Tony Perkins Hates America

Moving on in my personal efforts to "out" the minions of the anti-christ, I bring you Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council. From DefCon, here is just a sample of this uber Christian's fanatic agenda:

• Conquering the Judicial Branch: "The Court has become increasingly hostile to Christianity, and it poses a greater threat to representative government – more than anything, more than budget deficits, more than terrorist groups."(Grace, Stephanie, "Failed Politic Gains Weird Clout Over Gop," Times-Picayune, April 26, 2005).

• Tony Perkins consistently labels the courts as an enemy to be conquered. Prior to the first Justice Sunday, Perkins wrote on the Family Research Council's web page, ''the liberal, anti-Christian dogma of the left has been repudiated in almost every recent election, the courts have become the last great bastion for liberalism.''(Kirkpatrick, David, "Frist Set to Use Religious Stage on Justice Issue," New York Times, April 15, 2005). He has called for the disabling of the judicial branch through denying the court funds, "just take away the bench, all of his staff, and he's just sitting out there with nothing to do." (Wallsten, Peter, "2 Evangelicals Wish to Strip Courts' Funds," Los Angeles Times, April 22, 2005).

• Tearing Down the Wall Between Church and State: "I cannot think of a more foundational element of our republic than the Ten Commandments." (Alpert, Bruce & Bill Walsh, "ON THE HILL," Times-Picayune, August 31, 2003).

• Tony Perkins is a prominent proponent of God in the classroom. As a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1996-2004), he authored legislation calling for "a daily time of silent prayer in Louisiana public schools," and created the American History Preservation Act which "prevents censorship of America's Christian heritage in Louisiana public schools." Tony Perkins has also campaigned in support of religious symbols on federal property.

• Denying Personal Rights: "In [the Schiavo] case ... I think Congress was compelled to act, and I think that there are going to be other cases like this that will need to be addressed." (Simon, Richard, "The Terri Schiavo Case; Political Aftermath," Los Angeles Times, March 23, 2005).

• Tony Perkins was the ringleader of a concerted effort between right wing proselytizers and the conservative congressional leadership during their disturbing exploitation of the Terri Schiavo incident in March 2005. He appeared repeatedly in the media arguing for congressional and judicial invasion of Terri and Michael Schiavo's constitutional rights.

• Supporting White Supremacists: In 2001, Tony Perkins addressed the Louisiana chapter of the white supremacist group Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC), the successor of the anti-integration white citizen's council. And, in 1996 Tony Perkins paid former Ku Klux Klan wizard David Duke $82,000 for his mailing list.7