Tony Perkins, president of the
Christian conservative Family Research Council (FRC), worries that
gay rights advocates are preparing re-educate Christians opposed to
gay rights.
Last week, Colorado's Civil Rights
Commission told suburban Denver-based Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack
Phillips that he must serve all customers regardless of sexual
orientation.
The panel unanimously agreed with Judge
Robert N. Spencer's finding in December that Phillips violated the
state's civil rights law in 2012 when he refused to consider baking a
cake for a male gay couple celebrating their wedding, which took
place in Massachusetts. The couple's marriage is recognized in
Colorado as a civil union.
Perkins invited Nicolle Martin of the
Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), which is representing Phillips in
the case, to his Washington Watch radio show to discuss the
case.
“I'm beginning to think, are
re-education camps next?” Perkins
rhetorically asked. “When are they going to start rolling out
the boxcars to start hauling off Christians?”
“I guarantee that we are going to
continue to see the witch hunt,” Martin added.