American Family Association: We Keep Bryan Fischer On The Payroll For ‘Diversity’
Despite reports that hate speech merchant Bryan Fischer was fired, today the American Family Association explains why he still has a job and a radio show.
The American Family Association’s president, Don Wildmon, reportedly “fired” Bryan Fischer Wednesday. In fact, Fischer merely lost the titles of spokesperson and director of issue analysis, but he is still their radio show host, he is still employed by and paid by the American Family Association.
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What has changed is detailed in a letter from the American Family Association’s attorney to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Citing the American Family Association’s “unity and diversity policy” that “allows a flourishing of Christian thought and expression,” AFA General Counsel Patrick Vaughn claims that “AFA hosts a ‘free speech zone'” for its on-air personalities.
Vaughn then listed a slew of statements that Bryan Fischer has made which the American Family Association “rejects,” at least officially:
AFA rejects the idea expressed by Bryan Fischer that “Free exercise of religion” only applies to Christians. Consequently, AFA rejects Bryan’s assertions that Muslims should not be granted permits to build mosques in the United States;
AFA rejects the ideas expressed by Bryan Fischer that the violent expulsion of Native Americans was divinely ordained and that, “Superstition, savagery and sexual immorality” morally disqualified Native Americans from “sovereign control of American soil.”
AFA rejects the ideas expressed by Bryan Fischer that “we” need to clamp down on immigration because Hispanics are socialist by nature and vote Democratic because it allows them to “benefit from the plunder of the wealth of the United States.”
AFA rejects Bryan Fischer’s characterization of minorities as “people who rut like rabbits.”
AFA rejects the statement by Bryan Fischer that, “Homosexuality gave us Adolph Hitler, and homosexuals in the military gave us the Brown Shirts, the Nazi war machine and six million dead Jews.”
AFA rejects the policy advocated by Bryan Fischer that homosexual conduct should be illegal
AFA rejects the notion advocated by Bryan Fischer that, “We need an underground railroad to protect innocent children from same-sex households.”
AFA rejects Bryan Fischer’s statement that, “If Hillary Clinton becomes president In 2016, she will not only be our first female president, she could be our first lesbian president.”
Attorney Vaughn adds that “in following AFA’s policy of allowing unity and diversity, Bryan will continue to host the Focal Point radio program and continue blogging.”
And the American Family Association also now insists that Fischer’s views are not the views of the American Family Association, despite him drawing a salary from the American Family Association and despite the fact that up until yesterday afternoon Fischer was their official spokesperson.
The Southern Poverty Law Center disagrees.
“The fact that the AFA is continuing to allow Mr. Fischer to host a daily radio show and blog on its website also makes us question the AFA’s sincerity,” SPLC President Richard Cohen wrote today. “Sponsoring Mr. Fischer’s racism, anti-Semitism, and hatred of the Muslim and the LGBT communities in the name of ‘diversity’ says as much about the AFA as it does about Mr. Fischer.”
Letter from the American Family Association, via Talking Points Memo:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/254118255/American-Family-Association-Letter-To-The-Southern-Poverty-Law-Center
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The origin of the review was not been disclosed. Under committee rules, officials are prohibited from stating whether the matter constitutes a formal investigation or identifying its underlying cause. The Committee only stated that there is a “matter regarding Representative Nancy Mace.”
“The Committee notes that the mere fact of a referral or an extension, and the mandatory disclosure of such an extension and the name of the subject of the matter, does not itself indicate that any violation has occurred, or reflect any judgment on behalf of the Committee,” the Ethics Committee statement reads. It was posted to social media by congressional journalist Jamie Dupree.
The statement also says the committee will “announce its course of action in this matter on or before March 2, 2026.”
Congresswoman Mace is currently running for governor of South Carolina.
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Speaking from Copenhagen as part of a bipartisan delegation of U.S. congressional lawmakers, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), told reporters it is “an important message for the people of the Kingdom of Denmark to understand” that the United States has “three separate but equal branches” of government.
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“Are there real, pressing threats to the security of Greenland from China and Russia?” Coons said. “No, not today.”
Sen. Murkowski: “When you ask the American people whether or not they think it is a good idea for the United States to acquire Greenland, the vast majority, some 75%, will say, we do not think that that is a good idea. This senator from Alaska does not think it is a good idea.” pic.twitter.com/zfitY31LyF
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