I have written about USCIRF, essentially an evangelical owned & operated body that views waging a war on other religions as the only religious freedom. A brief look at some of the current commissioners in this thread @smitabarooah @SureshNakhua @vijai63
@smitabarooah @SureshNakhua @vijai63 1. Gary L Bauer- Former president of Family Research Counil and Senior VP of Focus on the Family an organization whose proclaimed mission is to "promoting biblical truth worldwide" & whose positions include Creationism/abstinence-only-sex-education(no contraceptives) it is oppsed
@smitabarooah @SureshNakhua @vijai63 to same sex marriage, adoption by LGBT couples and women's right to choose. Mr. Bauer in 2009 was one of the co-signees of the notorious "Manhattan Declaration" a document that asked Christians to disobey laws of their countries if it conflicted with their religion and was so
@smitabarooah @SureshNakhua @vijai63 bigoted and homophobic in nature that Apple was forced to withdraw an app from its app store that allowed people to sign it digitally. Robert George who drafted the document has also served as the chairman of USCIRF in 2012.
@smitabarooah @SureshNakhua @vijai63 2. Tony Perkins - President of Family Research Council, a fundamentalist protestant activist group that advocates ban on stem-cell research , same-sex marriage and women's right to choose. The org every month also used to hold a conference known as "Love Won Out" where ex-gay men
@smitabarooah @SureshNakhua @vijai63 and women would talk about how they were 'cured' of their orientation. The ministry had such bad rap that the CEO of the parent org ended up apologizing to the gay community in 2013 before shutting it down.
Mr. Perkins in 2001 addressed 'Council for Conservative Citizens' a hate
Mr. Perkins in 2001 addressed 'Council for Conservative Citizens' a hate
@smitabarooah @SureshNakhua @vijai63 group that has described black people as "Retrograde species of humanities". Mr. Perkins also paid over 80000 dollars to Ku Klax Klan leader Duke for a mailing list. He has opposed a hindu prayer before Senate saying ""There is no historic connection between America and the
@smitabarooah @SureshNakhua @vijai63 polytheistic creed of the Hindu faith." He has opposed marines using yoga for PTSD describing it as 'goofy'.
And the worst- Mr. Perkins affirmed the ghastly debate over Obama's birth certificate and concluded that the president was "a muslim"
And the worst- Mr. Perkins affirmed the ghastly debate over Obama's birth certificate and concluded that the president was "a muslim"
@smitabarooah @SureshNakhua @vijai63 Gayle Connelly Munchin - A good old capitalist , Mrs. Munchin while she was Board of Ed president of her state, spearheaded a campaign for all schools to buy Epipen made by Mylan pharma, a company that just happened to have Mrs. Munchin's daughter Heather Bresch as CEO.
@smitabarooah @SureshNakhua @vijai63 Her husband Joe Manchin III is a life-long pro-life (anti abortion) advocate.
@smitabarooah @SureshNakhua @vijai63 Nadine Maenza- Executive Director of Rick Santorum's pro-life PAC Patriot Voices which has endorsed among others Texas gov Greg Abbott who has condemned US supreme court for its pro-gay rights decisions. Abbott also signed bills that allowed carrying concealed firearms campuses
@smitabarooah @SureshNakhua @vijai63 and open carry that allowed carrying of firearms in public places. Mr. Abott was also the nut-case who thought Obama was attacking Texas during the infamous Jade Helm 15 hoax. (pls google it)
