Gov. Rick Perry
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has scheduled his first visit to New Hampshire, the first presidential primary state. And guess what? Perry is headed there to headline the annual dinner of an anti-gay group, Cornerstone Action, which has actively sought to repeal the state’s same-sex marriage law. USA Today reports:
It’s the first New Hampshire event on Perry’s schedule since the governor said he would think about making a White House bid next year. Dave Carney, a longtime aide to Perry, said the governor could make a decision within weeks.
Kevin Smith, executive director of Cornerstone Action, told WMUR-TV that Perry “has been a model of both fiscal and social conservative leadership for the rest of the nation.”
Perry was a hit last weekend at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, where he touched on issues such as abortion.
“It saddens me when sometimes my fellow Republicans duck and cover in the face of pressure from the left,” he said. “Our party cannot be all things to all people.”
Unlike the American Family Association, which is funding Perry’s Day of Prayer in August, Cornerstone Action isn’t listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center — at least not yet. However, Cornerstone is affiliated with at least one national organization that is considered a hate group by the SPLC — the Family Research Council. From Right Wing Watch:
Cornerstone is an ultraconservative organization that flaunts its close relationship with national groups like the Alliance Defense Fund, the Family Research Council, CitizenLink, and the National Organization for Marriage. In fact, Cornerstone worked with NOM to run ads attacking the governor for signing the state’s marriage equality law and is collaborating with NOM and the FRC to repeal the law. Good As You notes that Cornerstone also endorses the discredited “ex-gay” therapy groups such as Exodus International, Love Won Out, PFOX, and the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH). In addition, Cornerstone is a top sponsor of the Creationist movie “The Genesis Code.”
Read more about Cornerstone’s promotion of “ex-gay” therapy programs here.
From a public relations standpoint, I’m wondering if it is a good idea for a politican who has been fighting rumors that he is gay to be headlining an ex-gay therapy event? I wonder if it occurred to his advisors that a rumor may start that he has been through ex-gay therapy treatrment?
Rick Perry Announces Presidential Run…..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB8evaZ7zDI
Q: Was Anti Gay Ranting Rick recently moonlighting as a stuck-mic pilot for Southwest?
“If he wasn’t your governor, chances are that Rick Perry would be spending his days in the left seat of a Boeing 737 cockpit as a Southwest Airlines pilot.”
https://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/from-farm-to-politics-perry-follows-in-familys-224276.html
Many, many people tormented with same-sex attraction have benefitted from therapy. The homosexual pressure groups have no moral right to speak for these individuals. The people who do not blindly or fearfully go along with the radical demands of these pressure groups are without a doubt the more compassionate to people struggling with same-sex attraction. The pressure groups are making money on people’s suffering and misery. Shame on these groups.
@Ron: “homosexual pressure groups”??? What the F are you talking about?
Ron, the only ones making money on people’s suffering are the charlatans who charge $10,000 for “ex-gay therapy” that does not work.
Smile, Homosexual Pressure Groups are small clusters of gay massage therapists.