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The Ten Lies about the GLBT Community Told by Conservative Hate Groups: a Straight Christian Perspective | Canyonwalker Connections
As a follower of Jesus who takes very seriously the commands to love, be merciful and “spend” myself on justice, I’ve struggled for a week with this post about the designation of the Family Research Council (FRC) as a Hate Group. I am a swirl of anger and shame and relief. I have waited over a week to write and post this so that I could check myself and make sure it’s the Jesus-kind of anger motivating me. By speaking out, I will be going directly against what appears to be good, sound and sacred. So be it. Deceit and hatred wrapped in a lovely robe and carrying a Holy Text is a horrible, blasphemous offense.
In December 2010, the Family Research Council (FRC) was placed on Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) list of Hate Groups. In amongst 932 designated active hate groups in the United States which include: neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan, White Supremacists, White Nationalists, Black Separatists, Racist Skinheads, Holocaust Deniers, Neo-Confederates, Anti-Immigrationists and Anti-Gay groups, there is listed the Family Research Council.
Eighteen of SPLC’s Hate Groups are anti-gay. For absolute clarity, deeming homosexuality as “unbiblical” will not earn an organization a spot on the Hate [...]