Hate Groups

The Naples Daily News reports: Just hours before Naples Pride was set to go with an outdoors drag show performance in the city’s Cambier Park, a federal court ruled against Pride’s plan, forcing it to move the performance indoors. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta on June 6 granted the city of Naples’ motion to …

Posted to the Liberty Counsel’s website: Hope* loves the Lord and uses her creative talent to earn a few extra dollars selling inspirational, custom-designed coffee mugs on a popular craft seller’s website. But when she was asked to make a custom mug celebrating “Queers,” her deeply held Christian beliefs prevented her from accepting the order. The word “queer,” by definition, …

Posted to the Family Research Council’s website: It’s been a while since Americans could actually sit back and enjoy June. Now, instead of bumping into rainbows in every aisle and choking on the colored logos of every conceivable brand, there’s some freedom from the suffocating fumes of Pride Month. In these last two years, the march to pull companies back …

The Washington Post reports: The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a straight woman who claimed she faced bias in the workplace after she was passed over for positions that went to gay colleagues. The decision that will make it easier for members of majority groups to prove job discrimination claims. The justices unanimously struck down a standard used in …

ProPublica reports: When Thomas Fugate graduated from college last year with a degree in politics, he celebrated in a social media post about the exciting opportunities that lay beyond campus life in Texas. “Onward and upward!” he wrote, with an emoji of a rocket shooting into space. His career blastoff came quickly. A year after graduation, the 22-year-old with no …

Via press release from hate group leader Mat Staver: Liberty Counsel filed a motion to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to step in and defend the interests of concerned parents and stay a preliminary injunction forcing the city of Naples, Florida to allow an obscene LGBTQ drag show performance outdoors in view of children at an upcoming “pride” …

Media Matters has the transcript: ANDREW KOLVET (GUEST HOST): Charlie put out a tweet to this extent, but I couldn’t agree more. Pride — most people will accept that two grown adults have freedom within the privacy of their home. Nobody wants to be policing that. I mean, some people do, but, like, the vast majority of Americans are not …

The Charlotte Observer reports: UNC Charlotte says an administrator is “no longer employed” after a video went viral of her implying work related to diversity, equity and inclusion was still happening on campus. The video, which appears to use a hidden camera, was originally posted by nonprofit activist group Accuracy in Media. Posts on X by Corey DeAngelis, who identifies …

Ministry Watch reports: Five former leaders of groups associated with Sean Feucht have issued a formal statement bringing to light what they call “longstanding and serious moral, ethical, financial, organizational and governance failures” by Feucht and calling for an independent investigation into possible fraud and embezzlement. The statement also urges the removal of Feucht from leadership and financial stewardship positions. …

Tony Perkins writes for the Family Research Council: In Isaiah chapter 59, the prophet lamented a troubling condition in his day, declaring: “Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.” Isaiah recognized that without truth, integrity, justice, and fairness become unattainable. When truth collapses, genuine justice is compromised. …

The Southern Poverty Law Center reports: Turning Point USA’s primary strategy is sowing and exploiting fear that white Christian supremacy is under attack by nefarious actors, including immigrants, the LGBTQ+ community and civil rights activists. TPUSA and its spokespeople often warn their audience that their children, wives, religion, way of life and they themselves are under attack by various constructed …

The Christian Post reports: The far-left civil rights organization Southern Poverty Law Center has added the conservative Evangelical parachurch ministry Focus on the Family to its list of “anti-LGBTQ+ hate groups,” joining similar organizations that advocate for traditional beliefs on sexuality and family. Glenn T. Stanton, director of Global Family Formation Studies at Focus on the Family, told The Christian …

Via email from hate group leader Monica Cole: Dove is facing serious backlash again due to a hair care commercial featuring a transgender model. His gender-dysphoric identity as a trans woman is being showcased as Dove uses this male model to advertise Dove Intensive Repair products. Dove is pushing a sinful lifestyle onto viewers while glamorizing the transgender lifestyle choice. …

Reuters reports: The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a student’s challenge on free speech grounds to a Massachusetts public school’s decision to bar him from wearing a T-shirt reading “There are only two genders” due to concern about the message’s effect on transgender and other pupils. The justices turned away an appeal by the student, who was …

Tony Perkins writes for the Christian Post: Recent reporting from outlets like The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times shows that major corporations are quietly backing away from the signature events of Pride Month. The movement once championed by boardrooms is now being met with increasing caution — even silence. I’ve often questioned the wisdom of labeling a …

“Phil Robertson was an American icon and an inspiring hero to millions of Americans. Phil grew up impoverished in a house without electricity or a toilet, but became a brilliant entrepreneur. “Phil was married to his high school sweetheart Kay for nearly sixty years. After an initial rocky period in their relationship due to alcohol and infidelity, Phil rededicated his …

The Seattle Times reports: Protesters clashed with police at dueling rallies Saturday in Cal Anderson Park in Seattle. A crowd waving transgender pride flags and signs denouncing the “Trump Fascist Regime” gathered around 1 p.m. in protest of a “Mayday USA” event — the fourth of five stops on a conservative Christian group’s national tour, under the banner #DontMessWithOurKids. By …

The Kansas City Star reports: Scores of masked white nationalists descended on Kansas City Saturday, holding a rally outside the National WWI Museum and Memorial and marching downtown carrying flags and chanting. Police said the event, carried out by the Patriot Front, did not result in any arrests. The Patriot Front is a white nationalist “and avowedly fascist nationwide organization” …

From hate group leader Monica Cole: Dude Wipes offends conservative viewers in its latest commercial, “Best Clean Pants Down.” In this ad, several men are shown pulling down their pants and underwear in various public settings. During an advertisement, it is never appropriate for someone to remove clothing, especially an undergarment. Even though the men in this Dude Wipes ad …

The Associated Press reports: In its annual Year in Hate and Extremism report, released Thursday, the Southern Poverty Law Center said it counted 1,371 hate and extremist groups, a 5% decline. The nonprofit group attributes this to a lesser sense of urgency to organize because their beliefs have infiltrated politics, education and society in general. Some of the ways they …