Hate Groups

Posted to the Family Research Council’s website: Pro-life advocates have called Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump’s comments “disturbing” after the 45th president said he will “bring peace” on abortion by negotiating a plan that pleases “both” abortion foes and activists — and attacked some of his rivals’ more comprehensive protections for life. “I would sit down with both sides, …

Via press release from the Family Research Council: Former President Donald Trump has won Family Research Council Action’s Pray Vote Stand Summit Straw Poll, receiving nearly 64 percent of the votes cast. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis finished second with just over 27 percent of the vote. Ron DeSantis won the vice presidential straw poll with 25 percent of votes cast. …

Peter Montgomery reports at Right Wing Watch: While right-wing groups are mobilizing angry mobs to yell at school board members that parents have the right to control what their children are taught, evangelical pollster George Barna told religious-right activists at the Family Research Council’s “Pray Vote Stand” summit Thursday that it is their duty to try to indoctrinate other people’s …

Via email from hate group leader Tony Perkins: Far-left activists barged into House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) office Monday, linking arms and chanting, “Pass PEPFAR now, McCarthy!” The protest briefly interrupted staffers’ typically quiet Monday morning before Capitol police arrived and arrested seven protestors who refused to leave. The protest appears to be part of a larger media campaign by …

Via email from hate group leader Monica Cole: This week, on September 12, Viacom aired its “2023 MTV Video Music Awards” (VMAs) on Nickelodeon, its children’s network. Nickelodeon was launched over 40 years ago as “the first cable channel for children,” but now, many parents agree they can no longer trust the network. Since Nickelodeon’s target market is children, it …

Tony Perkins: Yesterday the California state Assembly advanced a bill that would make the Golden State the third in the US to decriminalize psychedelic drugs for personal use. We’re told that it’s about treating post-traumatic stress syndrome. But what is really underneath all this? How should we view this from a biblical perspective? Jennifer Bauwens: There is a spiritual reality …

Via press release from Family Research Council National Director of Community Impact and pastor Mark Harris: Mark Harris launched his campaign today for the Republican nomination for Congress in North Carolina’s 8th congressional district. This decision follows Congressman Dan Bishop’s announcement to run for Attorney General. Mark stated: “After seeing first hand the manufactured scandal that resulted in the Democrat …

Via email from hate group leader Tony Perkins: Next week, Family Research Council and FRC Action will hold the third annual Pray Vote Stand Summit, which replaced FRC Action’s previous flagship event since 2006, the Values Voter Summit. The Pray Vote Stand Summit will address issues such as protecting the unborn, the importance of the nuclear family, domestic and international …

Religion News Service reports: A former vice president of the American Family Association, a Mississippi-based conservative group that promotes “the biblical ethic of decency in American society,” has sued the religious-right group, accusing leaders of firing him after he reported alleged sexual harassment and financial irregularities. In a complaint filed Tuesday (Sept. 5), Robert Chambers [photo], former vice president of …

Via email from hate group leader Brian Brown: Lawfare. That is what is happening to John Eastman and his family. All conservatives should be outraged and want to join with us to help him push back. Dr. John Eastman is one of America’s foremost constitutional scholars. A true and trusted conservative, John has helped fight the left on countless issues …

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis is appointing Tina Descovich, a leader of one of the nation’s leading parental rights groups, to the Florida Ethics Commission. The Governor’s Office notes that Descovich, a co-founder of Moms for Liberty, “was previously elected to the School Board of Brevard County in 2016 and served as the President of the Florida Coalition of …

Via email from hate group leader Brian Brown: As we launch The Not Campaign and get our digital ads out by email and websites, we’re already under attack. This means our campaign is working. I’ll give you some samples of the bombardment of hate messages we have received later. But for now, we really need your help to get these …

From the far-right Catholic outlet LifeSiteNews: A blasphemous so-called “gospel” drag show was hosted at a Washington, D.C., restaurant last weekend, prompting Catholics to pray the rosary in protest across the street. On Saturday, August 26, Crazy Aunt Helen’s restaurant in downtown D.C., just blocks from the U.S. Capitol, hosted “Shi-Queeta-Lee’s Drag Gospel Brunch!” The blasphemous performance is apparently held on a …

Via email from hate group leader Monica Cole: VistaPrint’s website is using its birth announcements section as a platform to promote the pro-homosexual lifestyle and glorification of same-sex parents. VistaPrint is pushing pro-homosexual content in the form of birth announcements featuring same-sex parents. The examples of VistaPrint’s birth announcement cards that attempt to normalize the LGBTQ lifestyle are: “Love Makes …

Via email from hate group leader Brian Brown: The conventional wisdom in politics is that the Republican party supports conservative social issues and the Democrat party does not. If only that were true, America would be in better shape than it is. The sad truth is that we have been betrayed many times by Republican politicians who claim to be …

The Associated Press reports: One of Iowa’s largest cities repealed its ban on “conversion therapy” — the discredited practice of trying to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity through counseling — after a Christian organization threatened legal action, part of a deepening national movement to challenge protections for LGBTQ+ kids. The city council in Waterloo voted this week …

Austin’s NBC affiliate reports: As students were released from McCallum High School Tuesday afternoon, the district confirms roughly eight people stood outside with anti-LGBTQ and anti-abortion signs. “The protesters were on the sidewalk but were blocking the buses, so they were asked to move,” a spokesperson for AISD said. “Austin ISD Police officers were on-site to ensure everyone’s safety, and …

Via email from hate group leader Monica Cole:  Sonic Drive-In has launched a tasteless marketing campaign that includes profanity. The inappropriate song playing in this commercial is “Milkshake” by artist Kelis, and it has no place in a fast-food commercial. This song’s lyrics are offensive and contain the expletive d*mn. The vulgar lyrics in the commercial include the opening chorus: …

The Washington Examiner reports: A conservative organization is debuting an ad during the Republican National Committee primary debate preshow on Wednesday in the hope that it sets up continued aid to Ukraine as one of the debate’s more crucial issues, particularly as candidates disagree about the path forward. The Heritage Foundation’s new ad on Ukraine aid is aimed at addressing …

Posted to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: What John Chachas, CEO of a downtown retailer, is pointing out about the situation in San Francisco is right, but he shouldn’t be so surprised. This has been 60 years or more in the making. San Francisco has been sliding downhill since the 1960’s when they welcomed free sex, psychedelic drugs, and the anti-establishment …