Sunday, February 01, 2015 9:17:20 PM
Tony Perkins: No Religion In Government, Unless It's My Religion
Submitted by Brian Tashman on Thursday, 1/15/2015 4:40 pm
Yesterday on “Washington Watch [ http://www.frc.org/wwlivewithtonyperkins/todd-starnes-mark-meadows ],” Family Research Council [ http://www.rightwingwatch.org/category/organizations/family-research-council ] President Tony Perkins [ http://www.rightwingwatch.org/category/people/tony-perkins ] received a call from a listener who asked if the U.S. should pass a constitutional amendment that would restrict religious freedom if the faith in question had “political ambitions,” particularly if those ambitions were “subversive,” which, as Perkins confirmed later in the program, was code for Islam.
Perkins, who believes that the First Amendment doesn’t protect Muslim-Americans [ http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/tony-perkins-us-constitution-doesnt-protect-muslims ] because Islam “tears at the fabric of our society” and is really more of an “economic system, a judicial system,” didn’t exactly deliver a full-throated defense of religious freedom. He said Islam “sees itself as a judicial philosophy, an economic philosophy” and wants to “impose” Sharia law “upon the surrounding society.”
Since his own organization promotes religious law, Perkins seems more intent on curtailing the rights of Muslims than preserving a secular government. In fact, later in the very same program, Perkins demanded that judges follow “natural law” on issues like abortion rights and gay marriage, which Perkins of course believes reflects his religious views.
[audio ( https://soundcloud.com/rightwingwatch/perkins-sharia-law-no-biblical-law-yes ) embedded]
“Natural law, which is what the founders recognized and built upon, that’s why the issue of abortion has not been settled, because it runs counter to natural law,” he said. “Natural law, which as Christians we would make reference to, as Paul said in Romans 2, it’s written on the hearts of men. Natural law says it’s not right for a mother to kill her unborn child. That’s why regardless of what the courts said, nine unelected judges, regardless of what they’ve said, the issue has not been resolved and it won’t be resolved. And the same is true for marriage, I don’t care what a court rules, I don’t care what a judge says, the issue of marriage, because it emanates from natural law, from creation, it’s going to be here and it will be an issue politically from here until as long as I’m alive.”
It’s odd for Perkins to criticize Islam for having “a judicial philosophy, an economic philosophy” at the same time as he is explicitly advocating for public policy to correspond to his own religious views. Perkins also believes that Jesus Christ preached capitalism [ http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/06/my-take-jesus-was-a-free-marketer-not-an-occupier/ ], a claim he outlined in an article for CNN’s Belief blog, and the FRC regularly rails against judges whom they believe defy biblical precepts.
Perkins may also want to take issue with the Family Research Council’s favorite [ http://www.patheos.com/blogs/warrenthrockmorton/2014/05/30/david-barton-back-in-good-graces-of-family-research-council/ ] pseudo-historian [ http://www.pfaw.org/media-center/publications/david-barton-propaganda-masquerading-history#righthistorian ], David Barton [ http://www.rightwingwatch.org/category/people/david-barton ], who believes that “biblical principles” should be involved in economics and the judiciary [ http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-everything-should-operate-according-biblical-principles , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ9Mc5BhnL0 (below, as embedded; with comments)]: “You apply those principles to economic systems, you apply it to educational systems, you apply it to family systems, you apply it to governmental systems, judicial systems.”
© 2015 People For the American Way (emphasis in original)
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/tony-perkins-no-religion-government-unless-its-my-religion [and see e.g. (linked in) http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=71561891 and preceding and following,
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=90902398 and preceding and following,
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=97577704 and preceding (and any future following),
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=108924126 and preceding and following]
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Dr. Ben Carson makes controversial comparison during RNC winter meeting speech
01/16/15
During his [01/15/15] speech at the RNC winter meeting, Dr. Ben Carson said, "we are busily giving away every belief and every value for the sake of political correctness” while ISIS is willing to die for its “wrong philosophy.”
In bold speech, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson explains why he's not 'crazy'
Jan 16, 2015
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/16/1358222/-In-bold-speech-Republican-presidential-candidate-Ben-Carson-explains-why-he-s-not-crazy
©2015 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/carson-makes-controversial-comparison-385248835685 [with comments], http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhtEQmyp4xE [with comments] [and see (linked in) http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=110031451 and preceding (and any future following)]
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Ben Carson holds up ISIS as an example for U.S.
Ben Carson held up ISIS as an example for the U.S. during remarks before the RNC on Thursday.
By Alexandra Jaffe, CNN
Updated 0029 GMT (0829 HKT) January 16, 2015
CNN)—Physician Ben Carson [ http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/02/politics/ben-carson-gop-poll/index.html ] on Thursday held up ISIS, a terrorist group that's beheaded multiple Americans, as an example for the United States during comments before the Republican National Committee [ http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/14/politics/rnc-sets-2016-presidential-convention-date/index.html ].
"We've got ISIS. They've got the wrong philosophy, but they're willing to die for what they believe, while we are busily giving away every belief and every value for the sake of political correctness," he said during his speech at the RNC's winter meeting. "We have to change that."
Carson acknowledged his comments were likely to spark controversy and gain headlines, but he preemptively dismissed the press attention.
"They are just so ridiculous," he said, to laughter from the crowd.
The remarks are similar to ones he made previously, likening the United States government to Nazi Germany in that both, he argued, worked to silence their opponents. Carson stood by those comments when pressed in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer [ http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/03/politics/carson-stands-by-nazi-germany-comparsion/ ].
It's that very penchant — for frank and often controversial comments — that has made him so popular with the GOP base, and turned the retired neurosurgeon into a rising conservative star who just last month polled third in a CNN/ORC survey [ http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/28/politics/bush-leads-gop-field-poll/ ] of the potential GOP presidential field.
He's made no secret of his interest in the race, and recently said [ http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/20/politics/carson-presidential-run-god-fingers/index.html ] he "feel[s] fingers" from God to run.
Many within the establishment wing of the party remain wary of him, however, because of his talent for the very remarks that make him so popular with the far right. He also started a firestorm of criticism over comments he made that Obamacare was the "worst thing" to happen to the U.S. since slavery.
But his appearance at the RNC's winter meeting, alongside the likes of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, suggest that Carson's popularity on the right has earned him some notice from the establishment as the party charts its course heading into 2016.
CNN's Terence Burlij contributed to this report.
© 2015 Cable News Network. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/15/politics/carson-isis-us-comparison/ [with embedded video report, and comments]
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Fox's O'Reilly Excuses Ben Carson's Comparison Of ISIS To American Patriots
Published on Jan 16, 2015 by Harper Poppy [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwT80yhrRGSq7dlRnRt9-qA , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwT80yhrRGSq7dlRnRt9-qA/videos ]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJl9JffQNmQ [with comments]
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Andy Parks interviews Dr. Ben Carson (January 14 2015)
Published on Jan 15, 2015 by American Patriot [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO4n0JGr6AjEPk7Ygv_tYAg , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO4n0JGr6AjEPk7Ygv_tYAg/videos ]
Dr. Ben Carson's latest article: "Investing in a better America. Communities raise productive citizens, government leaves them dependent"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HdBAh2mTJc [no comments yet]
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Ben Carson speaks to CNN's Wolf Blitzer about his Nazi remarks
Uploaded on Dec 3, 2014 by Raw Story [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrwcaubBjseFaaq0j_LAoLw , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrwcaubBjseFaaq0j_LAoLw/videos ]
Ben Carson bizarrely attacks CNN to defend likening U.S. to Nazis: Stop ‘focusing on the words’
03 Dec 2014
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/ben-carson-bizarrely-attacks-cnn-to-defend-likening-u-s-to-nazis-stop-focusing-on-the-words/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adGTrOElJgE [with comments] [also at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9BGLSJyGb8 (with comments), the first portion also at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAngQhrWpg4 (with comments) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50tD8LFs5JQ (with comment)]
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this is part three of a ten-part, and accordingly more accessible (. . .), repost of http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=110400989 -- the "in addition to ..., see also...:" linkings at the end of which are hereby incorporated and will be included again in the final tenth part of this repost -- part four of this repost follows as a reply to this post
Submitted by Brian Tashman on Thursday, 1/15/2015 4:40 pm
Yesterday on “Washington Watch [ http://www.frc.org/wwlivewithtonyperkins/todd-starnes-mark-meadows ],” Family Research Council [ http://www.rightwingwatch.org/category/organizations/family-research-council ] President Tony Perkins [ http://www.rightwingwatch.org/category/people/tony-perkins ] received a call from a listener who asked if the U.S. should pass a constitutional amendment that would restrict religious freedom if the faith in question had “political ambitions,” particularly if those ambitions were “subversive,” which, as Perkins confirmed later in the program, was code for Islam.
Perkins, who believes that the First Amendment doesn’t protect Muslim-Americans [ http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/tony-perkins-us-constitution-doesnt-protect-muslims ] because Islam “tears at the fabric of our society” and is really more of an “economic system, a judicial system,” didn’t exactly deliver a full-throated defense of religious freedom. He said Islam “sees itself as a judicial philosophy, an economic philosophy” and wants to “impose” Sharia law “upon the surrounding society.”
Since his own organization promotes religious law, Perkins seems more intent on curtailing the rights of Muslims than preserving a secular government. In fact, later in the very same program, Perkins demanded that judges follow “natural law” on issues like abortion rights and gay marriage, which Perkins of course believes reflects his religious views.
[audio ( https://soundcloud.com/rightwingwatch/perkins-sharia-law-no-biblical-law-yes ) embedded]
“Natural law, which is what the founders recognized and built upon, that’s why the issue of abortion has not been settled, because it runs counter to natural law,” he said. “Natural law, which as Christians we would make reference to, as Paul said in Romans 2, it’s written on the hearts of men. Natural law says it’s not right for a mother to kill her unborn child. That’s why regardless of what the courts said, nine unelected judges, regardless of what they’ve said, the issue has not been resolved and it won’t be resolved. And the same is true for marriage, I don’t care what a court rules, I don’t care what a judge says, the issue of marriage, because it emanates from natural law, from creation, it’s going to be here and it will be an issue politically from here until as long as I’m alive.”
It’s odd for Perkins to criticize Islam for having “a judicial philosophy, an economic philosophy” at the same time as he is explicitly advocating for public policy to correspond to his own religious views. Perkins also believes that Jesus Christ preached capitalism [ http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/06/my-take-jesus-was-a-free-marketer-not-an-occupier/ ], a claim he outlined in an article for CNN’s Belief blog, and the FRC regularly rails against judges whom they believe defy biblical precepts.
Perkins may also want to take issue with the Family Research Council’s favorite [ http://www.patheos.com/blogs/warrenthrockmorton/2014/05/30/david-barton-back-in-good-graces-of-family-research-council/ ] pseudo-historian [ http://www.pfaw.org/media-center/publications/david-barton-propaganda-masquerading-history#righthistorian ], David Barton [ http://www.rightwingwatch.org/category/people/david-barton ], who believes that “biblical principles” should be involved in economics and the judiciary [ http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-everything-should-operate-according-biblical-principles , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ9Mc5BhnL0 (below, as embedded; with comments)]: “You apply those principles to economic systems, you apply it to educational systems, you apply it to family systems, you apply it to governmental systems, judicial systems.”
© 2015 People For the American Way (emphasis in original)
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/tony-perkins-no-religion-government-unless-its-my-religion [and see e.g. (linked in) http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=71561891 and preceding and following,
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=90902398 and preceding and following,
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=97577704 and preceding (and any future following),
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=108924126 and preceding and following]
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Dr. Ben Carson makes controversial comparison during RNC winter meeting speech
01/16/15
During his [01/15/15] speech at the RNC winter meeting, Dr. Ben Carson said, "we are busily giving away every belief and every value for the sake of political correctness” while ISIS is willing to die for its “wrong philosophy.”
In bold speech, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson explains why he's not 'crazy'
Jan 16, 2015
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/16/1358222/-In-bold-speech-Republican-presidential-candidate-Ben-Carson-explains-why-he-s-not-crazy
©2015 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/carson-makes-controversial-comparison-385248835685 [with comments], http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhtEQmyp4xE [with comments] [and see (linked in) http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=110031451 and preceding (and any future following)]
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Ben Carson holds up ISIS as an example for U.S.
Ben Carson held up ISIS as an example for the U.S. during remarks before the RNC on Thursday.
By Alexandra Jaffe, CNN
Updated 0029 GMT (0829 HKT) January 16, 2015
CNN)—Physician Ben Carson [ http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/02/politics/ben-carson-gop-poll/index.html ] on Thursday held up ISIS, a terrorist group that's beheaded multiple Americans, as an example for the United States during comments before the Republican National Committee [ http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/14/politics/rnc-sets-2016-presidential-convention-date/index.html ].
"We've got ISIS. They've got the wrong philosophy, but they're willing to die for what they believe, while we are busily giving away every belief and every value for the sake of political correctness," he said during his speech at the RNC's winter meeting. "We have to change that."
Carson acknowledged his comments were likely to spark controversy and gain headlines, but he preemptively dismissed the press attention.
"They are just so ridiculous," he said, to laughter from the crowd.
The remarks are similar to ones he made previously, likening the United States government to Nazi Germany in that both, he argued, worked to silence their opponents. Carson stood by those comments when pressed in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer [ http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/03/politics/carson-stands-by-nazi-germany-comparsion/ ].
It's that very penchant — for frank and often controversial comments — that has made him so popular with the GOP base, and turned the retired neurosurgeon into a rising conservative star who just last month polled third in a CNN/ORC survey [ http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/28/politics/bush-leads-gop-field-poll/ ] of the potential GOP presidential field.
He's made no secret of his interest in the race, and recently said [ http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/20/politics/carson-presidential-run-god-fingers/index.html ] he "feel[s] fingers" from God to run.
Many within the establishment wing of the party remain wary of him, however, because of his talent for the very remarks that make him so popular with the far right. He also started a firestorm of criticism over comments he made that Obamacare was the "worst thing" to happen to the U.S. since slavery.
But his appearance at the RNC's winter meeting, alongside the likes of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, suggest that Carson's popularity on the right has earned him some notice from the establishment as the party charts its course heading into 2016.
CNN's Terence Burlij contributed to this report.
© 2015 Cable News Network. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/15/politics/carson-isis-us-comparison/ [with embedded video report, and comments]
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Fox's O'Reilly Excuses Ben Carson's Comparison Of ISIS To American Patriots
Published on Jan 16, 2015 by Harper Poppy [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwT80yhrRGSq7dlRnRt9-qA , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwT80yhrRGSq7dlRnRt9-qA/videos ]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJl9JffQNmQ [with comments]
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Andy Parks interviews Dr. Ben Carson (January 14 2015)
Published on Jan 15, 2015 by American Patriot [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO4n0JGr6AjEPk7Ygv_tYAg , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO4n0JGr6AjEPk7Ygv_tYAg/videos ]
Dr. Ben Carson's latest article: "Investing in a better America. Communities raise productive citizens, government leaves them dependent"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HdBAh2mTJc [no comments yet]
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Ben Carson speaks to CNN's Wolf Blitzer about his Nazi remarks
Uploaded on Dec 3, 2014 by Raw Story [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrwcaubBjseFaaq0j_LAoLw , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrwcaubBjseFaaq0j_LAoLw/videos ]
Ben Carson bizarrely attacks CNN to defend likening U.S. to Nazis: Stop ‘focusing on the words’
03 Dec 2014
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/ben-carson-bizarrely-attacks-cnn-to-defend-likening-u-s-to-nazis-stop-focusing-on-the-words/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adGTrOElJgE [with comments] [also at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9BGLSJyGb8 (with comments), the first portion also at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAngQhrWpg4 (with comments) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50tD8LFs5JQ (with comment)]
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this is part three of a ten-part, and accordingly more accessible (. . .), repost of http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=110400989 -- the "in addition to ..., see also...:" linkings at the end of which are hereby incorporated and will be included again in the final tenth part of this repost -- part four of this repost follows as a reply to this post
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