Many conservatives cried foul when the Southern Poverty Law Center dubbed organizations that oppose gay marriage, like the Family Research Council, “hate groups.” And now some are pointing out that the SPLC added Christian anti-gay organizations to its hate-group list, while ignoring Muslim ones:
The SPLC says an anti-gay hate group is one which states homosexuality is corrupting society and defames the gay community by disseminating information that the SPLC considers to be unfounded. …
Among the Muslim groups that escaped being named in the report as an anti-gay hate group, like the conservative FRC, is the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), which is outspoken in its condemnation of homosexual lifestyles. Its website calls same-sex relationships a “deviation” from Allah’s laws and refers to homosexuality as “ignorance.”
According to the Daily Caller, the Islamic Society of North America has also made anti-gay statements, with its former president once calling homosexuality “a moral disorder. It is a moral disease, a sin and corruption. … No person is born homosexual, just like no one is born a thief, a liar or murderer. People acquire these evil habits due to a lack of proper guidance and education.”
But, strangely enough, none of these organizations has been labeled a “hate group” by the SPLC. This seems to be a trend for the SPLC, which focuses most of its energy compiling fear-mongering reports about the threat of right-wing terrorism, while curiously avoiding any mention of Islamic terrorism.
