Ask Southern Poverty Law Center to classify anti-gay groups as Hate Groups

[Ian David]

Focus on The Family, Alliance for Marriage, Article 8 Coalition-- It's time to call them what they are. They are hate groups.

The Southern Poverty Law Center says:

The greatest growth in hate crimes in recent years is against Asian Americans and gays and lesbians, according to FBI statistics.

They even have that statement beside a picture of Matthew Shepherd


http://www.tolerance.org/10_ways/01.html

Then why aren't anti-gay groups classified by The SPLC as hate groups?

According to The SPLC, to be a hate group doesn't mean you have to actively go out and commit or advocate violence. To be a hate group, you have to spend a significant percentage of your group's energy demonizing a group to the extent that people may wish to do them harm or violate their civil rights based upon what you say about them.

In other words, you don't have to say, "Go out and hit this minority with a stick."

To be a hate group, you have to say, "This minority is trying to molest your children, destroy your family and bring about the end of Western Civilization, and that should make you mad."

More:
Gay-Bashing
http://www.tolerance.org/search/query.html?qs=&qc=&pw=100%25&ws=0&la=en&qm=0&st=1&nh=10&lk=1&rf=0&rq=0&si=0&col=test&ht=0&qp=&qt=gay-bashing&x=0&y=0


Also:
GLBT / LGBT
http://www.tolerance.org/search/query.html?qs=&qc=&pw=100%25&ws=0&la=en&qm=0&st=1&nh=10&lk=1&rf=1&rq=0&si=0&col=test&ht=0&qp=&qt=GLBT+LGBT&x=0&y=0


You can POLITELYcontact the SPLC at this page:
http://www.tolerance.org/about/contact.jsp


Or:

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Morris Dees
Center founder and chief trial counsel
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Joseph J. Levin, Jr.
Center founder and president emeritus
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Julian Bond
First Center president and member of the board
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Jennifer Holladay
Director, Tolerance.org
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National Campaign for Tolerance
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Letters may be mailed to:
Tolerance.org
c/o The Southern Poverty Law Center
400 Washington Ave.
Montgomery, AL 36104

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