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Bryan Fischer to Alan Colmes: ‘Not going to talk about’ my ‘gay impulses’

The director of issues analysis of the fundamentalist anti-LGBT American Family Association (AFA) on Wednesday refused to answer a “simple yes or no question” about whether he had ever had a “gay impulse.” Liberal radio host Alan Colmes pointed out that AFA’s Bryan Fischer could set an example for gay…

Bryan Fischer: ‘Homofascists’ will treat Christians like Jews in the Holocaust

The director of issues analysis of the fundamentalist American Family Association (AFA) on Thursday warned that “homofascists” were going to make anti-LGBT Christians wear badges like Jews had to wear during the Holocaust in Nazi Germany. During his Focal Point radio show, AFA’s Bryan Fischer explained that he was outraged…

Bryan Fischer champions ‘Bible thumpers’: O’Reilly is a ‘pompous, arrogant windbag’

Bryan Fischer, the director of issues analysis of the fundamentalist American Family Association (AFA), on Wednesday blasted Fox News host Bill O’Reilly for accusing conservative Christians of not being able to do anything but “thump the Bible” during arguments against same sex marriage. Last week, O’Reilly had angered many social…

Fischer: No constitutional or God-given right to ‘immoral’ gay sex

Bryan Fischer, the director of issues analysis of the fundamentalist American Family Association (AFA), says that gay men and lesbians have no right to engage in sexual activities because God, the laws of nature and the U.S. Constitution do not allow it. During a Monday rant about the Obama administration’s…

Fischer: Boy Scouts are on ‘a suicide mission’ if they lift ban on gay members

The news that the Boy Scouts of America were considering allowing gay members sent evangelical radio host Bryan Fischer into an apoplectic mood on Tuesday. “This is just unbelievable to me,” Fischer told co-host Fred Jackson. “This is a suicide mission on the part of the Boy Scouts. They’re done.…

Fischer accuses Democrats of painting NRA as ‘lunatics’

American Family Association (AFA) spokesperson Bryan Fischer accused President Barack Obama and his party on Friday of portraying not just National Rifle Association members, but Second Amendment supporters, as insane. “A number of Democrats [are] talking about the fact that NRA supporters, NRA leaders, people who support the Second Amendment,…

Bryan Fischer: AR-15 is ‘nothing more than a fancy-pants hunting rifle’

Bryan Fischer, the director of issues analysis of the conservative American Family Association (AFA), says that AR-15 assault weapons like the one used to massacre school children in Connecticut should not be banned because they are just a “fancy-pants” version of the muskets used in America’s Revolutionary War. “Whoever controls…

Rabbi slams Christian right’s reaction to Newtown as the ‘ultimate statement of heresy’

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach on Wednesday blasted Christian conservatives like Bryan Fischer who suggested that Americans were to blame for the tragic shooting in Newtown, Connecticut because they had abandoned God. “The fact is that is the ultimate statement of heresy,” he said on CNN. “This is not a religious man.”…

Fischer misinterprets study to suggest homosexuality is a ‘birth defect’

Bryan Fischer, the director of issues analysis of the conservative fundamentalist American Family Association (AFA), on Wednesday examined a recent study about the biological origins of same sex attraction and incorrectly misinterpreted it to mean that “homosexuality is the result of a birth defect.” In the study published earlier this…

Bryan Fischer: Gun rights based on Christ’s teachings

Though the Bible and church historian Eusebius both tell of early Christians gleefully accepting death in the face of persecution, American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer said Tuesday that Jesus instructed his followers to use deadly force to defend themselves. “This whole concept of using a weapon for self-defense is rooted…

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