Socially conservative organisations, religious groups and even churches should be labelled as ‘hate groups’, according to a new liberal coalition in the USA in April.
The Eliminate Hate Campaign (EHC) aims to pressure the media to refer to US organisations which back traditional family values as ‘hate groups’, and has compiled a list of 52 it wishes to target and undermine.
Their accusations have been rejected by organisations on the EHC’s list. The EHC, which is made up of numerous LGBT activist groups, also aims to ‘mitigate the increasing influence’ of groups defending a traditional understanding of marriage and gender. It accuses the groups of being ‘extremist’, and hiding anti-LGBT views under the guise of Christian or family values. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a religious liberty group which provides legal assistance to Christians, was singled out as one of the most prominent organisations on the list.
