House and Senate Democrats endorsed the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) “Year in Ha
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House and Senate Democrats endorsed the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) “Year in Hate” report that brands mainstream conservative and Christian nonprofits “hate groups” and plots them on a map with the Ku Klux Klan. The Democrats did not respond to longstanding criticisms of the SPLC regarding its racial discrimination and sexual harassment scandal or the fact that former SPLC employees have described the “hate” accusations as a “highly profitable scam.”
According to PJ Media, The SPLC " tars the reputations of law-abiding mainstream conservative and Christian organizations like the
Family Research Council (FRC), Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), and
ACT for America." Well, lets see what these organizations are about:
Family Research Council - Wikipedia
FRC was formed in the United States in 1981 by
James Dobson and incorporated in 1983.
[6] In the late 1980s, FRC officially became a division of Dobson's main organization,
Focus on the Family; however, after an administrative separation, FRC became an independent entity in 1992.
Tony Perkins is its current president. It opposes and lobbies against: access to
pornography,
embryonic stem-cell research,
abortion,
divorce, and
LGBT rights (such as
anti-discrimination laws,
same-sex marriage,
same-sex civil unions, and
LGBT adoption). FRC is affiliated with a
501(c)(4) lobbying
PAC known as FRC Action.
[7]
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Sounds like a hate group to me. If this is "main stream Christianity, then I want no part of it.
And note the affiliation with **** Us On The Family:
10 Things You Should Know About Focus On The Family - HRC
WASHINGTON – Focus on the Family claims its mission is to help families thrive. Yet to anyone paying attention, it’s clear the organization is focused on one specific kind of family, and instead spends a lot of time, energy and money advocating against equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and their families. In fact, the organization suggests that marriage equality will bring the destruction of civilization, and it has referred to the children of same-sex couples as “human guinea pigs
Read it and tell us how this is not HATE. Now lets look at the Alliance Defending Freedom.
Alliance Defending Freedom - Wikipedia
Alliance Defending Freedom
(
ADF, formerly
Alliance Defense Fund) is an American
conservative Christian nonprofit organization with the stated goal of advocating, training, and funding on the issues of "religious freedom, sanctity of life, and marriage and family".
[5] ADF is headquartered in
Scottsdale, Arizona. It also has four branch offices located in
Folsom, California;
Washington, D.C.;
Lawrenceville, Georgia; and
New York.
[6]
Because of its budget, caseload, and network of allied attorneys, ADF is seen as the most organized and influential Christian legal interest group in the country.
[7] As of October 2018, ADF has argued nine cases before the Supreme Court and won all of them.
[8][
needs update]
The
Southern Poverty Law Center designates the ADF as an
anti-LGBTQ hate group.
[9] The SPLC has also described the ADF as a "prominent Christian legal powerhouse," and criticized it for providing "advice to anti-gay bigots in
Belize."
[10]
Yes defending freedom. Defending the freedome of bigots to deny the freedome of others based on a warped definition of religious freedom.
Finally, there is ACT for America. It seems like thse so called mainstreme Christians that are being targeted as hate groups, do not just hate gays.
ACT! for America - Wikipedia
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- Overview
- Activities and views
- Membership
ACT! for America, founded in 2007, is a U.S.-based anti-Muslim advocacy group dedicated to combating what it describes as "the threat of radical Islam" to the safety of Americans and to democracy.
Critics of the group, including the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Center for American Progress, describe it as a hate group. It has been called the U.S.'s largest anti-Muslim organization. Since 2017, the group has organized rallies in support of Donald Trump.
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To say that these groups represent mainstream Christians is moronic. What would Jesus do?