Last updated on: 2/19/2008 | Author: ProCon.org

Tony Perkins Biography

Title:
President of Family Research Council
Position:
None Found to the question "Is Sexual Orientation Determined at Birth?"
Reasoning:

No Position Found as of Oct. 11, 2007

Involvement and Affiliations:
  • President, Family Research Council, 2003-present
  • Honorary Doctorate, Liberty University, May 2006
  • Former Member, Louisiana state legislature, 1996-2004
  • Host, “Washington Watch Weekly,” a weekly national radio program
  • Republican candidate for the United States Senate, Louisiana, 2002
  • Former television news reporter
  • Former police officer
  • Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps
Education:
  • MA studies, Public Administration, Louisiana State University
  • BA, Liberty University
Other:
  • As a member of the Louisiana State Legislature he authored one of the first state “marriage covenant” laws defining marriage as between only one man and one woman.