{"id":58605,"date":"2017-12-05T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T15:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/tony-perkins-has-no-place-in-masterpiece-cakeshop-media-coverage-without-his-anti-lgbtq-record-on-full-display\/"},"modified":"2017-12-05T10:00:26","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T15:00:26","slug":"tony-perkins-has-no-place-in-masterpiece-cakeshop-media-coverage-without-his-anti-lgbtq-record-on-full-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/tony-perkins-has-no-place-in-masterpiece-cakeshop-media-coverage-without-his-anti-lgbtq-record-on-full-display\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Perkins has no place in Masterpiece Cakeshop media coverage without his anti-LGBTQ record on full display"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tony Perkins has no place in Masterpiece Cakeshop media coverage without his anti-LGBTQ record on full display<\/b><\/p>\n

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Tony Perkins will be courting press outside the Supreme Court today during Masterpiece Cakeshop oral arguments and pushing faulty narratives<\/em><\/p>\n

NEW YORK \u2013 <\/strong>GLAAD, the world\u2019s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today released research on Tony Perkins who announced<\/a> he will be holding a rally and speaking to media outside the Supreme Court today during the hearing for Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Perkins, who serves as the president of the Family Research Council, which the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated an anti-LGBTQ hate group<\/a>, has an extensive anti-LGBTQ record that must not be erased from media coverage around his perspective on the Supreme Court case. Previously, Perkins has called for Justice Kennedy to be impeached<\/a> following his marriage equality ruling, promoted<\/a> the dangerous and scientifically discredited practice of so-called conversion therapy, and has compared LGBTQ advocates to terrorists<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Tony Perkins is a fringe anti-LGBTQ activist who has spent his career attempting to roll back and erase the hard-fought progress of the LGBTQ community at every turn,” said Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD<\/strong>. \u201cIf the core of this case is truly about an artist\u2019s expression and not anti-LGBTQ discrimination, then why are renowned artists and leaders in the art world absent from the Supreme Court today while known anti-LGBTQ talking head Tony Perkins, who has gone so far as to support foreign laws that punish being LGBTQ with death, rushes to rally behind the defendant.”<\/p>\n

In the press release<\/a> which announced the rally, the Family Research Council quoted Tony Perkins as being a proponent of the \u2018artistic talents\u2019 of the defendant in the case. Perkins is an anti-LGBTQ mouthpiece, not an expert on artistic expression or non-discrimination laws. Media has a responsibility to put him into full context for readers, listeners, and viewers.<\/p>\n

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Tony Perkins Extensive Anti-LGBTQ Record<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n