It’s no great surprise that the conservative movement includes Christians possessing extreme right-wing political beliefs. Within the ultra Christian right, there are “soldiers for God” who are going out and attempting to overthrow government as representatives of God. One such individual is Bryan Jonathan Fischer, the Director of Issues for the American Family Association, regular contributor to their blog, Rightly Concerned, and host on their radio talk program Focal Point.
As a leader and spokesman for the American Family Association (AFA), Fischer is anti-choice, against environmental protections, against gays and gay adoption, strongly opposes national health care, liberals, Obama…… the list goes on and on. Fischer is an avid supporter of the AIDS denial movement, teaching that AIDS is caused by recreational drug use. Fischer has been included in the Top Ten Anti-Mormon Statements in 2011 by MormonVoices, a group associated with Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research. The AFA was cited back in 2005 by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for using hate speech and in 2010 they upgraded that designation, listing the AFA as a hate group, citing in part Fischer’s controversial comments about ethnic and racial minorities as well as his anti-gay comments as examples in support of that new, more serious hate group designation.
Liberal concern with Fischer and the AFA is two-fold. First there is the AFA’s widespread media blitz throughout all forms of media such as their television series, internet series, their daily report, blog, numerous journal publications as well as over 200 radio broadcast stations. Second, and of even greater concern is his obvious influence on conservative politicians.
In April 2013, Fischer responded to reports that a Michigan high school had canceled a speech by Rich Santorum, then rescheduled the speech with the stipulation that parents must sign a permission slip for students to attend. True to form Fischer stated that “we’re getting to the point where these homofascists are going to force us to wear on our sleeve some kind of identifying marker so people will know who the racists and the homophobes and the bigots are.”
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