Anti-LGBT World Congress of Families gears up for its 10th International Congress

Last October, the anti-LGBT hate group World Congress of Families (WCF) held its ninth international congress in Salt Lake City, a gathering that attracts thousands of anti-LGBT and anti-abortion speakers and activists from around the globe, reports the Southern Poverty Law Center. The gathering traditionally functions as a key site of right-wing strategy development to…

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Calling out GoFundMe for allowing hate group to raise anti-trans funds

An active anti-LGBT hate group is part of a coalition that’s raising money on GoFundMe to limit transgender people’s public use of restrooms in California. Privacy For All is the coalition behind the proposed Limits On Use Of Facilities In Government Buildings And Businesses Initiative Statute (which they’re referring to as the “Personal Privacy Protection…

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Bill O’Reilly invites hate group representative to attack SPLC after Ben Carson added to ‘Extremist Files’

Fox News host Bill O’Reilly criticized the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for adding former Fox contributor Ben Carson to the group’s “extremist files” for his anti-LGBT comments. To defend Carson, O’Reilly invited a senior fellow from the Family Research Council (FRC), a group also listed on the SPLC’s “extremist files” for their anti-LGBT rhetoric, to denounce the SPLC, reports Media Matters for…

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HRC: ‘Yes, the American Family Association is still a hate group’

WASHINGTON – As reported in Politico, a number of leading Republican National Committee members have elected to take part in a junket to Israel sponsored, in part, by the American Family Association. The trip is taking place despite the protests of organizations like the Anti-Defamation League and many conservative Christian activists who are nonetheless offended…

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Fox News Sunday invites hate group leader for debate about same-sex marriage

Fox News Sunday will host a debate on same-sex marriage featuring a anti-gay hate group leader who’s known for peddling lies and smears about the LGBT community, reports Media Matters for America. Jan. 18, Fox News Sunday is scheduled to host a debate on same-sex marriage featuring Ted Olson, a prominent pro-equality attorney, and Tony Perkins, president of…

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HRC: CWA’s top ‘concern’ is stopping LGBT equality

WASHINGTON – Concerned Women For America (CWA) claims to be the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization bringing supposedly “biblical principles” into all levels of public policy. Espousing an un-American brand of anti-equality viewpoints, that many people of faith consider “unbiblical,” they have fabricated a “defense of family” position as one of their top concerns….

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New HRC Foundation report exposes anti-LGBT group

WASHINGTON –– The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, today released a new report that exposes one of the most influential groups in America promoting and coordinating the exportation of anti-LGBT bigotry, ideology, and legislation abroad: The World Congress of Families. Labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, and active in several nations across five…

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Family Research Council uses Robin Williams’ suicide to push ‘Ex-Gay’ therapy

Equality Matters latest post reveals how the Family Research Council (FRC) used actor and comedian Robin Williams’ suicide to champion discredited “ex-gay” therapy, comparing treatment for mental illness to treatment for homosexuality. In an August 18 post for the FRC’s blog, Senior Fellow for Policy Studies Peter Sprigg compared the late actor’s struggles with addiction and depression to people struggling…

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