Rick Perry's "Strong"

Recently, a campaign video for Rick Perry went viral over the internet. The clip spread like wildfire because viewers noticed the ridiculous contradictory "logic" and hateful message employed by Perry.


This was Perry's message:

I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian, but you don't need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school. 

As President, I'll end Obama's war on religion. And I'll fight against liberal attacks on our religious heritage. 

Faith made America strong. It can make her strong again. 

I'm Rick Perry and I approve this message.

The first segment of the text, "I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian..." asserts Perry's view that a large number of individuals are Christian, but do not speak out regarding their religious beliefs because of feeling "ashamed." 

He then claims that the majority of the Christian public, no matter how devout, can see a correlation of moral inconsistency when: 

…gays can serve openly in the military

But…our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school.

Uhmm... What? How is dropping a discriminatory policy regarding admittance into the armed forces related to family religious rituals and prayer in school?

If anything, their is a correlation between tolerance in the military, and tolerance in the school. Not all religions pray and not all individual's are religious, so why force prayer onto a public institution? 

The "liberal attacks" are NOT "on your religious heritage"... the "liberal attacks" are on religious intolerance and those pushing for an American state that forces one dominant religion onto it's citizens: aka RELIGIOUS ASSIMILATION. Children not praying in school is to protect the religious heritage of ALL the people in the school, not just the Christians. 

No, Rick Perry. Just... No.