Tony Perkins, the president of the
conservative Family Research Council (FRC), has criticized gay
marriage wins in four states.
History was made Tuesday on three
fronts. In Maine, gay marriage was legalized for the first time
through a citizen-led referendum. Washington state and Maryland
became the first two states to uphold gay marriage laws approved by
lawmakers. And Minnesotans were the first to reject a constitutional
amendment limiting marriage to a heterosexual union.
(Related: Gay
rights groups buoyed by election day victories.)
Marriage equality foes suffered a fifth
loss in Iowa, where a drive to oust Supreme Court Justice David
Wiggins failed. Conservatives targeted Wiggins because he joined in
the court's unanimous 2009 decision legalizing such unions in Iowa.
Appearing on the Christian Broadcasting
Network (CBN), Perkins blamed the losses on President Barack Obama,
the NAACP, the media, Hollywood and the intimation tactics of
supporters.
“The proponents of natural marriage
were outspent,” Perkins said. “But you had the president weighing
in on this, you had the NAACP. In Maryland in particular, there was
a heavy emphasis, almost a sole emphasis, on the African-American
community. The media, Hollywood has been pounding this message over
and over and over, and at the same time the proponents of the
redefinition of marriage have been intimidating, targeting those who
stand up for traditional marriage.”
“For those who would think this is a
settled issue because of one election night in which four states have
parted with the past of the 32 previous votes; look you can make it
legal, but you can never made it morally right.” (The video is
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