recent edition of his daily "Washington Update" in which he crudely referred to gay couples who wish to marry as "wedding crashers," the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins (or his ghostwriter) said the following about the supposed financial...

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05/20/2008

Perkins: You're saying some people are trained in the law? THAT'S OFFENSIVE!

"When the people vote, the people are not legal experts, constitutional experts, or any of that. I think that's why we have the courts. People may vote with good intentions, but then the court says, 'This is not constitutional.'" The...

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02/27/2008

This NY site recognizes Tony's out-of-state errors

We routinely witness the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins being deceptive, hyperbolic, fallacious, and unflattering to our existences. However, in his latest "Washington Update", he's just flat-out factually wrong. Of the recent ruling that a New York lesbian can sue...

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02/20/2008

Yea, Tony? We've been stealth about our goals? Really?

Speaking about the Civil Union Review Commission's finding that New Jersey's civil unions system is falling short of the court-mandated equality that they were supposed to grant, the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins (or ghostwriter) yesterday wrote the following cockamamie...

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02/06/2008

Mukasey finds Pride; Tony still shameless

As you might've already heard, new Attorney General Michael Mukasey recently broke ranks with the Bush administration by reversing a ban on the activities of the Dept. of Justice's gay centric group, DOJ Pride. Under Mukasey's newly revised equal-employment-opportunity policy,...

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02/05/2008

Tony Perkins: An unnatural obsession

Speaking about the recent NY appellate court ruling that said the state must recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere, and specifically the part where the court found that such marriages are not "contrary to the prohibitions of natural law," the Family...

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01/22/2008

Gay seamen discharged? Tony will eat it up!

In the latest edition of the Family Research Council's "Washington Update," Tony Perkins (or his ghostwriter) says the following about those gays who wish to serve their country (highlighting is ours): Today's Washington Times features a front-page story (link) on...

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01/03/2008

Instead of scoffing, he should've been doing more research

In a short item wherein he makes multiple attempts to decry New Hampshire's recently-enacted civil unions law, the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins (or his ghostwriter) makes the following statement: "The Associated Press reports a prediction that 3,500 to 4,000...

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12/18/2007

Hetero adoptive parents: Ready to join our fight yet?

In response to an LA Times article on two gay men who employed surrogacy methods to become new fathers, the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins (or, more likely, his ghost writer) says the following: "...they have gone to such great...

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10/19/2007

Video: Semi-Live Streaming the 'Values Voters' Summit (Pt. 1)

As you might already know, the so-called "Value Voters" Summit begins today in D.C. We will be bringing you coverage throughout the day, beginning with this call to action from our ol' buddy Tony Perkins: (forgive the date -- it...

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10/15/2007

The truth: These kids don't want to cease fire!

The Family Research Council's Tony Perkins (or a ghost writer) has posted the following in his "Washington Update" section. Read it and then we'll get back to you: No Surrender Discussions of the "culture wars" in America remind me of...

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10/02/2007

Your actions are what are 'In-Defensible', Tony

From a short piece he's entitled "In-Defensible," Here is Tony Perkins speaking about the LGBT-centric hate crimes legislation that was recently passed by the Senate as an amendment to the Department of Defense authorization bill: "By hijacking the bill and...

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09/28/2007

Wherein we launch a 'pro-family' proofreading service

In a piece he posted today on the Family Research Council's blog, Tony Perkins does as so many of his conservative cronies have done and condemns the Folsom Street Fair for using The Last Supper as the basis for their...

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09/21/2007

Tony's red-haired red herring

So in our time covering the ins and outs of the anti-gay industry, we've seen its proponents take MANY leaps in logic. However, this latest from Tony Perkins' "Washington Update" column just might take the reason-hopping cake: When comedian Kathy...

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09/14/2007

Abortion, gays; tomato, tomahto -- let's call the whole thing an unfair socio-political linkage

In the state of New Jersey, there has been a frivolous lawsuit playing out in which anti-choice advocates were trying to make it so that doctors would have to inform women that their embryo is an "existing human being" before...

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09/06/2007

Wherein Tony uses a rubber to protest protection

So what sort of graphic does the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins (or one of his minions) would use to highlight a story regarding democrats' attempts, among other things, pass gay-inclusive hate crimes legislation? The word "hate" with a cross...

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09/04/2007

Fully rested Perkins again pens queer column

The Family Research Council's Tony Perkins has been on vacation for the past couple of weeks, so there have been none of his daily Washington Updates. So since it's been 15 days since his last batch of daily musings, he...

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08/14/2007

Where there's smoke, there's a Pride parade

"In nearly three decades of risking his life on the job, San Diego Fire Captain John Ghiotto said he'd never experienced real stress until he and his colleagues were forced to march in the city's "gay pride parade." The above...

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08/01/2007

Master of 'scare game' accuses gays of stealing playbook

Speaking about a possible gay marriage-banning amendment that could be put before Florida voters in 2008, the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins (or his ghostwriter) today says this: As marriage opponents have falsely claimed in other states, the Florida coalition...

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07/23/2007

Wherein we actually sort of defend Tony's ability to discriminate

Here is a recent passage from our ol' pal at the Family Research Council, Tony Perkins. Enjoy: Earlier in the week I wrote about thought crimes legislation and the plight of a Canadian pastor who's on trial for allegedly running...

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07/12/2007

Hey Tony: To defend someone you don't have to attack others!

You know what's super annoying? How our opposition always tries to paint someone as automatically virtuous simply because they have reproduced, served their country, and/ or supported "family values." They act as if those concepts trump everything else, and anyone...

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'Do as I say, not as I do' - that's not a 'family value,' Tony!

In regards to David Vitter, the gay marriage ban-supporting Senator who has admitted to having had extra-marital affairs with a DC madam, the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins has this to say: Sin in The City Homosexual newspapers, pornographer Larry...

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06/15/2007

Hey Tony: The 'banners' don't own the banner!!

Here is how the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins reacted to the Massachusetts vote (highlighting our own): More than 200 years ago, the Second Continental Congress resolved that one flag would represent America to the world. It ordered that "the...

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06/01/2007

His rhetoric may be tired, but we're the ones who're f***in' exhausted!

When he signed civil unions into law yesterday, New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch made some comparisons between the affronts that have been dealt to the gay community and those that have been dealt to both African-Americans and women. But since...

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05/18/2007

Perkins gets to bottom of Massachussetts' bigtop

Here's the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins on the state of gay marriage in Massachusetts: The people of Massachusetts are having a “Deval” of a time on marriage. Governor Deval Patrick, to be exact. Since taking office, Patrick’s been a...

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05/16/2007

Making a mountain out of a 'Mountain'

Wanna hear yet another "pro-family" person attempt to spin one substitute teacher's misguided showing of Brokeback Mountain into an example of gay indoctrination in public schools? Well, consider these words from the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins (highlighting our own):...

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05/10/2007

No, Mr. Perkins, it's only 'rotten to the core of your readership!'

The above is the headline that Tony Perkins (or his ghostwriter) is using to detail NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer's pushes to, among other things, legalize same-sex marriage in the Empire State. And this, my friends, should give you an example...

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05/04/2007

Trascript vs. 'transcript' -- Part 2

So you remember earlier this week when we showed you a de-facto "transcript" that was being passed around by the Traditional Values Coalition, and then we compared that with the WILDLY different official House Judiciary Committee transcript? Well, we now...

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04/26/2007

It's good for them that HR 1592 can't sue for defamation!

Do you all know that series of "This is Your Brain on Drugs" PSAs that aired in the late 80's and early 90's? You know, the ones that involved the egg frying in the pan to show that drugs fry...

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01/26/2007

Perkins lashes out against liberals' militant anti-'f*ggot' agenda

Responding to the news that Isaiah Washington is attending treatment to overcome his gay-slurring ways, the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins (or, more likely, a ghost writer) says on his "Washington Update" site: Widely criticized for using a "gay slur"...

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10/27/2006

Don't like the Jersey ruling? Then just disregard it!

Responding to the Jersey marriage ruling, the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins has some very novel advice for the state's legislature: he's recommending the members of the legislative branch simply IGNORE the judicial! He says in his "Washington Update" column:...

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08/24/2006

'Pro-fam's get around to acknowledging pro-gay Wal-Mart effort; shockingly, 'mazel tov' not their response

Responding to the news that Wal-Mart has partnered with the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins has issued this quote: "I don't think this is something that will sell on Main Street America,...

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08/17/2006

BREAKING: Proof that 'pro-fam' leaders actually share one brain

From Cybercast News Service, this quote from Randy Thommason about California's much-debated gay rights bill, SB 1437: And from Tony Perkins' "Washington Update," a daily publication from the Family Research Council that's ostensibly written by Perkins himself, this little bit:...

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04/25/2006

FRC calls Shepard's televised tale 'fiction'; weird, as for Lifetime, we find it too tragically short

While chastising Judge Stephen Reinhardt for recently ruling that a high school student's anti-gay T-shirt violated other teens' rights, the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins (pic.) today says in his latest "Washington Update": Reinhardt substantiates his claim that homosexuals are...

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