Family Research Council President Tony Perkins speaks at last month’s Republican National Convention. The head of the anti-LGBT group said he and his family used a canoe to evacuate their flooded Louisiana home on Aug. 13, 2016. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins said in an interview that his radio program aired on Tuesday that there was nearly 10’ of water at the end of his driveway when he and his family used a canoe to evacuate on Aug. 13.
He said the floodwaters swamped several of his family’s cars. Perkins — who is also a pastor — noted buildings on his church’s property have also been flooded.
“This is a flood of, I would have to say, near Biblical proportions,” said Perkins. “This is unlike anything we’ve seen before.”
FRC President @tperkins shares his family’s personal story of evacuating their home during the #LouisianaFlood: https://t.co/D0eFrQjVnm
— FRC (@FRCdc) August 17, 2016
The New York Daily News reported that Perkins previously said Hurricane Joaquin, which devastated portions of the Bahamas last fall, was a “message” from God about the extension of marriage rights to same-sex couples, abortion and other issues. The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated the Family Research Council as a hate group.
LGBT groups contribute to flood relief effort
More than 30” of rain fell over parts of south Louisiana from Aug. 10-13.
A spokesperson for the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals told the Advocate, a newspaper in the state’s capital of Baton Rouge, on Thursday that at least 13 people have died in the floods, which have been described as the state’s worst natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina inundated New Orleans and surrounding areas in 2005. Perkins is among the tens of thousands of people who have left their homes in recent days.
Equality Louisiana, a statewide LGBT advocacy group, and PFLAG Baton Rouge are among the many organizations that are contributing to the flood relief effort.
Check out this comprehensive flood resource guide from @GNOFairHousing as you move through the recovery process: https://t.co/i9Mp075j2M
— Equality Louisiana (@equalityla) August 17, 2016
If you want to volunteer to help victims of the flooding, call the Red Cross at 855-489-2528 or sign up at https://t.co/TpZ4k6aZYb #laflood
— Equality Louisiana (@equalityla) August 13, 2016
“I would have to say this is a flood of near Biblical proportions”???
Yeah made all the more devastating, because it happened to you I’m sure. Dude, just shut the f—ing H— up already!
So by his account, this message from God is that he’s not happy with the anti-GLBT agenda that Perkins and his organizations are pushing!
Isn’t it ironic that the head of FRC’s name is Tony Perkins, like the actor, who was gay?