Family Research Council in Hysteria Over Census Count of Same Sex Couples

Admittedly, it doesn't take much to get Tony Perkins at Family Research Council (pictured at right) enraged and the spittle flying. Particularly if the issue involves admitting that gays - and worse yet committed same sex couples - even exist. Not to mention those that do exist do not conform to the sexually promiscuous, drug using, heavy alcohol imbibing image of gays that FRC so likes to disseminate. Thus, Perkins' apoplexy over the U. S. Census Bureau's efforts to convince gay couples to complete and submit their census survey forms (the boyfriend and I have already mailed our form in). I suspect that the biggest concerns of the folks at FRC are that (1) there are far more same sex couples than people suspect and (2) that committed relationships are indeed prevalent. It is far easier to disparage those who can be depicted as a small number of freaks that a sizable group documented by government record keeping. Naturally, Perkins and FRC blame much of the census heresy on President Obama who they see as not a true American (i.e., he's not white, evangelical Christian, anti-immigrant, and in la la land in terms of his knowledge of true history). Here are highlights from Perkins' screed in an FRC press release:
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Ignoring federal and state laws defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman, the U.S. Census Bureau released videos on Monday encouraging homosexual couples who consider themselves "married" to list themselves as such on this year's census forms. The videos also urge cross-dressers to identify themselves with whatever sex they prefer.
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Family Research Council President Tony Perkins responded with the following comments:
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"The law should count for something when the Census Bureau counts America's population, but apparently it doesn't on President Obama's watch. The President's Commerce Department is actively encouraging people to ignore U.S. marriage law and invent new definitions for their relationships. What kind of government actively lobbies citizens to lie on their forms?
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"When it comes to advancing the extreme homosexual agenda, this White House has no limits, not even the facts. The Defense of Marriage Act forbids the federal government from recognizing same-sex relationships as 'marriages.'
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My question to Tony is this: If committed same sex couples cannot be counted as "married," how does he want closeted GOP politicians looking for gay trysts and/or "ex-gays" in false marriages to be counted?