Trump to become first president to speak at anti-LGBT hate group's summit

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(10-13-2017, 11:29 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: The group is clearly motivated by religion.  Seeing as how islam holds the exact same ideals when it comes to homosexuals (often going to far more extremes in dealing with them) then the left should have no issue with them.  Everyone who has been hear or on the old board knows I've been championing marriage equality and equal rights for homosexuals for years, but I have to question why this is a "hate group"?  Is it because the SPLC says so?  If that's the reason then it's a poor one as the SPLC has fallen very far from it's original position and now indulges in pure partisan hackery.  They are no longer a reliable source in any way.

I couldn't care less what SPLC labels them, nor do I care about how other religions view gay people. I don't even know where the Muslim comment came from.

A group that lobbies government officials to legalize discrimination against a class of people and calls them detrimental to society on the basis of their gender, orientation, race, or any similar factor is a hate group. Discrimination is hostility towards a group.

To clarify, the label I apply to them has to do with their actions and statements, not the labels used by any other group. I don't think any logical poster here would argue with labeling the Family Research Council a "hate group" if we took everything they wrote and lobbied for and replaced sexual orientation with skin color, age, or disability. Giving someone a pass because they justify discrimination with religion doesn't make it any less immoral.