Evangelical leader blasts Tillerson on abortion, gay rights
By Nikita Vladimirov - 12/13/16 10:07 AM EST
Evangelical leader Tony Perkins has slammed President-elect Donald Trump decision to nominate Rex Tillerson, the CEO of Exxon Mobil, as his secretary of State.
Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council, argued that Tillerson will be a boon for liberals and that his selection should be "alarming to conservatives."
"The ExxonMobil executive may be the greatest ally liberals have in the Cabinet for their abortion and LGBT agendas," Perkins wrote Monday on the FRC website. "That should be particularly alarming to conservatives, who've spent the last eight years watching the State Department lead the global parade for the slaughter of innocent unborn children and the intimidation of nations with natural views on marriage and sexuality."
Perkins, who criticized the potential selection of Mitt Romney for secretary of State in the past, also slammed Tillerson on his company's history of donating to Planned Parenthood and his role pushing to allow gay troop leaders in the Boy Scouts of America.
Continued At: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/310129-evangelical-leader-blasts-tillerson-pick
But another article from CNN Money said Exxon had a poor record on gay rights:
http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/13/news/companies/tillerson-exxon-lgbtq-rights/index.htmlExxon is so big, can one man have an influence on these specific policies?
