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Fringe Misogynists Expose Themselves To The Houston Chronicle
Yesterday, I mentioned as an aside the harassment campaign against feminist atheists conducted by a very small but very dedicated group of sexists whose two main complaints appear to be: 1) Sexual harassment is a holy right and conferences shouldn’t have policies banning it and 2) It should be…
Anti-LGBT ‘researcher’: 20 percent of gay men ‘reported having had sex with an animal’
A self-titled researcher, who the Southern Poverty Law Center describes as an “anti-gay propagandist,” on Thursday revealed the findings of his latest study that he says proves the “long term goal of the homosexual movement is to get every little boy to grab his ankles.” Speaking to the National Press…
Gun control debate fueling ‘explosive’ rise in far-right extremist groups: report
The number of anti-government, far-right extremist groups has soared to record levels since 2008 and they are becoming increasingly militant, according to a report by the Southern Poverty Law Center. It says the number of groups in the “Patriot” movement stood at 1,360 in 2012, up from 149 in 2008…
Woman convicted of child pornography linked to anti-gay group
A woman will receive at least 25 years in prison after being convicted of videotaping two men having sex with her 14-year-old daughter, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Biron claimed on her Facebook page (which has been removed) that she had worked with the Alliance Defending Freedom, which…
FRC’s Perkins calls ‘ex-gay’ therapy a ‘non-judgmental’ path to ‘wholeness’
In a conversation Friday on his Internet-only radio show, “Washington Watch Weekly,” Family Research Council President Tony Perkins said that the largely-discredited practice of anti-LGBT conversion therapy is a “compassionate,” “non-judgmental” way for LGBT people to find “wholeness.” According to Right Wing Watch, Perkins was speaking with “con man and ex-gay group…
CNN host boots Bryan Fischer: Your ‘hate speech’ proves anti-LGBT ‘agenda’
The director of issues analysis of a conservative fundamentalist Christian organization who is opposing anti-bullying efforts found himself on the defensive on Tuesday after a CNN host pointed out that his “hate speech” revealed an anti-LGBT agenda. During a phone interview on CNN, host Carol Costello asked the American Family…
Christian group accuses anti-bullying event of promoting ‘homosexual agenda’
The American Family Association (AFA) emailed members urging them to keep their children out of school during an anti-bullying event organized by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). According to The New York Times, the evangelical group’s director of issues analysis, conservative radio host Bryan Fischer accused the Oct. 30…
Human Rights Campaign: Family Research Council is a hate group
The president of the Human Rights Campaign has refused stop labeling the Family Research Council as a hate group, even after a LGBT activist was charged with shooting a security guard at the organization’s Washington headquarters. “Designating the Family Research Council a hate group has nothing to do with disagreements…
O’Reilly uses hate group shooting to exonerate himself in abortion doctor’s murder
During a Thursday interview where Tony Perkins blamed the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for the recent shooting of a Family Research Council (FRC) employee, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly took the opportunity to insist he did not “exacerbate” the situation that led to the murder of abortion doctor George…
Tony Perkins says Southern Poverty Law Center gave ‘license’ for shooting
Family Research Council (FRC) President Tony Perkins commented on Fox News on Thursday that the Southern Poverty Law Center gave a shooter “license” to commit the act that injured a security guard at his organization’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Though Perkins said he wanted to “be very clear” about the…
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