The religious right is seriously flipping out over the Supreme Court ruling in favor of LGBTQ rights

Franklin Graham
Photo: Screenshot/MSNBC

After the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of LGBTQ employment nondiscrimination rights, conservative groups and politicians quickly issued statements condemning the decision.

The religious right, however, is gnashing their teeth and rending their clothes in horror at the notion that they won’t be able to discriminate in the name of God. As the week has worn on, the visions of doom have only grown even more hysteric.

Related: Tony Perkins warns Christians about attending gay weddings

E.W. Jackson

Far-right extremist E.W. Jackson was the GOP candidate for Lt. Governor in Virginia and his Facebook post about the ruling is completely unhinged. Describing the judges as “degenerate leftists,” he said they “are engineering sweeping social depravity and confusion through judicial tyranny.”

“It is a declaration of war on the American people, our businesses, culture, Constitution and our Judeo-Christian values,” Jackson continues, saying firing an LGBTQ person is just “protecting your business” from “some mentally ill person.”

“This is truly devastating for our country. We are under a vicious demonic spiritual attack and we had better put on the whole armor of God,” he threw in for good measure.

Tony Perkins

Tony Perkins, head of the anti-LGBTQ hate group Family Research Council is well acquainted with mixing religion and discrimination….

Read full story, and more, from Source: The religious right is seriously flipping out over the Supreme Court ruling in favor of LGBTQ rights