Tony Perkins

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.

Show Less

Read More

Featured

Video

Why Would a ‘Mainstream Conservative Think Tank’ Praise the ‘Kill the Gays’ Law?

All Posts About Tony Perkins

  • November 30, 2022 5:17 pm

    Right Wing Round-Up: The QAnon Groomer

  • November 30, 2022 5:15 pm

    Right Wing Bonus Tracks: The Opinion of Sheep

  • November 17, 2022 4:10 pm

    Old Habits Are Hard to Break: Anti-Equality Leaders’ Dishonest and Alarmist Attacks on the Respect for Marriage Act

  • November 16, 2022 11:13 am

    After Voters Prevent Red Wave, FRC Pushes Restrictions on Voting

  • September 27, 2022 10:52 am

    How ​Christian Nationalism Fueled the Insurrection and Threatens Democracy

  • July 29, 2022 11:49 am

    Anti-Equality Leaders Demand Congressional Conservatives Stop Bill Protecting Freedom to Marry

  • July 25, 2022 5:15 pm

    Right Wing Bonus Tracks: You Gotta Repent

  • July 20, 2022 11:58 am

    House Passes Bill to Protect Marriage Equality, Angering Anti-Equality Activists

  • July 12, 2022 10:02 am

    The Family Research Council’s Insurrection Connections

  • May 5, 2022 4:35 pm

    Tony Perkins Urges Right-Wing Christians to Become Teachers Who ‘See the Public Schools as a Mission Field’