by Leroy Seat | Mar 27, 2012 | Opinion
The SouthernPovertyLawCenter (SPLC) is a nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of society. The SPLC was co-founded in 1971 by civil rights lawyer Morris Dees, who continues to...
by Adelle M. Banks | Dec 16, 2010 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Family Research Council, joined by prominent Republican allies, is mounting an aggressive defense to a decision by the Southern Poverty Law Center to designate the powerful conservative lobby as a hate group. “The group, which was once known for...
by Adelle M. Banks | Nov 30, 2010 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Southern Poverty Law Center is adding the Family Research Council and four other conservative religious organizations to its list of hate groups because of “falsehoods” in their anti-gay statements. Mark Potok, director of the center’s...
