Hate Groups

From the Southern Poverty Law Center: Southern Poverty Law Center President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the statement below following the Republican National Committee’s approval of a resolution challenging SPLC’s identification and condemnation of hate groups: “This Republican National Committee’s resolution is an attack on the SPLC’s definition of hate groups in order to excuse the Trump administration’s history of …

Via email from hate group leader Tony Perkins: Family Research Council has released a new publication titled “Biblical Principles for Human Sexuality: Survey of Culture, Scripture, and Church History.” The publication comes on the heels of the Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, which has accelerated the sexual revolution and empowered other activist judges to rule in ways …

The San Antonio News-Express reports: A group of conservative activists doesn’t have grounds to sue San Antonio over the City Council’s refusal to allow a Chick-fil-A restaurant at San Antonio International Airport, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday. The group, which includes former council candidate Patrick von Dohlen [photo], sued the city in September alleging that San Antonio was in …

USA Today reports: One post on Facebook is a photo of a headline that reads, “Deadly cover up: Fauci approved hydroxychloroquine 15 years ago to cure coronaviruses. ‘Nobody needed to die.'” That headline is from a story on TruePundit.com, which has no byline and redirects to a guest column from Bryan Fischer on OneNewsNow. The headline there reads, “Fauci knew …

Franklin Graham posts to his Facebook page: In watching some of the Democratic National Convention on television this week, it has been interesting to see the absence of God. I don’t believe America’s finest hours will be in front of us if we take God out of government and public life. It is God who set the standards we are …

Via email from hate group leader Monica Cole: Unfortunately, Disney Channel’s content is deteriorating at warp speed, getting worse almost every month. One Million Moms warned parents about the demonic show The Owl House when it first premiered on Disney Channel in January. But the dark program has much more for conservative parents to be concerned about now that the …

From the American Family Association’s OneNewsNow: Liberty Counsel’s Mat Staver disagrees with any claim that getting the vaccination would be our patriotic duty. “The fact that someone even raises an argument that you ought to have mandatory vaccinations is absolutely un-American,” he responds. “It is not patriotic; it’s unconstitutional, it’s coercive, and it’s never happened before in America. We should …

Via email from NOM’s Frank Schubert: As Attorney General, Kamala Harris ignored her oath of office and refused to defend Proposition 8 in court – a legally binding, validly enacted constitutional provision approved by millions of Californians – and also refused to appeal the federal court decision invalidating it. This resulted in an extraordinary legal situation, unprecedented in the history …

Kalamazoo’s CBS News affiliate reports: Members of the Proud Boys group moved through western Michigan on Saturday. The group originally planned to hold a rally in Arcadia Creek Festival Place in Kalamazoo, an outdoor area and event space. After hundreds of counterprotesters and police arrived at the location, the group began to move through the city. Police had a large …

The Christian Post reports: A federal judge in Kentucky has ruled that the city of Louisville cannot force a Christian photographer to work same-sex weddings because the “Constitution does not require a choice between gay rights and freedom of speech.” U.S. District Judge Justin R. Walker on Friday ruled that Chelsey Nelson, a wedding photographer and blogger who is a …

Twitter exploded overnight after Newsweek published a birtherism attack on Sen. Kamala Harris by John Eastman, chairman of the anti-LGBTQ hate group NOM. Eastman ran unsuccessfully against Harris to be California Attorney General, losing the 2010 Republican primary. An excerpt: The fact that Senator Kamala Harris has just been named the vice presidential running mate for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee …

Media Matters reports: Right-wing quack Steven Hotze has dangerously told people that the coronavirus is “not very contagious,” that masks should be avoided, and that people should conduct their lives normally during the pandemic. Despite these claims downplaying the risks of COVID-19, Hotze has been trying to profit from concerns about students returning to school by selling “immune” packages that …

Jared Holt reports at Right Wing Watch: YouTube terminated the account on its platform used by white nationalist hate group VDARE for violating the site’s policies against hate speech, a YouTube spokesperson told Right Wing Watch. This time last year, VDARE was suspended and reinstated on the platform, but a YouTube spokesperson told RWW that this suspension is permanent. “A …

Via email from hate group leader Monica Cole: Hallmark Channel is not waiting until Christmas to include LGBTQ content and characters in its original movies. Set to air Saturday, August 15, at 8:00 p.m. CST, Wedding Every Weekend will include a lesbian couple. Hallmark Channel’s website describes Wedding Every Weekend as follows but leaves out the details about the LGBTQ …

Peter Montgomery reports at Right Wing Watch: Anti-LGBTQ extremist Scott Lively called Chief Justice John Roberts a “snake in the grass” after Roberts joined a July 24 ruling against churches that were challenging public health orders that restrict the size of gatherings in houses of worship. Lively blamed an array of problems on LGBTQ people, who he said “have been …

Their scam doesn’t pay as well here anymore, therefore: I have a GREAT ANNOUNCEMENT: Today we launch our seventh language edition of iFamNews.com, our Russian edition. We are proud to have great allies in Russia and it is truly fitting that we now have a strong pro-family news source in Russia and a team that can bring us the real …

Engadget reports: Twitter is closing a loophole in its rules to make it harder for users to spread hate speech and violent content. The company is updating its policies to ban links to content that promotes violence and hateful conduct. Twitter already had rules in place barring hateful conduct and violence in tweets, but the policy didn’t extend to linked …

Via email from hate group leader Tony Perkins: Ordinary people in this nation, well-meaning Christians even, want to believe that Black Lives Matter is just a crusade for racial justice. That it’s a peaceful group, if not a passionate one, fighting for civil rights. They buy into the sentiment, not realizing that what they’re really adopting in those three words …

Just in from Alliance Defending Freedom: Kristi Stokes has always had a heart for service. It’s her way of glorifying God, and it is evident in every aspect of her life. For example, as a young adult Kristi taught and served as a missionary in Zimbabwe. She has also long worked with those facing homelessness in Cleveland and even held …

Forbes reports: Barclays has closed the bank account of a U.K. Christian charity the Core Issues Trust, who offer LGBT conversion therapy, says, Premier Christian News. It follows criticism from LGBT activists, who say the bank – the lead sponsor of Pride in London for several years – was hypocritical. They argued supporting LGBT people with one hand while giving …