The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated The Family Research Council as a hate group

[cali]

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Last week, the law center added the Family Research Council to its list of more than 930 active hate groups, citing the anti-gay rhetoric of its leaders and researchers, which have included calls to re-criminalize consensual sex between individuals of the same gender. The Southern Poverty Law Center defines a hate group as one with "beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics."

The council's president, former Louisiana lawmaker Tony Perkins, reacted angrily to the designation, calling it "slanderous" and demanding an apology. "The left is losing the debate over ideas and the direction of public policy, so all that is left for them is character assassination," Perkins said, insisting that his group "will continue to champion marriage and family as the foundation of our society and will not acquiesce to those seeking to silence the Judeo-Christian views held by millions of Americans."

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http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-rutten-gay-hate-20101201,0,6482418.column

[jemelanson]

1. As it should be.

[FSogol]

2. Hey Tony, if the shoe fits....

[Ter]

3. Well, so are they

Pot meet kettle.

[cali]

4. huh? are you saying the SPLC is a hate group?

that's a fucking insane claim. And you have jack shit to back it up.

[Hugabear]

6. Yes, I am interested in seeing how this gets spun

:popcorn:

[Ter]

10. A group founded by a guy with many of his own problems (Morris Dees)

Unapologetic in its support for Israel, their double standard is sickening.

[Archae]

12. You got anything to back that up?

I did a Google search, and found only accusations on far-right web sites.

[FreeState]

13. I see you removed your original text

claiming he was a child molester. Why? Id like to see the link to a reliable mainstream source for that.

[NNN0LHI]

17. Hey Ter, whats your thoughts on banana fungus?

[piratefish08]

5. ????

[Ter]

11. They also massively invade anyone who they "think" is against them's privacy

They are certainly no love group. They should practice what they preach.

[FreeState]

14. Source? n/t

[frylock]

15. back up your assertions, or shut the fuck..

aight?

[superduperfarleft]

16. Can someone PM me when dude posts an actual, substantiated fact?

You know, with reliable links and everything? This is getting boring to watch...

[superduperfarleft]

8. Um......what?

[Forkboy]

9. Paging Ter....come in Ter!

[terrya]

19. What alternate universe are you living in?

That's just so silly.

[Initech]

7. So telling the truth = character assassination? Sound, sound logic.

:eyes:

[terrya]

18. "so all that is left for them is character assassination,"

This from an organization that has constantly, consistently slandered gay people with the worst, most vile lies.

Why the media gives this bigoted hatemongering sack of shit a platform to air his hate is beyond me.

[WestSeattle2]

20. Just underscores what most realized years ago. n/t

[AndrewP]

21. Yep. They are not wrong