Equality California Rips Tony Perkins and the Family Research Council For Its KKK Ties

I have long maintained that most of the largest "family values" organization are not only anti-gay, but also anti-minority groups of all types and complexions. Indeed, if one tracts their websites and their constant anti-immigrant and anti minority rants, it quickly becomes obvious that they are thinly veiled versions of the KKK. In some cases, such as Family Research Council, the white supremacist ties are shockingly obvious. These groups are neither Christian or "educational" organizations. Rather, as the Southern Poverty Law Center has recognized earlier this year, they are hate groups with intolerance and hatred as their principal stock in trade. Thankfully, Equality California has decided to take on such groups head on as they seek to repeal the FAIR Education Act. Here are highlights from Equality California's press release and a video via LGBT Pov that the group has released looking at the true face of Tony Perkins and Family Research Council:

Last week the Family Research Council, a virulent anti-LGBT organization with ties to the Ku Klux Klan and recognized as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, joined the effort to overturn the FAIR Education Act in California and released a video message to fundamentalist churches on behalf of the campaign. In it, the group’s executive director, Tony Perkins, blatantly lied about and grossly misrepresented the FAIR Education Act, which requires California schools to include factual, age-appropriate information about the contributions, social movements and current events of, people with disabilities, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT), and Pacific Islander people in already existing social studies lessons.

“California voters have a right to know the truth about those most backing the effort to overturn the FAIR Education Act and that racist and homophobic organizations have no intent to protect families and children but instead hurt them with their bigotry.

Let’s be clear: it’s the anti-gay, racist rhetoric, dogma and attacks of these organizations that harm children, families and our society, not movements for equality, truth, inclusivity and dignity for all people.

Many fair-minded Californians—especially parents—may not yet know how they feel about the FAIR Education Act. But I don’t believe any fair-minded parent would find friends of the KKK a trustworthy protector of their children. It’s critical that these groups are exposed for what they really are: fear-mongers who prey on good parents’ deep, instinctive desire to protect their children in order to advance a hateful, anti-equality agenda.”