Tony Perkins Plans To Take "Leading Role" In Religious Liberty Blah Blah Blah

Tony Perkins of the anti-gay Family Research Council

Hate group leader Tony Perkins of the anti-gay Family Research Council announces he will testify at a Senate hearing regarding "religious liberty."

"One of the benefits of putting conservatives in charge of Congress is that the agendas in most committees change -- and issues that weren't getting as much attention under liberal leaders are now front and center.

"Tomorrow [today], one of FRC's greatest priorities, religious liberty, will be the subject of a Senate hearing in the Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs. As FRC takes more of a leading role in the debate, I've been asked to testify before the committee at 2:00 p.m. and hopefully highlight the need for greater engagement on what we see as a fundamental human right.

"With the persecution unfolding before our very eyes in the Middle East and Africa, the United States has an obligation to speak on behalf of religious freedom through every possible diplomatic avenue. After six years of silence, it is up to this Congress to repair the damage done by this administration's indifference to persecuted Christians and other minorities.

"Our moral voice and supporting actions have been increasingly and noticeably absent with regard to international religious freedom. I'll encourage the Senate to once again find that voice."

I think it's rich that Perkins claims that FRC will be taking "more of a leading role" in the religious liberty debate.

(via press release)