Barney Frank Rips Hate Group Leader Tony Perkins Over Gay Marriage, Adoption on Hardball: VIDEO
Chris Matthews and Barney Frank tore into Tony Perkins last night for his statements that gay people are the result of bad parenting and the religious right's campaign against same-sex marriage.
Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...
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Tell MSNBC if they are going to have a bigot like Perkins as a guest, they must identify him as the president of a designated hate group.
Posted by: Richard | May 11, 2012 1:40:46 PM
I think Chris Matthews may have FINALLY heard and understood the complaints about Perkins and researched what the guy says when he's not on Matthew's show. Tony Perkins is smart enough not to come across as too deranged on TV but that doesn't mean he isn't deranged!
I know some don't like Rachel Maddow, think she's pedantic or "smirky," but at least when she has a guest on her show she RESEARCHES that person extensively first so she knows who she's dealing with and what questions to ask. I don't think Chris Matthews ever bothered to do that with Tony Perkins. His attitude was "He doesn't seem like that bad a guy to me because he's never said anything too awful on my show." Idiot.
Posted by: Caliban | May 11, 2012 2:07:35 PM
BOOM! BOOM, BABY! Amazing X 3!
Posted by: Hollywood, CA | May 11, 2012 4:27:00 PM
I would think think that with the difficulties associated with single parenting, Tony Perkins would rather see a kid raised by two parents of the same gender than a straight single parent, especially if that straight single parent had never been married. I agree with him that it's best for a child to have a mother and a father, but to me at least, the number of parents is far FAR more important than whether the parent(s) are straight or gay. Raising children is difficult work. And few children ever have anyone who will feel the same obligation toward them as their parents do. My position may not be very "conservative", but there it is.
Posted by: mary | May 11, 2012 7:52:04 PM
@ Tony P. and MARY: the social science shows that children, in general, do best with two parents—REGARDLESS OF THE SEX OF THOSE TWO PARENTS. That's why the real scientific organization, the American Academy of Pediatrics same-sex couple parenting. and marriage equality.
http://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/family-dynamics/types-of-families/Pages/Where-We-Stand-Gay-and-Lesbian-Parents.aspx
Posted by: David R. | May 11, 2012 10:13:55 PM