TODAY - 2 PM ET: FRC's Tony Perkins and African American Pastors from Five States to Hold News Conference on Eve of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Senate Vote

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Research Council President and Marine veteran Tony Perkins will join Bishop Harry Jackson, Alliance Defense Fund Senior Counsel Austin Nimocks and African American pastors from five states at a news conference Monday at 2 p.m. ET in Washington, D.C. The speakers will address religious liberty concerns on the eve of the U.S. Senate vote to overturn the law against the practice of open homosexual behavior in the military.

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A live webcast of the news conference will be available at www.frc.org. You may contact the FRC press office at (866)-372-6397 for more information.

WHAT:  A webcast news conference on the eve of the U.S. Senate Vote on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and the same week as the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference. African American pastors from five states will discuss how overturning the law will undermine the religious liberty of military chaplains and other servicemen and women.

WHO: Tony Perkins, President, Family Research Council

Bishop Harry Jackson, Chairman, High Impact Leadership Coalition

Pastor Aubrey Shines, Tampa, FL

Pastor Christopher Brooks, Detroit, MI

Bishop Leon Benjamin, Richmond, VA

Reverend Dean Nelson, Washington, DC

Reverend Lou Engle, President, The Call

Austin Nimocks, Senior Counsel, Alliance Defense Fund

WHERE: Watch Online:  www.frc.org  

Or in-person: FRC Media Center, 801 G. Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

WHEN: Monday, September 20, 2010, 2 PM ET

SOURCE Family Research Council

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