Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, who is increasingly emphasizing religion in his appeal to Iowa Christian conservatives, said today that President Obama’s use of foreign aid to promote international gay rights demonstrates that the president “is at war with people of faith.”

This is just the most recent example of an administration at war with people of faith in this country,” Perry said in a statement. “Investing tax dollars promoting a lifestyle many Americans of faith find so deeply objectionable is wrong.”