{"id":3380,"date":"2019-09-25T11:47:35","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T15:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=3380"},"modified":"2019-09-25T11:47:35","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T15:47:35","slug":"christians-fight-back-against-splc-christian-hating-smear-mongering-for-profit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=3380","title":{"rendered":"Christians Fight Back Against SPLC Christian-Hating, Smear Mongering for Profit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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International Christian Ministry Fights Back After Liberal Non-Profit Labels Them ‘Hate Group’<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Worldwide Christian organization D. James Kennedy Ministries is fighting back against the Southern Poverty Law Center after the far-left advocacy group labeled them a hate group.<\/p>\n

FAITHWIRE:<\/strong>\u00a0\u2018Nothing More Than a Weapon of the Radical Left\u2019: SPLC Given an \u2018F\u2019 by Charity Watch<\/a><\/p>\n

Reverend D. James Kennedy founded the ministry alongside the Coral Ridge Presbyterian mega-church in the 1960s. Rev. Kennedy, who was close friends with Rev. Billy Graham, was known for his sermons on television, in which he addressed his opposition to things like abortion, pornography, same-sex marriage, and fetal stem cell research.<\/p>\n

Due to their opinions on traditional marriage, D. James Kennedy Ministries found itself on the Southern Poverty Law Center\u2019s (SPLC) hate map, which includes 1,020 groups in the United States.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0the Sun-Sentinel<\/a>, \u201cthe map includes neo-Nazis, white nationalists, the Ku Klux Klan, black nationalists, followers of the Nation of Islam, New Black Panther Party members, opponents of immigration and Muslims, and Holocaust deniers.\u201d<\/p>\n

In retaliation to the \u201chate group\u201d label, the ministry organization had sued the SPLC, saying that the label was damaging to their name.<\/p>\n

This past\u00a0Thursday<\/a>\u00a0the case appeared before a U.S. District Judge, Myron H. Thompson. Thompson ruled against the lawsuit, siding with the SPLC, and citing first amendment rights.<\/p>\n

Thompson did not address whether or not D. James Kennedy Ministries was considered a hate group, only that the SPLC has a right to categorize groups how they desire.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAny organization we list as a hate group is free to disagree with us about our designation, but this ruling underscores that the designation is constitutionally protected speech and not defamatory,\u201d said Karen Baynes-Dunning, who is the interim president of the SPLC.<\/p>\n

SPLC\u2019s Anti-Christian Background<\/strong><\/p>\n

The SPLC is notorious for labeling Christian organizations \u201chate groups\u201d for their views on things like traditional marriage and LGBTQ relations.<\/p>\n

FAITHWIRE:<\/strong>\u00a0Here are Chick-fil-A\u2019s Staggering Sales Numbers Since LGBTQ Boycotts Began in 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

This past\u00a0April<\/a>, 25 Christian and conservative leaders wrote and signed a letter urging CEO\u2019s of major companies to cut ties with the SPLC, including Facebook, Twitter, Google,\u00a0and\u00a0Amazon.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is now clear that the SPLC has proven to be a hate-filled, anti-Christian, anti-conservative organization and nothing more than a weapon of the radical Left, whose goal is to bully people into compliance with their ideology,\u201d the letter states. \u201cFail to comply with their demands, and you will be labeled as a hate group or an extremist.\u201d<\/p>\n