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The SPLC Says (Focus on the Family are) ‘Haters.’ We Love Them Anyway. by Jim Daly – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

The SPLC Says (Focus on the Family are) ‘Haters.’ We Love Them Anyway. by Jim Daly

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The Southern Poverty Law Center's “Hate Map”. Screenshot. Source: https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=1098155677

By Jim Daly, The Stream, June 27, 2025

Jim Daly is president of Focus on the Family.

The Southern Poverty Law Center recently updated its “Hate Map” to include Focus on the Family on its list of hundreds of “hate” organizations alongside racist and white supremacist groups.

In particular, the SPLC cites Focus’s online publication, the Daily Citizen, as one of its primary offenders. According to the organization, we “demonize LGBTQ+ people, claiming they are unnatural and un-Christian.” We also “promote anti-trans pseudoscience, such as conversion therapy.”

But as the old proverb says, “The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.”

Our Side

Let’s address the SPLC’s primary allegations. First, we don’t demonize anyone – whether they identify as homosexual or transgender, or even if they work for or donate to the SPLC. In fact, as a Christian organization, our faith obliges us to love and pray for our enemies (Romans 12:14). That’s exactly what we do. ….

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