This diary is not about a certain Kentucky clerk, but neither is all the publicity you hear about she-who-shall-not-be-named (we'll just call her "Voldemort" for now) coming and going from prison.
No, this diary is about a hate group called Liberty Counsel, the behind-the-scenes enemy that we all need to know who is trying to keep us closeted, discriminated against, and second-class citizens. Let's bring them out of the closet...
Liberty Counsel was added to a list of 41 other anti-LGBT hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center in 2014. Founded in 1989, this font of hate is against same-sex marriage, homosexuals in the military, hate crimes legislation, ENDA and just about anything else we care about.
Liberty Counsel came to Voldemort's defense (they say at her request) and are strategizing her martyrdom to maximize fundraising. If you're not sure you hate them back and haven't just eaten lunch, watch this interview by Chris Hayes of MSNBC with their bogoted, awful founder Mat Staver .Because this IRS-approved 501(c)3 needs more money for its hateful missions. And he needs more $$ to buy another letter "T" for his first name.
Here are a few more things they've been up to, according to their own 2013 Annual Report (apparently fake Christians have trouble keeping current, it's the last annual report online).
- Defended Massachusetts pastor Scott Lively, who faces charges from Sexual Minorities of Uganda (SMUG) for allegedly violating international law by speaking out against homosexual conduct while visiting Uganda.
- Filed suit in federal court and argued on behalf of counselors and counseling organizations to prevent gay-conversion therapy bills in NJ and California
- Defended Alabama probate judges who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples with lawsuits
HRC has a list of Ten other things you should know (more like 50) about this hate group.
We all have lives and have not yet formed any anti-Christian hate groups that have made it to the SPLC's list. But maybe the time is coming to fight fire with fire. They've certainly earned it.
While you're thinking about how much you hate them back, and their fundraising with Voldemort, consider a contribution to the Human Rights Campaign. My gay hotel just did! Casa Cupula will offer up a US$1600 vacation package at their September Seattle Dinner.