that is what tony perkins believes is the entirety of human history. there is no human history beyond 5,000 years because tony perkins believes there was no planet earth. there was no universe. tony perkins believes that 5,000 years ago adam and eve began wandering through the garden of eden 5,000 years ago. that is what christian fundamentalists believe. it is what mitt romney appears to believe hen he says marriage is 3,000 years old. human history is much more than 5,000 years. human history, that is to say the history of people who look like us, who walk like us, who talk like us, run like us, throw things like us, get angry like us, smile like us, and love like us, that history is at least at a minimum 250,000 years old. stephanie koons told us today what mitt romney and tony perkins say about the history of marriage is, quote, particularly amusing to an historian. she has found that marriage has existed since man's earliest days at least 250,000 years ago and she says in those good ol days, quote, very frequently these marriages were arranged. th

that is what tony perkins believes is the entirety of human history. there is no human history beyond 5,000 years because tony perkins believes there was no planet earth. there was no universe. tony perkins believes that 5,000 years ago adam and eve began wandering through the garden of eden 5,000 years ago. that is what christian fundamentalists believe. it is what mitt romney appears to believe when he says marriage is 3,000 years old. human history is much more than 5,000 years. human history, that is to say the history of people who look like us, who walk like us, who talk like us, run like us, throw things like us, get angry like us, smile like us, and love like us, that history is at least at a minimum 250,000 years old. stephanie coonts told us today what mitt romney and tony perkins say about the history of marriage is, quote, particularly amusing to an historian. she has found that marriage has existed since man's earliest days at least 250,000 years ago and she says in those good ol days, quote, very frequently these marriages were arranged.

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let me play one other part of this interview with tony perkins. here's what else he told me. >> they don't have a right to redefine marriage for the rest of us. they don't have a right to take away my religious freedom. they don't have a right to step between me and what my child is taught. that's what's happening. that's why people are getting involved. and that's why this issue will not be resolved. >> a lot of people agree with him that the religious freedom argument, you know, at its core, marriage is a religious institution. is it fair to legally require someone like perkins to change his religious views? that's very personal. >> nobody is asking him to change his religious views. when i take my kwhirn to sunday school, my leaf is ours is not to judge and what our kids should be taught is the golden rule. we're not asking him to change his religious views. what is fair and what is radio eight is to give equality to these families who need them and really deserve them to protect each other and their children. we're talking about the civil inst

tony perkins of the family research council. former bush political advisory and "newsweek" contributor cd mack. evan wolfson, who heads freedom to mary, and clay aiken, all join us today. on page two, we'll get the latest on the capture of a terrorist bomb by the double agent. and this weekend's drone strikes in yemen from house intelligence committee chairman mike walker. and on this mother's day, we'll round it out with analysis on all of the above from republican strategist, bay buchanan. former obama communications director, anita dunn. melinda henneberger, of the "washington post," and our own norah o'donnell. this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning, again, and welcome to "face the nation" on this mother's day. we're going to hear many voices on this issue of gay marriage, same-sex marriage, this morning. but we're going to begin with massachusetts governor deval patrick, in richmond, massachusetts, and former bush a

but it wasn't just brian fisher, it was also tony perkins, also the tucker carlson website, founded by the rick santorum billionaire, foster friess. it was also the national review online, questioning whether a gay person could ever really be loyal. they published is a piece saying whatever fine record they compiled in the bush administration, grenell is more passionate about same-sex marriage than anything else. so while richard grenell is being criticized by the anti-gay rights and by other people for something totally unrelated to him being gay, when it came to the romney campaign, the criticism about his fitness for office, his maturity, his judgment, that apparently did

take a listen. >> i asked tony perkins at the end of that why homosexuals bother him so much. it is only fair to ask you this. flipping the question around, is there something about evangelical christians that bothers you? >> not at all. what bothers me is when people who haven't taken the time to know me and to know my children and to know my values talk about me and then espouse hateful rhetoric that my kids hear, that the children like them hear, and that's why as a mother i am just so troubled by that and i thought, well, maybe an invitation to dinner, maybe breaking bread together may soften him just enough that that's not the world my children have to live in anymore. >> she also says she is not asking perkins to change his religious views. we will let you know if in fact the dinner happens. the senate financing committee launched a probe into potential abuse by a veteran's charity. the charity in question is the disabled veterans national foundation, dvnf and it is fighting accusations that it isn't giving people the help they need despite raising tens of millions of do

. >>> mitt romney and conservative christians with tony perkins and gary bauer. >>> and the politics of top secret with homeland security chairman senator joe lieberman and congressman peter king. i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." >>> the president's congressional to-do list is as broad as it is unlikely to pass. job outsourcing, mortgages, small business tax credits, clean energy, and jobs for vets. the beauty of the president's to-do list, what doesn't get done becomes campaign fodder. the question is whether congress will be anything more this year than a campaign prop. joining me now from springfield, illinois, the number two democrat in the senate, dick durbin, and here in washington, the man charged with electing more republicans to the senate, senator john cornyn. thank you both for being here. let me start out, i want to play something that senator durbin said in mid-april to kind of kick off our conversation. "unless there is some intervening event, some external event, i think the reality is we are not going to take up tough issues involving spending, tax

. >> tony perkins and gary bauer and the politics of top secret with homeland security xharn jor joe lieberman and congressman peter king. i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." >>> the president's congressional to-do list is as broad as it is unlikely to pass. job outsourcing, mortgages, small business tax credits, clean energy, and jobs for vets. the beauty of the president's to-do list, what doesn't get done becomes campaign fodder. the question is whether congress will be anything more this year than a campaign prop. joining me now from springfield, illinois, the number two democrat in the senate, dick durbin, and here in washington the man charged with electing more republicans to the senate, senator john cornyn. thank you both for being here. let me start out, i want to play something that senator durbin said in mid-april to kind of kick off our conversation. senator, let he remind you of what you said, which was unless there is some intervening event, some external event, i think the reality is we are knotted going to take up tough issues involving spending, taxe

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>> well, tony perkins gave the same advice to rick santorum. >> but rick santorum could have taken it and run more with it than mitt romney. herein lies one of the reasons that mitt romney is an awkward choice for republicans. right. >> awkward. >> awkward, and the three-legged stool of the republican party consists of the wall street conservatives and the economic fiscal conservatives who want to cut the spending and the religious right who is powerful with the party at various periods. this is a period when they are not at the forefront and the economic conservatives have taken the ball with the tea party, and this is their opportunity to resurge, but they don't have a guy on the ticket that is their guy. rick santorum would have been their guy. i don't know if romney knows how to articulate what the religious right feels the way that a rick santorum could have, but they would like him to. >> and mitt romney as we saw in the reaction to what happened this week doesn't want to talk about this. when he is asked about it, he is either uncomfortable or shouting down reporters saying tha

joining us live from baton rouge, louisiana, is tony perkins. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. good to be with you again. >> we've heard your strongly held views on the president's views on same sex irnlg ma. republican who's say this is a distraction. we haven't heard many evangelical leaders on the republican reconciliation bill that passed in the house that would do so much harm to the poor and the vulnerable. we listened to evangelical leaders pressing the issue have marriage. what about the poor? do christian leaders have anything to say about the poor? >> absolutely, market. when you look at the best anti-poverty program in america, that is a family. when you can almost -- if you can put a child into a home with a mom and a dad, you have almost eliminated the chance of poverty. on the other hand, if a child is born into a single parent home, it is about a 76% chance that child will end up in poverty. so yes. we do advocate. >> i understand the point you're making. i really wanted to you address this budget that was passed last week in the house and i want to reference som

i love how people become gay because they didn't get the right parenting. >> that was tony perkins trying to sell his anti-gay marriage to the mainstream audience. he's very polite, very political. then you have this other nut with the wrist thing. is there--that's what i'm trying to understand. how many more--how many people donuts like thisdo nuts like this pastor appeal to. >> to stand against gay marriage. 50%. when you say how many--it's not just that they're saying they don't want--they that they straight people are going to turn gay. they're saying if you're already gay, we don't want you to get married. and we're to go so far in north carolina to say that civil unions between men and women are no longer legal. we'll tell how you sleep with, who you should love and who you care about. it's a huge number of people. it may not be as extreme as the pastor displayed it, but the discomfort, the sense of relief that masculenity and femininity provide. >> and it's important to address people like tony perkins. gayo much of our country is so ana kaspian oficide"the young statesome informat

joining us live from baton rouge, louisiana, is tony perkins. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. good to be with you again. >> we've heard your strongly held views on the president's views on same sex irnlg ma. republican who's say this is a distraction. we haven't heard many evangelical leaders on the republican reconciliation bill that passed in the house that would do so much harm to the poor and the vulnerable. we listened to evangelical leaders pressing the issue have marriage. what about the poor? do christian leaders have anything to say about the poor? >> absolutely, market. when you look at the best anti-poverty program in america, that is a family. when you can almost -- if you can put a child into a home with a mom and a dad, you have almost eliminated the chance of poverty. on the other hand, if a child is born into a single parent home, it is about a 76% chance that child will end up in poverty. so yes. we do advocate. >> i understand the point you're making. i really wanted to you address this budget that was passed last week inhe to reference some of the thing the

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we have barney frank and tony perkins. tony, thanks for coming on and you've been on many times before. let me read something you said recently. you were asked about this. what would you say if one of your kids said that he was gay? and you said, i doubt that would happen with my children as we are teaching them the right way that they are to interact as human beings. well, what do you mean by that? if your kid is gay, he's gay, right? what would you have to do with whether he's gay or not? >> when you look at the social science research, there is not conclusive evidence that this is genetic or biological. it is a complex mix of environmental factors. and when you can control many of those environmental factors, you can teach your kids certain ways, you can protect them from certain experiences and certain things that could happen to them that could lead them down a certain path. >> so parents decide, by the way they raise kids -- >> it is a major fact. what else they suggest is environment that drives a lot of this. not a

. >>> tony perkins of the family research council says the president has reenergize the republican base. >>> i don't think the president did this as a political calculation is is a bad formula >>> democrats felt that by election day the issue will be a non-issue anybody who would not vote for obama because of same- sex marriage probably would not have voted for him and away. bill whitaker cbs news los angeles >>> not just those in the political realm to talk about his the announcement, anne mackovic shows us same-sex marriage a focal point for churchgoers in the african- american community >>> most in the churches pastors fill their thing she must address >>> a hot topic president obama support of same-sex marriage. >>> i had a debate with myself about that but i decided it was important for me to say something. >>> at the risk of alienating conservative parishioners he made it part of his sermon. >>> i must be committed to equality and freedom and justice for all meeting all and everybody. >>> son supported him >>> fabulous to name the issue in the black community was important >>> i l

you know what, family research council spokesperson tony perkins i feel like you're just seeing what you want to see. we need to talk from your perspective. meet me from camera three. i want to see what you see. you know, look, let me... will you guys shut up? i'm talking to somebody. look. mr. perkins, what? i'm just... ( cheers and applause ) ... i'm just saying... oh, i have such a headache. look, when a patient fixates on a certain perceived reality, usually it speaks to a deep seated fear of what lies within themselves. you see what you want to see regardless, whether or not it's there. it's the voice of the untrammeled id. bubbling up and erupting all over itself and others. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: welcome back. my guest tonight, after addressing the iowa house judiciary committee last year in opposition to a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage in iowa, the video of his speech went viral. his new book is out called my two moms. please welcome to the program zach wahls. sir, what's up, man. ( cheers and applause ) sit down. that is outrageous, sir. how

tony perkins, a graduate of liberty unversity. he joins me now. you heard jim acosta. mostly about jobs, a reference to marriage. is that enough for this part of the base? as you answer, want to put some statistics up. the public religion research institute just polled romney and obama among evangelicals. governor romney gets 68%. president obama gets 19%. these are cnn exit polls. in 2008, mccain got 74%. in 2004, george w. bush gets 78%, 21% for john kerry. how does obama get to the ruffle 78% that he had. >> i think the president helped him this week. those numbers were taken last week before the president made his announcement that he is in support of redefining marriage. this is a great opportunity for mitt romney. this is the largest evangelical college. having been a graduate there. i was there 20 years ago when pat buchanan made the graduation speech. they are accustomed to politics and controversy. he has to hit on the core values, social issues. i think he will. i have talked to the campaign. i think they understand the importance of this speech. >> one of th

. >>> tony perkins of the family research council says the president has reenergize the republican base >>> i don't think the president did this as a political calculation this is a bad formula. >>> democrats argue that by election day this will be a non- issue anybody who would not vote for president obama because of same-sex marriage would not have voted for him anyway. bill whitaker cbs news los angeles >>> the debate when from politicians to parishioners same-sex marriage a focal point today it for the african- american community anne mackovic spoke with an east bay congregation. >>> in most churches pastors feel there are things you must address for your confirmation >>> and hot topic this week president obama's support of same-sex marriage >>> i had a debate with myself should i or shouldn't i but i decided it was important to say something. >>> at the risk of alienating conservative parishioners in the the part of his sermon >>> i need to be committed to equality and freedom and justice for all meaning everybody and that is what a shared with congregation. >>> some supported him

say good morning now to tony perkins. >> you know whats time for. >> i do. -- you know what it is time for. >> i do. >> yes, indeed, ask weather guys, the segment where tucker barnes and i put our heads together to answer your most pressing questions, weather- related or otherwise. today's question -- get this question. it comes from a six-year-old. her name is ella wheeler in bowie. she writes, are there more stars than people? boy, that is a profound question. >> it sounds like something a 6- year-old my might say a but what appear interesting thing. >> a six-year-old may stump you. >> she is actually referring to stars in hollywood than just normal people. >> well, you know what, it is about even i think at this point with reality tv. >> right. >> how many housewives does it take to fill up the sky. >> was this an easy one. >> in a way, it is. >> it is a very deep question. >> is what the simple answer? >> the number of people on planet earth at last estimate is $7.1 billion. that is a lot of people. -- at last estimate is 7.1 billion. that is a lot of people. >> that is like beltwa

i'm alison seymour. >> i'm tony perkins. coming up, allegations that republican presidential candidate mitt romney participated in anti-gay bullying when he was in high school. they are claims first reported in the "washington post" and now the alleged victim's family is speaking out about that story. >> then caps mania. they are headed north for game seven with the rangers. sherri ly is live here as they prepare for their last practice at home. >> comedian jon lovitz, that picture there, he could be running for office, jon lovitz is in town for a few shows. first he's bringing his

good morning i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour. man was it hot yesterday. >> my goodness the whole weekend. >>> tucker i joked with you yesterday, i hasn't turned my ac on of course that changed yesterday amid-much criticism my family. >>> i am impressed you made it as long as you did. hot and hazy conditions overnight lows, falling back to mid-70s. we have relief on the way in the form of a cold front which could kick off showers and strong thunderstorms late today and during the evening hours. a live look at your radar. right now we are doing fine. as far as sunshine is concerned. we have storms off to the north and west they will move in later today and some of those could be on the strong side. lookout later this afternoon for the possibility of showers and storms. temperatures washington, 76 degrees, check out humidity 76%, winds out of the south and west at 9. more heat, more humidity in the forecast, high temperatures will top out 90 degrees in washington 92 fredericksburg and again cooler and dryer air on the way. details i

. >> reporter: tony perkins of family research council says the president has reenergized the republican base. >> i don't think the president did a political calculus to do this because if he d he need to go back to the calculator because it's a bad formula. >> reporter: democrats argue or maybe hope that by election day this issue will be a nonissue. that anybody who wouldn't vote for president obama because of same-sex marriage, probably wouldn't have voted for him anyway. bill whitaker, cbs news, los angeles. >>> several wildfires are burning throughout arizona. there are calls for mandatory evacuations in historic mining community of crown king. that fire has damaged two buildings and burned about 300 acres. another fire started saturday and has burned more than four square miles. >>> a senate committee will hold hearings next week on the secret service prostitution scandal. prostitution scandal. agency director mark sullivan will be asked about his investigation in colombia that led to the dismissal of nine agents. >>> coming up on the morning news, hard lessons in debt. a majority

monday may 21st, 2012 good morning i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour. happy you are with us on this monday mornling. tucker barnes standing by, he has details tell me it is not all bad. >> right over here allison. all day. and much of the week. i don't have a choice about it you know that. >> you could have softened the blow a little bit. >> monday morning. >> okay. >> call it like it is. >> radar and shower activity, yep, there you go across the immediate washington area, activity east and west and north of the city a few flashes of lightning moments ago down towards manassas. all this lifting off to the north and west, in fact, as this area of low pressure will be a very slow mover, this weather pattern will stick around for much of the week with scattered showers and storms, in the forecast, each day. all right temperature now at regan national 66 degrees, humidity 90%, winds out of the not and east 12 and pressure starting to fall. lots of clouds around. not going to rain all day n. fact, many dry hours just overcast with scattered shower, kind of i

we will find out about that in just a second i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour. >>> we hope washington capitals will be a bright spot today we need it. they bring their series with the new york rangers home tonight they need to win it to stay in it. go caps. >> yes, indeed. i feel good about tonight's game. >> you have historically -- >> yep. >> okay. >> tucker barnes what is happening with our weather. >> we have some grey skies and a few light rain droplets around early this morning later this afternoon more showers move in. bring along an umbrella. we will not see a whole lot of improvement as this cold front is a very slow mover. there is your radar most shower activity, a few showers south and east of the city, down towards oxen hill and more showers across the lower eastern shore. most shower activity overnight has moved well east of the city, out to the west, you see that blue line that is the actual cold front it is a slow mover clouds will stick around all day more showers off to the south and west, right along that front a little later this afternoon. that is why w

i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour. the rain has lightened up for now. there is a chance or heavy rain later today. flood warning for prince william county is in effect until 10:00 a.m. this morning, this break-in the wet weather comes after two days of heavy rain which is did cause flooding in manases is, bristol they had to open the spill way gates at the lake jackson dam south of manassas because lake levels were 6 feet above normal. >>> the big question for folks in that area, could they get more rain today, and could some of it be heavy tucker barnes is here to tell us. >> they have to brace for more. not a guarantee it has been hit and miss. amazing parts picked up 5, 6 inches of rain in the past few days and other parts of the area. not much of anything. your radar and again, the light green that is the flood warning which is in effect until 10:00 a.m. this morning. notice the frontal system off to our south and east, that front is going the hang out in the neighbourhood across the mid-atlantic for another day and a half or so, with it hanging aro

we will get a live update for that. >> good morning everybody i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour happy you are with us on this sort of rainy tuesday morning. tucker barnes. >> good morning. >> raining out there. >> we will smile and have fun with it any ways. >> that is what we must do. >> we must. >> we have no other choice. fog, mist across the area most rain showers, we picked up last night, dissipated. left over shower there, north and east of the city a couple up towards howard county, maybe laurel, light shower. the fog and mist, light green you see, a lot of rain last night prince william county and in parts of this county, flood warning 3 or 4 inches of rain in a short period of time there, and they had issues of flood and some of the roadways, had ponding on them. coming into citys from that part of the world, definitely aware, that you will be slower than usual. >> showers and storms back in the forecast, temperatures mild to start your day. 67 washington, 65 dulles and bwi marshall highs will be, near 80 degrees and there you go, i've given it away, i've lost my patien

good morning i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour. happy beginning to your workweek everybody. tucker barnes joining us now. we have a look at this workweek forecast. >> good morning we have cloud cover to start your morning cool temperaturesly in the 50s going to be a repeat -- temperatures, generally in the 50s. going to be a repeat performance of yesterday. 57 right now in downtown washington, regan national, humidity 87%, fog and mist in a couple spots winds out of the east and south at 5 miles per hour. all right let's do the satellite picture and you are going to notice if you look carefully grey cloud cover holding if you have across region and with high pressure off to our north and winds from the east. afternoon hours a little more sunshine maybe a partly sunny afternoon and generally a dryday. here is your forecast still clouds in the forecast, temperatures cool, upper 670s. low 70s little afternoon sunshine things will change big time tomorrow ditalls on that coming up in a couple -- details on that coming up in a couple mi

good morning i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour. >>> the caps are still alive. they beat the rangers 2-1 last night at verizon center, alex ovechkin got the first goal less than 2 minutes in after some beautiful passing. jason would add another goal second period deciding game 7 will be at madison square gardens new york on saturday. the puck drops 7:30 p.m. >> all eyes on the big apple. >> yesterday i am running home to try to catch the beginning of the game and it just started. there is this roar coming out of every bar across the city when ovechkin scored. it was so loud. >> it was a great feeling. >> go caps. >>> all right weather, exciting too. in fact next couple days, perfect. sunshine, low humidity look at that live shot. >> that is the most beautiful picture we have seen this week. >> since last saturday. we haven't seen a lot of sunshine. lots of sunshine in the forecast. comfortable humidity highs 70. get ready to enjoy a nice stretch of weather. satellite radar, showers out of here picking up any where between a quarter inch and a halfism of needed r