Tony Perkins

Tony Perkins is the president of the Family Research Council, where he works to promote the Religious Right’s policy agenda on Capitol Hill and in state legislatures. Perkins rallies grassroots activists with a daily radio broadcast that airs on American Family Radio and attracts leading Republican politicians to the FRC’s annual Values Voter Summit. At FRC, Perkins has been a vocal opponent of LGBT rights, reproductive rights and religious liberty for Muslims.
Perkins took over the FRC in 2003 after a career in Louisiana politics. He served for two terms in the Louisiana legislature, where he gained national attention for spearheading a “covenant marriage” bill, and ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 2002.
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November 1, 2019 4:56 pm
Trump’s Evangelical Boosters Rally Around Him as Impeachment Moves ForwardOctober 22, 2019 5:45 pm
Tony Perkins Champions William Barr’s Notre Dame Speech, Says Attack on Christianity Is ‘Carrying Our Children Away As Captives’October 11, 2019 5:51 pm
Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Demon WeedOctober 1, 2019 11:30 am
Family Research Council Fundraising Letters Target Christian Faith Organization and Ask for Presidential PrayersSeptember 27, 2019 12:53 pm
Tony Perkins Changes His Tune, Says Impeachment Inquiries Do ‘Damage to our System’September 26, 2019 5:30 pm
Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Give It a RestSeptember 3, 2019 5:32 pm
Right Wing Round-Up: Right-Wing Brain PowerAugust 9, 2019 3:23 pm
Anti-LGBTQ Groups Praise Pompeo’s ‘Commission on Unalienable Rights’July 18, 2019 2:06 pm
Tony Perkins, Anti-Muslim Religious Right Leader, Waltzes Into the State DepartmentJune 17, 2019 3:59 pm
FRC’s Tony Perkins Becomes Chair of U.S. Commission on International Freedom