FRC's Tony Perkins: US Should Side With Bush's 'Axis of Evil'

Sometimes I hate being right.

Last Thursday, I posted about the Obama Administration’s decision to sign a UN Declaration calling for the worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality. GWB had refused to sign the declaration in December 2008. In the post, I made a fairly inflammatory statement about the Religious Right.

The only difference between the Sharia in Iran and the Religious Right in the United States is degree of success.

I actually held the post up for a few hours last Thursday trying to decide whether I was going too far. At one point I took it out completely, then I put it back in with a disclaimer. I finally decided to post it because I honestly thought the statement was true. I still wasn’t sure, though.

That changed yesterday afternoon when I ran across this post from Americans United confirming what I had previously surmised.

“Only 66 of the U.N.’s 192 member countries signed the [French] statement,” [Family Research Council President Tony] Perkins observed, “while nearly as many (58) endorsed a counter-statement pointing out that rights based on ‘sexual orientation’ are not found in established international law. On the contrary, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights defends the family as ‘the natural and fundamental group unit of society.’ That – and not political correctness – is a principle worth defending.”

Let’s see. Who might be among the 58 countries “defending” the family and pushing for the “right” to execute, jail or otherwise penalize gay people?

Try those venerable members of George W. Bush’s “Axis of Evil,” Iran and North Korea. And don’t forget paragons of democratic virtue such as Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Libya, Algeria, Zimbabwe and the various ‘stans – Pakistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.

Sudan took time out from waging genocide in Darfur to sign on too! And our erstwhile allies Iraq and Afghanistan were on the list as well.

Many of these countries scoff at individual freedoms, of course. Their definition of “family” includes polygamy in some cases and many keep women in brutal servitude. Religious minorities – including Christians, Tony – are persecuted relentlessly.

But what the heck, at least they’re keeping the gays in their place – pariahs, prison or the grave. Right, Tony?

Like I said, sometimes I hate being right.

By the way, the FRC is closely related to noted anti-gay organization Focus on the Family, having separated from Focus in 1992 over concerns about the IRS. Both organizations were founded by James Dobson, and Dobson sits on the Board of Directors still.

So next time you hear something from Dobson, Perkins, Focus on the Family, or the FRC, remember: When it comes to The Gays, they’ve thrown in with the Axis of Evil.

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