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Friday, September 15, 2017

Al Franken Slammed for Calling Respected Pro-Life Organization a “Hate Group”


By Ken McIntyre
Life News


One of the nation’s most respected champions of religious liberty draws a line at being called a hate group by Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn.

During a confirmation hearing for Amy Coney Barrett, a Notre Dame law professornominated by President Donald Trump to a federal judgeship, Franken said Alliance Defending Freedom is a hate group and that Barrett “wasn’t truthful” in answering one of his questions about her association with the Christian legal aid organization.

Franken cited talking points of the Southern Poverty Law Center, a left-wing organization that says it fights discrimination but increasingly has attacked Alliance Defending Freedom and other mainstream conservative groups that embrace Judeo-Christian tradition.

Critics say it calls Alliance Defending Freedom, or ADF, an “anti-LGBT hate group” for disagreeing with the radical political agenda of some lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender activists.

The Minnesota Democrat, a former comic and comedy writer, also said Barrett was “irresponsible” and used “bad judgment” in accepting an opportunity to teach as part of a fellowship program offered by the 24-year-old organization without first “vetting” ADF.

Michael Farris, president and CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom, scolded the senator in a press release.

“It is deeply regrettable that Sen. Franken i­­­­­­s misinformed about our work on behalf of religious freedom,” Farris said, adding:
There is a real danger of conflating genuine hate groups, like the Ku Klux Klan, with mainstream religious beliefs that are shared by millions of Americans and people from all walks of life across the world.
As a member of Congress, Sen. Franken needs to fact-check before parroting discredited attacks by the Southern Poverty Law Center, a once-proud civil rights organization that is now a left-wing smear machine known to incite violence.


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Blogger's comment:  The Bible is clear on what will happen to present day secularists who are hostile to God.  "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness..." Isaiah 5:20

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