The SPLC (actually ADL south) is a watch dog on hate and terrorist groups...publishes prolificly and supports anti-hate legislation. Their reports are distributed widely among government agencies...particularly Law enforcement agencies. Now evangelicals coming under attack in SPLC report....talk about biting the hand that feeds them...
fyi...perhaps you're in one of these groups.....TM7
18 Anti-Gay Groups and Their PropagandaBy Evelyn Schlatter, SPLC
Even as some well-known anti-gay groups like Focus on the Family moderate their views, a hard core of smaller groups, most of them religiously motivated, have continued to pump out demonizing propaganda aimed at homosexuals and other sexual minorities. These groups’ influence reaches far beyond what their size would suggest, because the “facts” they disseminate about homosexuality are often amplified by certain politicians, other groups and even news organizations. Of the 18 groups profiled below, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) will be listing 13 next year as hate groups (eight were previously listed), reflecting further research into their views; those are each marked with an asterisk. Generally, the SPLC’s listings of these groups is based on their propagation of known falsehoods — claims about LGBT people that have been thoroughly discredited by scientific authorities — and repeated, groundless name-calling. Viewing homosexuality as unbiblical does not qualify organizations for listing as hate groups.
Full report follows:
http://splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2010/winter/the-hard-liners ........
