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	<title>Comments on: Editorial: Family Research Council Levels Dishonest Attacks at SPLC</title>
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		<title>By: Richard</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-2/#comment-1708167</link>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;And when the religious right spreads false and defamatory propaganda like the completely baseless notion that gay men molest children at rates far higher than their heterosexual counterparts, LGBT people end up, much more frequently than most people realize, at the wrong end of a baseball bat.&quot;

Mark Potok hits the nail on the head. I find it ironic that Tony Perkins and the rest of the Family Research Council think the SPLC gave a &quot;license to kill&quot; on the FRC and other Christian groups because they were labled a hate group by the SPLC, but they don&#039;t think they are giving any kind &quot;license to kill&quot; for violence on gays for constantly trying to portray gay people as child molesters with their bogus &quot;studies&quot;!

I wouldn&#039;t be surprised if someday we hear about some nutjob who goes out and murders gays because he read an article from the Family Research Council about gays being child molesters, then the families of the victims would then want to sue the Family Research Council for inspiring the murders! Maybe then the FRC will learn that their words can inspire such hideous actions!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;And when the religious right spreads false and defamatory propaganda like the completely baseless notion that gay men molest children at rates far higher than their heterosexual counterparts, LGBT people end up, much more frequently than most people realize, at the wrong end of a baseball bat.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mark Potok hits the nail on the head. I find it ironic that Tony Perkins and the rest of the Family Research Council think the SPLC gave a &#8220;license to kill&#8221; on the FRC and other Christian groups because they were labled a hate group by the SPLC, but they don&#8217;t think they are giving any kind &#8220;license to kill&#8221; for violence on gays for constantly trying to portray gay people as child molesters with their bogus &#8220;studies&#8221;!</p>
<p>I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if someday we hear about some nutjob who goes out and murders gays because he read an article from the Family Research Council about gays being child molesters, then the families of the victims would then want to sue the Family Research Council for inspiring the murders! Maybe then the FRC will learn that their words can inspire such hideous actions!</p>
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		<title>By: aadila</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-2/#comment-608071</link>
		<dc:creator>aadila</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bob,

Can you please point to a single lie the SPLC told about the FRC? That would be a way to test the logic of your reasoning.

The SPLC has documented the FRC&#039;s statements and publications. Though these have been carefully scrubbed from the FRC website, the beautiful thing about the Internet is nothing goes away. Mind you, there was never a retraction, just sweeping under the rug.

So the SPLC can prove what it says, you see. The FRC&#039;s proof consists of &quot;we believe this to be so, therefore it must be so.&quot;

So where is your proof that the SPLC is spreading lies about the FRC in the same way that the FRC is spreading lies about homosexuals or whoever else they disagree with?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bob,</p>
<p>Can you please point to a single lie the SPLC told about the FRC? That would be a way to test the logic of your reasoning.</p>
<p>The SPLC has documented the FRC&#8217;s statements and publications. Though these have been carefully scrubbed from the FRC website, the beautiful thing about the Internet is nothing goes away. Mind you, there was never a retraction, just sweeping under the rug.</p>
<p>So the SPLC can prove what it says, you see. The FRC&#8217;s proof consists of &#8220;we believe this to be so, therefore it must be so.&#8221;</p>
<p>So where is your proof that the SPLC is spreading lies about the FRC in the same way that the FRC is spreading lies about homosexuals or whoever else they disagree with?</p>
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		<title>By: Erika</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-2/#comment-607782</link>
		<dc:creator>Erika</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bob, honey its like this - both the FRC and the anti-Moslem people spread malicious lies about groups.

The SPLC condemns both of them for spreading hatred based upon malicious lies.  The SPLC posts the FRC&#039;s own positions and words to support that they are spreading hatred - that is called using facts.  What the FRC and the anti-Moslem people use is prejudice.

There is no double standard there.  It is the exact same standard.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bob, honey its like this &#8211; both the FRC and the anti-Moslem people spread malicious lies about groups.</p>
<p>The SPLC condemns both of them for spreading hatred based upon malicious lies.  The SPLC posts the FRC&#8217;s own positions and words to support that they are spreading hatred &#8211; that is called using facts.  What the FRC and the anti-Moslem people use is prejudice.</p>
<p>There is no double standard there.  It is the exact same standard.</p>
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		<title>By: Bob</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-2/#comment-607701</link>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>“I believe the Southern Poverty Law should be held accountable for their reckless use of terminology.”

If the morons that created the anti-Muslim movie that has upset the 14th century world of the middle-east for making the move, why should the SPLC not be held to the SAME standard?

Just another example of the Left&#039;s double standards???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“I believe the Southern Poverty Law should be held accountable for their reckless use of terminology.”</p>
<p>If the morons that created the anti-Muslim movie that has upset the 14th century world of the middle-east for making the move, why should the SPLC not be held to the SAME standard?</p>
<p>Just another example of the Left&#8217;s double standards???</p>
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		<title>By: Reynardine</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-2/#comment-599249</link>
		<dc:creator>Reynardine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ian, what I mean is that quite a few of the adolescents to whom I referred were not only adult in appearance, thus not attracting pedophiles,but that they were big, strong, and violent enough to have robbed, beaten, maimed, and in one instance killed, their clients. Dealing with them even in a hospital lock ward was physically dangerous. A night nurse was raped by one. I had to take jiu-jitsu because a   glutton was dead set on beating me up every morning and getting every damn meal on the breakfast cart (I&#039;m not quite 5&#039;3&quot;, and then weighed 108 lb soaking wet; the glutton was double my size). In any case, there are indeed johns who think they are getting adult prostitutes of whatever sex, and they can wind up robbed, beaten, and even dead. They are not in the same class as predators knowingly seeking children.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ian, what I mean is that quite a few of the adolescents to whom I referred were not only adult in appearance, thus not attracting pedophiles,but that they were big, strong, and violent enough to have robbed, beaten, maimed, and in one instance killed, their clients. Dealing with them even in a hospital lock ward was physically dangerous. A night nurse was raped by one. I had to take jiu-jitsu because a   glutton was dead set on beating me up every morning and getting every damn meal on the breakfast cart (I&#8217;m not quite 5&#8242;3&#8243;, and then weighed 108 lb soaking wet; the glutton was double my size). In any case, there are indeed johns who think they are getting adult prostitutes of whatever sex, and they can wind up robbed, beaten, and even dead. They are not in the same class as predators knowingly seeking children.</p>
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		<title>By: aadila</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-1/#comment-599237</link>
		<dc:creator>aadila</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The vast majority of minors who engage in prostitution are economically at risk. Usually they are runaways, and statistically end up being lured to prostitution around four days after being on the streets. This is true for both males and females. 

If we want to end the exploitation of human beings we need to begin with eradicating poverty and building compassionate ways to help them. This is especially true for children that are at risk, either by being abused at home or due to circumstances beyond their control. 

American society is in my opinion, grotesquely self interested, greedy, self righteous, and morally confused. None of these characteristics particularly help us to advance as a species.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The vast majority of minors who engage in prostitution are economically at risk. Usually they are runaways, and statistically end up being lured to prostitution around four days after being on the streets. This is true for both males and females. </p>
<p>If we want to end the exploitation of human beings we need to begin with eradicating poverty and building compassionate ways to help them. This is especially true for children that are at risk, either by being abused at home or due to circumstances beyond their control. </p>
<p>American society is in my opinion, grotesquely self interested, greedy, self righteous, and morally confused. None of these characteristics particularly help us to advance as a species.</p>
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		<title>By: Ian</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-1/#comment-597401</link>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 22:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nobody is suggesting that some children in some situations are not victimizers, but it is inconceivable to extrapolate from that to claim that all child prostitutes are victims. And only moral idiots think that a man who buys sex from a child is a victim.

It is not &quot;a sad situation for the [...] john&quot;. Someone who feels even the slightest urge to buy sex from a child and, instead of asking for help, follows up on that urge is not a &quot;victim&quot;. And the child who he buys sex from, no matter how much you think they &quot;lead them on&quot; or &quot;temp them&quot;, is not a &quot;victimizer&quot;.

I would not want to be inside the head of anyone who thinks otherwise.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nobody is suggesting that some children in some situations are not victimizers, but it is inconceivable to extrapolate from that to claim that all child prostitutes are victims. And only moral idiots think that a man who buys sex from a child is a victim.</p>
<p>It is not &#8220;a sad situation for the [...] john&#8221;. Someone who feels even the slightest urge to buy sex from a child and, instead of asking for help, follows up on that urge is not a &#8220;victim&#8221;. And the child who he buys sex from, no matter how much you think they &#8220;lead them on&#8221; or &#8220;temp them&#8221;, is not a &#8220;victimizer&#8221;.</p>
<p>I would not want to be inside the head of anyone who thinks otherwise.</p>
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		<title>By: aadila</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-1/#comment-596420</link>
		<dc:creator>aadila</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Erika is correct, as usual. This is because she relies upon transparent and factual data.

I would like to add that the vast majority of offenders against children are white people. 

This too is objective fact, like it or not.

Heterosexual white people are really more destructive to God&#039;s plan than most people think.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Erika is correct, as usual. This is because she relies upon transparent and factual data.</p>
<p>I would like to add that the vast majority of offenders against children are white people. </p>
<p>This too is objective fact, like it or not.</p>
<p>Heterosexual white people are really more destructive to God&#8217;s plan than most people think.</p>
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		<title>By: Erika</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-1/#comment-596147</link>
		<dc:creator>Erika</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Shane, writing things which is demonstratably false is not conducting research - it is making stuff up.

Its also very easy for a well funded group to get completely bogus research even from legitimate sounding groups.  The now defunct Center for Tobacco Research (formerly more honestly known as the Tobacco Industry Research Counsel) also claimed to be publishing legitimate &quot;scientific research&quot; from peer review journals.  Of course, what they didn&#039;t tell you was that they engaged in selective publication - namely when their paid scientists reached conclusions showing that smoking was dangerous, they shredded those studies.  When the conclusion cast doubt on the dangers of smoking they published it.  In other words, it was a pure industry front group who engaged in deliberate deception using creditible scientists (see also global warming denial which uses the exact same tactics - and the pharmaceutical industry is infamous for using selective publication to tout the effectiveness and safety of medications).

And what the Family Research Counsel does isn&#039;t even that - because they do not use legitimate scientists or social scientists and then use selective publication.  They simply make things up - which real world statistics prove are demonstratably false.  They use people who have specific agendas who simply make things up.

The actual numbers are overwhelming - the vast majority of sex crimes against children involve male perps and female victims.  The vast majority of sex crimes against children with male victims involve men who are married and engage in sexual realtions with adult women.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shane, writing things which is demonstratably false is not conducting research &#8211; it is making stuff up.</p>
<p>Its also very easy for a well funded group to get completely bogus research even from legitimate sounding groups.  The now defunct Center for Tobacco Research (formerly more honestly known as the Tobacco Industry Research Counsel) also claimed to be publishing legitimate &#8220;scientific research&#8221; from peer review journals.  Of course, what they didn&#8217;t tell you was that they engaged in selective publication &#8211; namely when their paid scientists reached conclusions showing that smoking was dangerous, they shredded those studies.  When the conclusion cast doubt on the dangers of smoking they published it.  In other words, it was a pure industry front group who engaged in deliberate deception using creditible scientists (see also global warming denial which uses the exact same tactics &#8211; and the pharmaceutical industry is infamous for using selective publication to tout the effectiveness and safety of medications).</p>
<p>And what the Family Research Counsel does isn&#8217;t even that &#8211; because they do not use legitimate scientists or social scientists and then use selective publication.  They simply make things up &#8211; which real world statistics prove are demonstratably false.  They use people who have specific agendas who simply make things up.</p>
<p>The actual numbers are overwhelming &#8211; the vast majority of sex crimes against children involve male perps and female victims.  The vast majority of sex crimes against children with male victims involve men who are married and engage in sexual realtions with adult women.</p>
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		<title>By: Kim</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-1/#comment-594254</link>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2012 17:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just wanted to let the SPLC know how grateful I am as a gay woman to all of the work that they do on the behalf of ALL minority groups in the United States.

I hope the hateful bigots at the FRC do not succeed in intimidating your group into silence.  That is exactly what they want. By exposing the FRC and Tony Perkins for what they are a HATE GROUP... SPLC makes it harder for Perkins to gain footing as the &#039;good Christian&#039; he masquerades around the country as.    And SPLC&#039;s efforts are working.  In the past year several cable news hosts have started calling Perkins out on his bogus &#039;we have 30 years of social science that show us that...(gays are evil)&#039; claims.  

Keep up your great work SPLC.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just wanted to let the SPLC know how grateful I am as a gay woman to all of the work that they do on the behalf of ALL minority groups in the United States.</p>
<p>I hope the hateful bigots at the FRC do not succeed in intimidating your group into silence.  That is exactly what they want. By exposing the FRC and Tony Perkins for what they are a HATE GROUP&#8230; SPLC makes it harder for Perkins to gain footing as the &#8216;good Christian&#8217; he masquerades around the country as.    And SPLC&#8217;s efforts are working.  In the past year several cable news hosts have started calling Perkins out on his bogus &#8216;we have 30 years of social science that show us that&#8230;(gays are evil)&#8217; claims.  </p>
<p>Keep up your great work SPLC.</p>
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		<title>By: aadila</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-1/#comment-593999</link>
		<dc:creator>aadila</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2012 13:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rev 7:5: &quot;No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.&quot;

As we see from this verse, 144,000 Christians are truthful people. That&#039;s not very many for a group that considers itself followers of God. There are 2 billion Christians in the world today, so if will whip out a calculator that means 1,999,866,000 Christians are liars and not worthy to be taken with Christ at the Rapture. In other words, 99% of Christians are liars and defiled with women, according to the Bible. 

So I would guess that 99.9% of what you believe is a lie. The 0.1% that is truthful is the part about loving others as you love yourself. That part is missing for you. So whose work are you really doing here: God or the Devil? As stated in Romans, the enemy loves to seduce 99.9% of Christian groups like FRC to defile the word of Christ. And you are right with that 99.9%.

As God to take the hatred from your heart. It might save you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rev 7:5: &#8220;No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.&#8221;</p>
<p>As we see from this verse, 144,000 Christians are truthful people. That&#8217;s not very many for a group that considers itself followers of God. There are 2 billion Christians in the world today, so if will whip out a calculator that means 1,999,866,000 Christians are liars and not worthy to be taken with Christ at the Rapture. In other words, 99% of Christians are liars and defiled with women, according to the Bible. </p>
<p>So I would guess that 99.9% of what you believe is a lie. The 0.1% that is truthful is the part about loving others as you love yourself. That part is missing for you. So whose work are you really doing here: God or the Devil? As stated in Romans, the enemy loves to seduce 99.9% of Christian groups like FRC to defile the word of Christ. And you are right with that 99.9%.</p>
<p>As God to take the hatred from your heart. It might save you.</p>
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		<title>By: Sam Molloy</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-1/#comment-593194</link>
		<dc:creator>Sam Molloy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2012 01:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks, Rey</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, Rey</p>
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		<title>By: Kiwiwriter</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-1/#comment-592952</link>
		<dc:creator>Kiwiwriter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2012 22:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Shane, have you read what the SPLC has to say about FRC&#039;s ridiculous claims?

Can you back up FRC&#039;s claims?

And if they&#039;re &quot;a million miles from the right wing extremist groups that are truly dangerous to society,&quot; could you define those for us?

And how has fighting racism and the ugliness and pain it creates in its path be &quot;irrelevant to society at large?&quot;

Come on, Shane...green this room with the offerings from the truck-garden of your mind.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shane, have you read what the SPLC has to say about FRC&#8217;s ridiculous claims?</p>
<p>Can you back up FRC&#8217;s claims?</p>
<p>And if they&#8217;re &#8220;a million miles from the right wing extremist groups that are truly dangerous to society,&#8221; could you define those for us?</p>
<p>And how has fighting racism and the ugliness and pain it creates in its path be &#8220;irrelevant to society at large?&#8221;</p>
<p>Come on, Shane&#8230;green this room with the offerings from the truck-garden of your mind.</p>
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		<title>By: Sam Molloy</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-1/#comment-592906</link>
		<dc:creator>Sam Molloy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2012 21:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Shane, the FRC publishes opinion as fact, and I am of the other opinion on most of it. I don&#039;t fall in lockstep with the SPLC or the NRA  or certainly the RNC but  support them in general because they are the only ones doing what they do.  The SPLC could keep the Hate Group designation for overtly violent groups and institute a new label for groups like the FRC, something with some of the humour evidenced in the latest Intelligence Report.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shane, the FRC publishes opinion as fact, and I am of the other opinion on most of it. I don&#8217;t fall in lockstep with the SPLC or the NRA  or certainly the RNC but  support them in general because they are the only ones doing what they do.  The SPLC could keep the Hate Group designation for overtly violent groups and institute a new label for groups like the FRC, something with some of the humour evidenced in the latest Intelligence Report.</p>
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		<title>By: Reynardine</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-1/#comment-592714</link>
		<dc:creator>Reynardine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2012 19:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Given their incendiary rhetoric and the kind of violence, to a degree legalized, they have incited against people in Jamaica and Uganda, frequently with lethal results, the FRC can&#039;t be called anything but a hate group.

Ian, Sam: I&#039;ve dealt with psychiatrically disturbed juveniles. They are both victims and victimizers, vulnerable and dangerous. Most of those I dealt with had done the Life on the Streets thing by the time they were fifteen. Helping them is high-risk, but rewarding when one succeeds. And no, on no account should anyone be engaging in commerce with them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Given their incendiary rhetoric and the kind of violence, to a degree legalized, they have incited against people in Jamaica and Uganda, frequently with lethal results, the FRC can&#8217;t be called anything but a hate group.</p>
<p>Ian, Sam: I&#8217;ve dealt with psychiatrically disturbed juveniles. They are both victims and victimizers, vulnerable and dangerous. Most of those I dealt with had done the Life on the Streets thing by the time they were fifteen. Helping them is high-risk, but rewarding when one succeeds. And no, on no account should anyone be engaging in commerce with them.</p>
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		<title>By: Shane</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-1/#comment-592671</link>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2012 19:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The FRC may be going too far in trying to place blame for a shooting on the SPLC. I think their point is that the SPLC&#039;s labels are unfair, inaccurate, and incendiary, which they are. Let&#039;s face it, the SPLC&#039;s labeling of the FRC as a hate group is absurd. They are not a violent group, and they are a million miles from the right wing extremist groups that are truly dangerous to society. The FRC publishes accurate, research-based information on homosexuality. It may be offensive, but, to my examination, it is all true. Truth does not equal hate. This is why the SPLC is only taken seriously by far left liberals. It has become irrelevant to society at large.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The FRC may be going too far in trying to place blame for a shooting on the SPLC. I think their point is that the SPLC&#8217;s labels are unfair, inaccurate, and incendiary, which they are. Let&#8217;s face it, the SPLC&#8217;s labeling of the FRC as a hate group is absurd. They are not a violent group, and they are a million miles from the right wing extremist groups that are truly dangerous to society. The FRC publishes accurate, research-based information on homosexuality. It may be offensive, but, to my examination, it is all true. Truth does not equal hate. This is why the SPLC is only taken seriously by far left liberals. It has become irrelevant to society at large.</p>
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		<title>By: Sam Molloy</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-1/#comment-590961</link>
		<dc:creator>Sam Molloy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2012 04:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ian, I&#039;m not talking about children. It&#039;s a sad situation for both the hustler and the john, that&#039;s all I&#039;m saying.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ian, I&#8217;m not talking about children. It&#8217;s a sad situation for both the hustler and the john, that&#8217;s all I&#8217;m saying.</p>
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		<title>By: Dick Lancaster</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-1/#comment-590894</link>
		<dc:creator>Dick Lancaster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2012 04:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>American Psychological Association? Do they actually conduct scientific studies? That&#039;s like Moveon.org doing reporting.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>American Psychological Association? Do they actually conduct scientific studies? That&#8217;s like Moveon.org doing reporting.</p>
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		<title>By: Ian</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-1/#comment-590520</link>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2012 01:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sam,

&quot;NWOslave, those are &#039;hustlers&#039;, some of whom are under 18. They are not innocent victims of child molesters. If anything they victimize their clientele.&quot;

Go to hell. Honestly, go to hell.

&quot;Us Gay people[...]&quot;

Don&#039;t speak for me or anyone else ever again on any topic, whether that topic is your child rape apologetics or anything else.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sam,</p>
<p>&#8220;NWOslave, those are &#8216;hustlers&#8217;, some of whom are under 18. They are not innocent victims of child molesters. If anything they victimize their clientele.&#8221;</p>
<p>Go to hell. Honestly, go to hell.</p>
<p>&#8220;Us Gay people[...]&#8221;</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t speak for me or anyone else ever again on any topic, whether that topic is your child rape apologetics or anything else.</p>
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		<title>By: Sam Molloy</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-1/#comment-589623</link>
		<dc:creator>Sam Molloy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>NWOslave, those are &quot;hustlers&quot;, some of whom are under 18. They are not innocent victims of child molesters. If anything they victimize their clientele. Most of their customers are married and identify as straight. Us Gay people know what they are and mostly have no interest in being hustled. In case you live where this does not go on, (a cornfield maybe) the movie &quot;Johns&quot; seems to be a reasonably accurate portrayal of this ancient phenomenon.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>NWOslave, those are &#8220;hustlers&#8221;, some of whom are under 18. They are not innocent victims of child molesters. If anything they victimize their clientele. Most of their customers are married and identify as straight. Us Gay people know what they are and mostly have no interest in being hustled. In case you live where this does not go on, (a cornfield maybe) the movie &#8220;Johns&#8221; seems to be a reasonably accurate portrayal of this ancient phenomenon.</p>
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		<title>By: aadila</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-1/#comment-589416</link>
		<dc:creator>aadila</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The reason why FRC keeps attacking a non-violent  group dedicated to preserving human dignity is because they are all seduced by Satan.

It is for this reason they use the Holy Bible in order to bear false witness against their neighbors, because they wish to defile the Word. Satan knows that Christians represent the largest group of people that can still be seduced into turning against God, so he works in the minds of people like Tony Perkins to convince as many Christians as possible to disobey God&#039;s word.

The way to tell if this is true is to verify if Tony Perkins&#039; words and actions are in accordance with Christ&#039;s teachings. Since Christ preached love, and Tony Perkins is dedicated to spreading lies about others, Tony Perkins can only be doing the work of the enemy in the name of Jesus, the savior.

We are called upon to &#039;&#039;judge righteous judgment&#039;&#039; (John 7:24)  and failure to do so is to be negligent in a crucial aspect of our Christian calling. By perpetuating lies instead of looking honestly at the facts, the FRC is surely offending God and committing sins equal to those they acscribe to non-believers.

The are like lukewarm water and God will spit them out. They bring upon themselves the woes of hypocrisy as Pharisees and their perjury. Outwardly they may pay lip service to the gospel but inwardly serve only to tear down the Kingdom of God. They are like whitewashed tombs, beautiful on the outside, but full of dead men&#039;s bones.

Romans 7:13: But how can that be? Did the law, which is good, cause my death? Of course not! Sin used what was good to bring about my condemnation to death. So we can see how terrible sin really is. It uses God&#039;s good commands for its own evil purposes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The reason why FRC keeps attacking a non-violent  group dedicated to preserving human dignity is because they are all seduced by Satan.</p>
<p>It is for this reason they use the Holy Bible in order to bear false witness against their neighbors, because they wish to defile the Word. Satan knows that Christians represent the largest group of people that can still be seduced into turning against God, so he works in the minds of people like Tony Perkins to convince as many Christians as possible to disobey God&#8217;s word.</p>
<p>The way to tell if this is true is to verify if Tony Perkins&#8217; words and actions are in accordance with Christ&#8217;s teachings. Since Christ preached love, and Tony Perkins is dedicated to spreading lies about others, Tony Perkins can only be doing the work of the enemy in the name of Jesus, the savior.</p>
<p>We are called upon to &#8221;judge righteous judgment&#8221; (John 7:24)  and failure to do so is to be negligent in a crucial aspect of our Christian calling. By perpetuating lies instead of looking honestly at the facts, the FRC is surely offending God and committing sins equal to those they acscribe to non-believers.</p>
<p>The are like lukewarm water and God will spit them out. They bring upon themselves the woes of hypocrisy as Pharisees and their perjury. Outwardly they may pay lip service to the gospel but inwardly serve only to tear down the Kingdom of God. They are like whitewashed tombs, beautiful on the outside, but full of dead men&#8217;s bones.</p>
<p>Romans 7:13: But how can that be? Did the law, which is good, cause my death? Of course not! Sin used what was good to bring about my condemnation to death. So we can see how terrible sin really is. It uses God&#8217;s good commands for its own evil purposes.</p>
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		<title>By: Reynardine</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-1/#comment-589118</link>
		<dc:creator>Reynardine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Folks, it&#039;s Friday.</description>
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		<title>By: krissy</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-1/#comment-587827</link>
		<dc:creator>krissy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 02:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As Leviticus notes about scapegoats-&quot;The goat will bear upon itself all their iniquities ...&quot; Leviticus 16:22</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As Leviticus notes about scapegoats-&#8221;The goat will bear upon itself all their iniquities &#8230;&#8221; Leviticus 16:22</p>
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		<title>By: krissy</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-1/#comment-587724</link>
		<dc:creator>krissy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 01:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Being gay is like being black in the Jim Crow South. Anywhere you go you are treated like a dog and it doesn&#039;t matter if you are a model minority or not.  Its sad and it has to change.  It really has gotten harder for gay people in the past 15 years because groups like the FRC have made gays their target.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Being gay is like being black in the Jim Crow South. Anywhere you go you are treated like a dog and it doesn&#8217;t matter if you are a model minority or not.  Its sad and it has to change.  It really has gotten harder for gay people in the past 15 years because groups like the FRC have made gays their target.</p>
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		<title>By: Roger B.</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-1/#comment-587639</link>
		<dc:creator>Roger B.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I knew when I was watching a news report on the shooting at FRC and they were talking to perkins that he was posturing to launch a rediculous counter arguement about how innocent  the FRC is in all of this.  I did not until that point realize The FRC was listed as a hate group since I only recently subscribed to the SPLC newsletters.  I have known of the SPLC for many years and have always had the utmost respect for their work and courage in the face of all the hate and backlash they recieve.  Dittos for me as well on the peace prize going to the SPLC.  
      I have been on the recieving end of the hatred towards gays so many times I can&#039;t count them all,  so it is with a great deal of gratitude and respect that I support the SPLC and all they do.  I will also support more with money when I am able. 
      The thing that amazes me is how poisonous these hate groups are and how a lot more people seem to be buying into their lies and hatred.
      Please keep up the good work.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I knew when I was watching a news report on the shooting at FRC and they were talking to perkins that he was posturing to launch a rediculous counter arguement about how innocent  the FRC is in all of this.  I did not until that point realize The FRC was listed as a hate group since I only recently subscribed to the SPLC newsletters.  I have known of the SPLC for many years and have always had the utmost respect for their work and courage in the face of all the hate and backlash they recieve.  Dittos for me as well on the peace prize going to the SPLC.<br />
      I have been on the recieving end of the hatred towards gays so many times I can&#8217;t count them all,  so it is with a great deal of gratitude and respect that I support the SPLC and all they do.  I will also support more with money when I am able.<br />
      The thing that amazes me is how poisonous these hate groups are and how a lot more people seem to be buying into their lies and hatred.<br />
      Please keep up the good work.</p>
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		<title>By: Charles Dan Austin</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-1/#comment-587410</link>
		<dc:creator>Charles Dan Austin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 22:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>SPLC is the U.S. Constitution in action for all of those little people like me who do their best to support it and not only does it deserve the Nobel Peace Prize but also the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Medal of Honor.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>SPLC is the U.S. Constitution in action for all of those little people like me who do their best to support it and not only does it deserve the Nobel Peace Prize but also the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Medal of Honor.</p>
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		<title>By: Ann</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-1/#comment-587382</link>
		<dc:creator>Ann</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 22:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To the SPLC: Keep up the good fight.

All that you do is much appreciated:


http://kathmanduk2.wordpress.com/2012/09/06/hatewatch-editorial-research-council-levels-dishonest-attacks-at-splc/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To the SPLC: Keep up the good fight.</p>
<p>All that you do is much appreciated:</p>
<p><a href="http://kathmanduk2.wordpress.com/2012/09/06/hatewatch-editorial-research-council-levels-dishonest-attacks-at-splc/" rel="nofollow">http://kathmanduk2.wordpress.c.....s-at-splc/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Karen Stewart</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-1/#comment-587272</link>
		<dc:creator>Karen Stewart</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 21:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Family Research Council has been spreading lies about LGBT people since the 1980s.  It is horrible and it has always hurt my heart to think that anyone could think such things, much less advertize them as truthful.  

SPLC isn&#039;t responsible for any attacks on anyone.  The SPLC is the anthesis to violence.  This is a classic case of a bunch of right wing kooks trying to shoot the messinger.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Family Research Council has been spreading lies about LGBT people since the 1980s.  It is horrible and it has always hurt my heart to think that anyone could think such things, much less advertize them as truthful.  </p>
<p>SPLC isn&#8217;t responsible for any attacks on anyone.  The SPLC is the anthesis to violence.  This is a classic case of a bunch of right wing kooks trying to shoot the messinger.</p>
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		<title>By: Roger Nehring</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-1/#comment-587231</link>
		<dc:creator>Roger Nehring</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 20:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We are longtime supporters of SPLC and are grateful for your work in holding hatemongers up to the light.
Thank you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We are longtime supporters of SPLC and are grateful for your work in holding hatemongers up to the light.<br />
Thank you.</p>
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		<title>By: Reynardine</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/05/editorial-family-research-council-attacks-on-splc-dishonest/comment-page-1/#comment-587144</link>
		<dc:creator>Reynardine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 19:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, Shai, it was most convenient for them, but we can&#039;t jump to conclusions.</description>
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