Thursday, March 28, 2024

Tony Perkins on the FADA Vow Makers

Tony Perkins, president of FRC Action (photo credit: Gage Skidmore)
Tony Perkins, president of FRC Action (photo credit: Gage Skidmore)

Tony Perkins, president of FRC Action, recently praised the candidates willing to commit to prioritizing FADA:

“I commend the ten presidential candidates who have signed the pledge or have publicly stated support for legislation that simply protects Americans from being punished by the government for holding a belief in natural marriage.

“Our future President, whoever he or she may be, has an important part to play in making FADA a reality in the first 100 days of the new Administration but Congress still has a responsibility in 2016 and beyond.

“Every day the American people open their newspapers and read about how their fellow citizens are becoming targets of political correctness. This is why candidates who haven’t given into political correctness are being rewarded in the polls. Values voters who make up nearly half of the GOP recognize that our nation is in desperate need of a president who respects what the Constitution plainly states about religious freedom.

“The First Amendment Defense Act reflects our nation’s history of recognizing, respecting and protecting the moral and religious beliefs of people and faith-based organizations. No person or nonprofit should lose tax exempt status, face disqualification, lose a professional license or be punished by the federal government simply for believing what President Obama believed just three years ago, that marriage is the union of a man and a woman,” concluded Perkins.

Maggie Gallagher is a senior fellow at the American Principles Project.

More From The Pulse