Penelope
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I thought this was the appropriate Forum for this: since it is a hate group the RNC is associating itself with:
Israel
Family Association Opposes Civil Rights, Watchdog Says
Read more: http://forward.com/articles/213661/hate-group-funds-republican-trip-to-israel/#ixzz3QJ37DRZB
An upcoming Republican National Committee trip to Israel is being fully funded by a hate group, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, an American civil rights organization.
The trip, which will take 60 RNC members to Israel for nine days beginning Saturday, is being paid for by a subsidiary of the American Family Association, which the law center in a news release last week called a “hate group” known for its “extremism and its demonizing attacks on minorities.”
In the release, the law center said that association spokesman Bryan Fischer has made remarks that are anti-gay and racist, equating gay rights activists to Nazis and saying black people “rut like rabbits.” Fischer also has said that “we are a Christian nation, and not a Jewish or Muslim one.”
Richard Cohen, the law center’s president, in a letter to RNC members wrote, “Given that the disease of anti-Semitism is flaring throughout the world, we certainly understand your desire to show your commitment to Israel at this time. But accepting funding from an extremist group like the AFA would make a mockery of that commitment and legitimize its extremism.”
David Lane, an evangelical Christian activist who is running the trip, said he organized it out of love for Israel.
Read more: http://forward.com/articles/213661/hate-group-funds-republican-trip-to-israel/#ixzz3QJ3H7G6J
(yes they did just fired Fisher but are still funding his radio show, to think he was their spokesman and was just let go says it all)
Israel
Family Association Opposes Civil Rights, Watchdog Says
Read more: http://forward.com/articles/213661/hate-group-funds-republican-trip-to-israel/#ixzz3QJ37DRZB
An upcoming Republican National Committee trip to Israel is being fully funded by a hate group, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, an American civil rights organization.
The trip, which will take 60 RNC members to Israel for nine days beginning Saturday, is being paid for by a subsidiary of the American Family Association, which the law center in a news release last week called a “hate group” known for its “extremism and its demonizing attacks on minorities.”
In the release, the law center said that association spokesman Bryan Fischer has made remarks that are anti-gay and racist, equating gay rights activists to Nazis and saying black people “rut like rabbits.” Fischer also has said that “we are a Christian nation, and not a Jewish or Muslim one.”
Richard Cohen, the law center’s president, in a letter to RNC members wrote, “Given that the disease of anti-Semitism is flaring throughout the world, we certainly understand your desire to show your commitment to Israel at this time. But accepting funding from an extremist group like the AFA would make a mockery of that commitment and legitimize its extremism.”
David Lane, an evangelical Christian activist who is running the trip, said he organized it out of love for Israel.
Read more: http://forward.com/articles/213661/hate-group-funds-republican-trip-to-israel/#ixzz3QJ3H7G6J
(yes they did just fired Fisher but are still funding his radio show, to think he was their spokesman and was just let go says it all)