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Will Perkins has died [View all]
Anyone who was in Colorado, especially Colorado Springs, should remember Perkins as one of the leading bigot voices during the Amendment 2 nonsense in the early 90s. People like Perkins and Focus on the Family are the people who gave Colorado Springs the deserved reputation as a religious right, conservative nightmare.
He was 91...more evidence that the good die young. The link is a Gazette article which may require subscription...and it isn't worth subscribing to. But it's where I saw the headline so I linked it.
https://gazette.com/premium/conservative-christian-leader-will-perkins-known-as-a-leading-voice/article_e6067e64-f469-11e9-8372-3b10bac1796c.html
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