Hate Groups

Heavy reports: BlazeTV announced on Saturday night that it would no longer be working with Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes. The network didn’t explain why they were making the change, which they announced in a single, brief tweet well into the evening. But McInnes fans immediately blamed the move directly on Blaze’s founder and CEO, Glenn Beck. Blaze is a …

Peter Montgomery reports at Right Wing Watch: The Family Research Council has asked pastors in its “Watchmen on the Wall” network to distribute a bulletin insert to members of their churches this month. The insert “introduces readers to the ministry of Family Research Council, recaps a busy and successful year, and offers ways people can partner with us,” reads the …

The Alliance Defending Freedom, arguably the most successful and most viciously anti-LGBT Christian hate group, now has one of their own speaking for the DOJ. The Daily Beast reports: The Justice Department officially has a new top spokesperson: Kerri Kupec has been named director of its Office of Public Affairs, The Daily Beast has learned. Sarah Isgur Flores, the previous …

“How is ‘Nazi’ not as bad as ‘faggot?’ I think they’re both pretty bad. Like, say you beat up a guy and you were screaming ‘Nazi’ as you beat him up. Couldn’t you argue that’s a hate crime? Because when you beat up a gay guy and you say that word, the f-word, it’s seen as homophobic. If you’re getting …

Via press release from hate group leader Tony Perkins: When Justice Anthony Kennedy became the deciding vote on same-sex marriage in America, he surprised a lot of people. Including, apparently, himself. Three years after the Supreme Court ruling that rocked the world, the retired justice sat down to talk about the Obergefell case — and how little the Constitution had …

Via press release from hate group leader Mat Staver: How can we assume the entire tribe want no contact with the outside world? How can we assume the island is free of domestic, child, or elder abuse? How can we assume that there are no people on the island who long to leave and explore a new life but who …

ABC News Australia reports: Right-wing provocateur and founder of the Proud Boys group Gavin McInnes has had his visa application blocked by the Home Affairs Department, failing the character test to enter Australia. Critics of Mr McInnes were urging the department and Immigration Minister David Coleman to ban him from travelling to Australia for a speaking tour next year, concerned …

Via press release from hate group leader Tony Perkins: The Democrats, who won control of the House of Representatives, voted to elect Nancy Pelosi as Speaker. The liberal Democratic party leader will be second in succession to the President, after Vice President Mike Pence. Pelosi has a reputation for toughness. Despite the checks and balances of a 53-seat Republican majority …

Via press release from hate group leader Mat Staver: Picture this. Cars come to a halt and people stream out of their offices. Police officers stop traffic as a camel, donkey, and sheep accompany Mary, Joseph and the Baby Jesus dressed in first century attire and surrounded by the Three Wise Men and shepherds as they proceed around the U.S. …

Via press release from hate group leader Tony Perkins: Losing John, so full of life and potential at 26, would be a tragedy in any circumstance. But in this young missionary’s case, the world didn’t just lose a warm and engaging soul. It also lost sight of the kind of conviction that drives Christians to take risks like his. In …

“I have no hesitation in saying this because I do not doubt the word of God, that man coexisted with dinosaurs. Now, people will tell me I’m a neanderthal, I’m a Cro-Magnon, this is superstition, this is an old wive’s tale; I don’t care because my trust and confidence is in the word of God. So that word of God …

Via press release from hate group leader Mat Staver: John Allen Chau, a Covenant Journey alumni, was martyred on November 17, 2018 by the Sentinelese tribal people on the island of North Sentinel. In its effort to preserve the distinctness of the indigenous Sentinelese, the Indian government has granted extreme autonomy – even to the point of allowing the senseless …

Within hours of yesterday’s first-ever same-sex kiss during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, hate group leader Linda Harvey pushed out a raging column to multiple far-right sites including World Net Daily and LifeSiteNews. An excerpt: God never makes any human to engage in what He has called an “abomination,” and always shows a way out for those who seek His …

The Huffington Post reports: Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes has quit the group one day after it was revealed the FBI considers the neo-fascist gang to be an “extremist” group. McInnes, who co-founded Vice before leaving the media company in 2008, made the announcement in a 36-minute video posted Wednesday on YouTube. “As of today, Nov. 21, 2018, I am …

Catholic League blowhard Bill Donohue writes: Mike Mariani has written a splendid article on exorcisms in the December edition of The Atlantic. Well researched and composed, he points to survey data that indicate that roughly half of Americans believe in demonic possession, and an even higher number believe in the devil. Who are the most likely candidates for an exorcism? …

The Family Research Council’s in-house “expert” on ex-gay torture is warning Christians not to see Boy Erased because the movie is “boring.” He writes: Those advocating legal restrictions on sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE) are hoping for a boost from a new movie, Boy Erased, intended to dramatize problems with what they call “conversion therapy.” The movie is based on …

Via press release from hate group leader Mat Staver: When lawsuits were filed in January 2014 against Florida’s Constitutional amendment affirming marriage as one man and one woman, Bondi refused to defend the case until just before the hearing in July. Many people called upon Pam Bondi to defend the marriage amendment, but she refused to enter the case until …

Fox News radio host Todd Starnes writes: If you run into a Salvation Army bell ringer this Christmas season, don’t strike up a conversation about President Trump or gay marriage. Salvation Army personnel have been told to stop posting their opinions about gay marriage, abortion or anything political on social media because it might reflect poorly on the organization, according …

From the far-right LifeSiteNews: Over the weekend Facebook unpublished the page of a prominent social-conservative group for allegedly using unspecified “hate speech,” Americans for Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH) president Peter LaBarbera revealed Monday. AFTAH is dedicated to “apply[ing] the same single-minded determination to opposing the radical homosexual agenda and standing for God-ordained sexuality and the natural family as countless homosexual …

The Guardian reports: The FBI now classifies the far-right Proud Boys as an “extremist group with ties to white nationalism”, according to a document produced by Washington state law enforcement. The FBI’s 2018 designation of the self-confessed “western chauvinist group” as extremist has not been previously made public. The Proud Boys was founded by the Vice Media co-founder Gavin McInnes. …