FRC Advocates Civil Disobedience; Claims If SCOTUS Legalizes Gay Marriage, "Revolution" Will Follow

The melt down and threats of civil unrest continue to erupt from the far right political class and Christofascists who just simply cannot grasp that a majority of Americans do not want the horrid antiquated fear and hate based version of America that they are peddling.  Among those leading the shrieking, whining and threats of violence is Tony Perkins, the white supremacist embracing head of Family Research Council, a registered hate group, who vented during a spittle flecked interview.  Right Wing Watch has details.  Here are highlights:

While discussing the string of election night victories for marriage equality today, Tony Perkins declared that if the Supreme Court legalizes it Christian conservatives will never accept it because, like abortion, they know that "it's unnatural for two men to be married." If the Court strikes down the anti-gay marriage amendments passed by various states over overrules the will of the people, Perkins warned that it could lead to "revolution" and "just break this nation apart"

Another one of FRC's talking heads was making statements encouraging Christofascist extremists to disobey the law in states where same sex marriage has been newly legalized.  It is yet another example of the Christofascists believing that they are above the law.  The Raw Story has coverage on this call to insurrection.  Here are story excerpts:

The senior vice president of the Family Research Council (FRC) said on Wednesday that the civil disobedience may be necessary to prevent same sex marriages after voters in several states approved marriage equality.

In an special broadcast titled “Election 2012: Aftermath & Aftershocks,” FRC president Tony Perkins told Senior Vice President Tom McClusky that LGBT marriage rights were still “morally wrong” even though pro marriage equality measures passed in Maine, Maryland and Washington. Voters in Minnesota also defeated a proposed amendment to codify marriage discrimination in the state’s constitution. 

 

“I think the term for a lot of things over the next four years, civil disobedience is going to come into play,” McClusky agreed.
As Think Progress noted, Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical Christian leaders also called for civil disobedience against marriage equality when they drafted the Manhattan Declaration in 2009.


The Family Research Council (FRC) has been designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for its efforts to falsely link gay men to pedophilia.

 

One can only hope that these people will be held to obey the law of the land and duly prosecuted if they do not.  I for one believe that it is long past time that special deference and exceptions to religious extremists. Personally,  I'd love to see Tony Perkins behind bars.