Religious Left

The Governor of Texas, Rick Perry, has initiated and is promoting a Religious Revival in Houston, Texas. Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United sent Gov. Rick Perry a message basically saying, “He needs to stop meddling in religion and focus on things like the budget and job creation. His reckless mixture of religion and government is as insensitive as it is reckless.” Click here for the full press release from Americans United. Lynn also noted the event is being promoted by several extreme Religious Right leaders and organizations, among them the American Family Association, evangelist Lou Engle and Pastor Jim Garlow. The American Family Association is a listed Hate Group with the Southern Poverty Law Center [ link ]. Lou Engle is the fundamentalist that initiated The Call Revival in California when Proposition 8 was being voted on [ link ]. He is also the same fundamentalist that had a Revival in Uganda during the discussion of the 'kill-the-gays bi...

Austin, Texas - (February 25, 2008) – In an interview with Deborah Solomon in yesterday's The New York Times Magazine, Texas Governor Rick Perry continued his preoccupation with sex, asserting that allowing gays in the Boy Scouts of America would subject boys to "a crash course in sexual orientation". When asked why he supports efforts to keep gays out of the Scouts, Perry said, "I am pretty clear about this one. Scouting ought to be about building character, not about sex. Period. Precious few parents enroll their boys in the Scouts to get a crash course in sexual orientation." When asked whether he believed that gay youth might also be interested in the character-building aspects of scouting, Perry replied, "The argument that gets made is that homosexuality is about sex." Statement of Paul Scott, Executive Director of Equality Texas "The Boy Scouts of America are, indeed, about building character. Governor Perry seems to be the one confused th...