FRC: Intolerant Gays Target Bachmanns [And Christians]

No one plays the victim card better than the Christianists and their parasitic allies among the professional Christian set. They believe that they have a license to disseminate unconscionable lies and untruths, but when some of their own are exposed for the liars and frauds that they are in fact, the whining and wailing becomes deafening. A case in point is the Klan loving, white supremacist supporting Tony Perkins of the registered hate group, Family Research Council ("FRC"). Like many in the professional set, Perkins makes a tawdry whore look like the Virgin Mary. It's also noteworthy that Perkins conveniently utterly ignores the admission by Mark Yarhouse of Regent University that sexual orientation is not changeable even in "mixed orientation" couples where one is gay and trying to be straight recently reviewed on this blog. He also deliberately misquotes the findings of researcher Robert Spitzer and relies on the repudiated "experts" at NARTH. If there's any misinformation being reported, it's the "ex-gay" myth lies well loved by FRC. Here are highlights from Perkins' vile batshitery in a column in the Columbia Missouri Tribune:
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There has been a frenzy of drummed -up controversy about Marcus Bachmann, the psychologist husband of Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann. His “scandal”? A counselor in a practice run by Marcus Bachmann offered a client the service he requested.
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The misinformation and bias in the media’s reporting of this story were astounding. Reporters used the sarcastic catchphrases of homosexual activists, such as “pray away the gay” or “gay cure,” as though they were objective descriptions of what is more properly called “sexual reorientation” therapy or “sexual orientation change efforts.” They described such counseling as resting only on prayer, Bible-reading and “willpower,” ignoring the serious therapeutic methods employed.
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The attack on Marcus Bachmann, while politically motivated to undermine his wife’s presidential campaign, also is part of a larger effort that could end up driving conservative Christians out of the psychology and counseling professions altogether. A counselor at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was fired and graduate students in Michigan and Georgia have been dismissed from their programs for refusing to change their personal convictions about homosexual conduct.
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[R]adical homosexual activists not only want to deny help to those homosexuals who seek it; they have no tolerance for Christian professions who offer it. They seek to force them to change their faith-based beliefs or forfeit their livelihoods. These self-styled apostles of “tolerance” should try practicing a little themselves.