AFA president Tim Wildmon said Jews, Muslims, atheists or any other non-Christian would "go to hell" unless they accepted Jesus Christ as their savior
From the Texas Tribune | By Jay Root and Morgan Smith | Read the complete story
Gov. Rick Perry, who has made economic populism the cornerstone of his political ambition in Texas, has jumped headfirst into America’s culture war as he ponders whether to run for president of the United States.
Perry has asked one of the nation’s leading anti-gay groups, the American Family Association, to sponsor a “Day of Prayer and Fasting” in Houston later this summer. It’s billed as an “apolitical Christian prayer meeting,” but on Tuesday the event drew heated rebukes from the Anti-Defamation League, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
Sparking the controversy are the group's views on Christianity, its staunchly anti-gay platform and the inflammatory statements of one its executives, Bryan Fischer. In an interview with The Texas Tribune on Tuesday, AFA president Tim Wildmon said Jews, Muslims, atheists or any other non-Christian would "go to hell" unless they accepted Jesus Christ as their savior. Wildmon's father, Don, who famously took on iconic television programs like Three's Company for promoting what he saw as an immoral lifestyle, is listed as one of the event's chief organizers.
Perry spokesman Mark Miner said the governor had been planning the event since December and was comfortable with the Tupelo, Miss.-based AFA as a host of the social conservative extravaganza. AFA is picking up the tab for the event, including the rental of Reliant Stadium in Houston, home to the NFL's Houston Texans.
2 comments:
It is always the closet gay Republicans who are the most adamant anti-gay politicians. I don't know about Rick Perry, but I am suspicious. What better place to hide than at some event that chastises his secrets.
And any conservative group that has "family" in the name is anything but pro-family - as they would hate and ostracise their own children if they were gay or different in almost any way.
The family values hypocrites are the real hate crowd. I love to see someone in these families who comes out of the closet. The gay family member is the only one with the courage to live and let love.
Going to a family values political rally makes you no more "family values" than hanging out at a car dealership makes you a car.
OMG. After 3 readings, I just realized Bubba's comment is serious. I was thinking it was really good sarcasm. My bad.
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