The Family Research Council and the Ku Klux Klan
Americablog.com reported...
The Family Research Council's executive director, Tony Perkins, reportedly paid former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke over $80,000 for his who's-who-of-racist-America mailing list in 1996. This should be the death of the Family Research Council, one of the religoius right's lead organizations, and the end of Tony Perkins career.
Who on the left is smart enough to plunk down some money to organize the campaign destroying the FRC and their executive director because of his dealings with the Ku Klux Klan?
This was 1996, people. That is well beyond, years beyond, the date that the entire nation knew Duke to be a rabid KKK-loving racist. But our pinnacle of family values, Tony Perkins, had no problem enriching black-hater David Duke to the tune of $82,000. And what's more, Tony Perkins had no problem trying to woo David Duke's avowed racist following.
With the religious right trying to reach out to black folk, and more generally trying to lecture the rest of us on morality, I want to know why Tony Perkins hasn't been forced to resign, or, why the Family Research Council hasn't been ostracized from the entire religious right community.
Bob Knight and the rest of the Concerned Women for America, and the American Family Association and Lou Sheldon and all the rest of you supposed Christians, are you concerned that your good buddy Tony Perkins appears peppered with racism?
From the Nation (I'd reported on this Nation piece before, but this is big. This is the end of the Family Research Council and the religious right's efforts to woo the black community, if only some smart well-funded liberal had the sense to do something with this.):
What would I do in response? How about make sure the entire audience knows about Perkins' support for Duke and affinity for racists at EVERY event he attends. How about informing the black media and black churches about this tie between racists and the religious right. How about asking supposed religious right "black" leaders why they don't speak out against the FRC and its executive director's affinity for white supremacists. How about demanding that the other religious right groups speak out against Tony Perkins and his enabling of black-hating racists.
This is a campaign begging to happen.
The Family Research Council's executive director, Tony Perkins, reportedly paid former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke over $80,000 for his who's-who-of-racist-America mailing list in 1996. This should be the death of the Family Research Council, one of the religoius right's lead organizations, and the end of Tony Perkins career.
Who on the left is smart enough to plunk down some money to organize the campaign destroying the FRC and their executive director because of his dealings with the Ku Klux Klan?
This was 1996, people. That is well beyond, years beyond, the date that the entire nation knew Duke to be a rabid KKK-loving racist. But our pinnacle of family values, Tony Perkins, had no problem enriching black-hater David Duke to the tune of $82,000. And what's more, Tony Perkins had no problem trying to woo David Duke's avowed racist following.
With the religious right trying to reach out to black folk, and more generally trying to lecture the rest of us on morality, I want to know why Tony Perkins hasn't been forced to resign, or, why the Family Research Council hasn't been ostracized from the entire religious right community.
Bob Knight and the rest of the Concerned Women for America, and the American Family Association and Lou Sheldon and all the rest of you supposed Christians, are you concerned that your good buddy Tony Perkins appears peppered with racism?
From the Nation (I'd reported on this Nation piece before, but this is big. This is the end of the Family Research Council and the religious right's efforts to woo the black community, if only some smart well-funded liberal had the sense to do something with this.):
"Four years ago, Perkins addressed the Louisiana chapter of the Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC), America's premier white supremacist organization, the successor to the White Citizens Councils, which battled integration in the South. In 1996 Perkins paid former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke $82,500 for his mailing list. At the time, Perkins was the campaign manager for a right-wing Republican candidate for the US Senate in Louisiana. The Federal Election Commission fined the campaign Perkins ran $3,000 for attempting to hide the money paid to Duke."
What would I do in response? How about make sure the entire audience knows about Perkins' support for Duke and affinity for racists at EVERY event he attends. How about informing the black media and black churches about this tie between racists and the religious right. How about asking supposed religious right "black" leaders why they don't speak out against the FRC and its executive director's affinity for white supremacists. How about demanding that the other religious right groups speak out against Tony Perkins and his enabling of black-hating racists.
This is a campaign begging to happen.
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ByI will give you this one if you agree to end the democrat party because they have former KKK member Robert Byrd serving in the senate.
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Daniel - Just relaying the post from AmericaBlog. Click on the AmericaBlog link on my posting and leave comments for them if you want to fight their info.
Mark you are making a huge assumption - don't make assumptions. I believe you have told me this before - and there you go doing it yourself.
I am far from being a one issue voter that you for some reason you are assuming I am... and to assume that I like Al Sharpton... interesting.
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You can have Robert Byrd. There is no room for racists in any party. As for Al Sharpton...which party was he to join? God knows there was no room in the big tent. As for marriage, the GOP has such a lock on protecting the sacred institution of marriage. HA! It is not gay couples that contribute to America's divorce rate. I don't believe gay people invented no fault divorce. Speaking of which, the only state to allow gay marriage, Massachusetts, also happens to have the lowest divorce rate in the country at 2.4 per 1,000 population. Guess they value marriage more than the rest of the country up in Massachusetts. Not that Americans are getting married in record numbers. Only a slight majority of the population is married at 59%. And since we are in Oregon...we rank 35 on the divorce rate scale, clocking in just above Texas with a divorce rate of 5.3. Texas is 5.4. West Virginia is 31st with 5.0 divorce rate. WAY TO GO STRAIGHT PEOPLE, protect that institution!!
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Mark - I believe you meant to say 'contempt' when making yet another assumption when you said:
"If you are ready to paint the entire "Christian Right" (always said with contemp)..."
Not true at all. I have many Christian friends on the right. Some who do not agree with gay marriage. It's the extremists that I have a problem with. There are MUCH more important issues to dedicate time and most importantly money to. Instead they focus on perpetuating, creating and ostracizing gays and lesbians. Now that, Mark, is my problem with them.
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Mark your arguement is a total joke. I'll leave it at that. Well other than the fact that yoou call these so called 'Defense of Marriage' groups 'pro-marriage' of even 'pro-family'. Such a fucking joke.
Mark what state do you live in?
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This never ends - I think I am getting sick from all of the circles you go in.
As far as you saying, ' You prefer to make up in your mind what you *think* I said instead of reading what I wrote."
Mark - you are doing exactly that.
You also say: "You want to make the fence sitters and gay marriage advocates think that those against it are evil and turn the public against them by using the worst of them as a supposed example of what they all are."
Well unfortunately, the ones who are speaking out against gay marriage the most and/or are leading the fight against gay marriage are exactly those people.
Let's see here. Just recently during the hearing for Oregon's Senate Bill 1000 these were some of the things that were said.
“...the characteristically unstable and often violent relationships of same-sex adults can result in an environment in which children are more likely to be victims of incest...”
Testimony against SB 1000 from Concerned Women of America of Oregon, 5/2/05
If we follow God's plan, one man and one woman for life, it does not create diseases...(homosexual) practices are contaminating our blood supply.”
Testimony against SB 1000 from Lea Williams, 5/4/05
I'm sorry Mark - which part of these statements are not completely ignorant and bigoted?
The fact is that you and I will NEVER agree on this issue - so therefore it should be a dead issue. I will continue to run this blog and you can continue to come here day after day. I just will not be responding to your comments anymore as we always argue about the same issue and it never goes anywhere.
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Mark,
I'm sorry - when I said day after day I meant every other day. Since June 7th you have come to my blog the following days:
June 7
June 9
June 10
June 11
June 14
June 15
I assume this is you:
IP: 67.163.215.241
Country: United States
Region: West Virginia
City: Weirton
ISP: Comcast Cable Communications Inc
Visit Length Visit spread over more than one day
Browser: MSIE 6.0
Operating System: Windows XP
Resolution: 1024x768
My opinions are not a lie as you call them. Your views are so out of whack it boggles my mind. The last time you ranted and raved about one of the posts - and went on and on just got ridiculous - hence why I simply started erasing them (something I normally do not ever do). I will state yet again that I will disagree with basically everything you said. So lets call it good and agree to disagree.
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