Social conservative Phyllis Schlafly,
founder of Eagle Forum, on Monday accused marriage equality
supporters of attempting “to wipe out the Christian religion.”
When radio host Chuck Wilder asserted
that same-sex marriage was being used to “attack Christian
businesses,” Schlafly agreed.
“Have you noticed that only Christian
small-business people have been harassed and sued for refusing to
participate in same-sex marriages even though our fast-growing
immigrant populations, you know of Muslims, Hindus and other faiths
are also opposed to that concept?” Wilder asked. “The use of
same-sex marriage to attack Christian businesses but not businesses
run by members of other religions demonstrates what is really driving
the demand for the new constitutional right to same-sex marriage.”
“Well, that is right,” Schlafly
replied. “They want to wipe out the Christian religion. And
most of these other religions do not recognize same-sex marriage. I
assume there are some Muslim bakers and photographers and other
people who have been harassed, but they're not being attacked and
they're not being criticized.”
(Related: Phyllis
Schlafly: “Many Americans” moving to non-equality states to
protest gay marriage.)