Cenk Uygur
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Anti-Gay Pastor's Home Destroyed By God's Wrath
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August 19, 2016
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6:01Now PlayingTony Perkins is head of "The Family Research Council” and believes natural disasters are God’s wrath for the deviant sexual behavior of sinners and liberals. Now that his home is flooded and ruined, he needs some time to think. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"It's not uncommon for anti-gay leaders to chalk up natural disasters as God's wrath against LGBT people.
But whom do they blame when a natural disaster (or God) destroys the home of an anti-gay hate group leader?
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, said Wednesday that both his home and the local church he pastors were heavily damaged in what he called "the flood of biblical proportions" that struck Louisiana over the weekend. He posted this photo on Facebook...
But Perkins, who once blamed the Boston marathon bombing on "sexual liberalism" in Massachusetts, is still trying to figure out why God targeted him and his family.
"We’re gonna look for what God’s gonna do in this," Perkins told FRC's Washington Watch radio show. "I’m asking those questions and I’m going to see."
Perkins — who's also declared that natural disasters are acts of God, not consequences of climate change — said his family of seven escaped in a canoe when the water became 10-feet high in their driveway. After being turned away from one shelter, they were taken in for the night by a former member of their church — "in God's provision."
The next day, Perkins and his family were able to return to their property, and they're now living in their motor home. Unlike most other Louisiana residents affected by the flooding, Perkins said crews are already working to repair his house.”*
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