Tony Perkins, president of the
Christian conservative Family Research Council (FRC), said Thursday
that advances in gay rights will bring about the “dissolution of
the republic.”
Perkins made his remarks Thursday, just
days after Oregon and Pennsylvania became the latest states to allow
gay couples to marry.
(Related: Pennsylvania
Gov. Tom Corbett says he won't appeal gay marriage ruling.)
Perkins
told Janet Mefferd that the debate over marriage is “literally
about the entire culture.”
“This is about the rule of law, it's
about the country, it's about our future. Because we have seen now
that it's about redefining the curriculum in our schools, it's about
driving a wedge between parent and child, this is about the loss of
religious freedom, the inability to be who we are as a people.”
“I think what they're doing here, two
things, one they are sowing the seeds of the disillusion of our
republic, because if once we lose the rule of law, we've lost what
holds us together. And I think there's coming a point that they're
going to push Christians to a point where they're not going to be
pushed anymore and I think we're very quickly coming to that point,”
Perkins added.
What about Christians who support gay
rights? Perkins last week said their views don't count.
(Related: Tony
Perkins: “Real religious freedom” does not apply to pro-gay
Christians.)