Add Texas' Republican Governor to the list of commentators warning Boy Scout officials about their eternal futures:
[SOURCE: Washington Watch w/ Tony Perkins; 5/24/13]
Is there any debate tactic any weaker than this? I mean, threatening mortals with afterlife retribution—isn't that kind of weak? Perhaps even weaker than this…
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Tony Perkins on the Boy Scouts decision:
"We do need to reach out in love to everyone. You know, we allow everyone into our church and we want everyone to come into our church. But we're not going to celebrate someone who is engaged in a behavior that we know runs counter to the teachings of scripture and human history and to science and to nature. We're not going to celebrate adultery. We're not going to celebrate polygamy. We're not going to celebrate promiscuity. And so why should we celebrate homosexuality? And that's what they're calling us to do"
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The Boy Scouts just delivered a whopping defeat to the anti-equality crowd. But for some reason, FRC president Tony Perkins, someone who has been denigrating the current BSA leadership all through this process, still thinks he has the capital to call for new blood at the head of the organization:
"Sadly, the Boy Scouts' legacy of producing great leaders has become yet another casualty of moral compromise. Unfortunately, Boy Scout delegates capitulated to strong-arm tactics and abandoned the timeless values that have served the organization well for more than 100 years.
"The delegates succumbed to a concerted and ...
Tony Perkins:
"We denounce any and all acts of unprovoked violence. No American should be the target of violence - period. We hope and trust that justice will be served in that the perpetrator of this senseless act of violence will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law" [FRC]
Brian Brown:
"We condemn in the strongest possible way the murder of a gay man in New York by a killer who apparently hurled anti-gay insults at him moments before the killing. This senseless act cannot be condoned in America or anywhere, and we urge that the perpetrator be ...