resolution condemning the Southern Poverty Law Center for left-wing bias and questioning its ability to track and identify “hate groups” in America without slandering social conservatives.The resolution condemns the SPLC, claiming it “makes a practice of incorrectly labeling persons and organizations as ‘hate groups,'” and criticizes the Obama administration for having relied on SPLC designations when identifying individuals or organizations as purveyors of hate.The resolution is an appeal to socially conservative groups who argue that their positions on immigration or LGBTQ rights, among a host of other issues, are being distorted as “hateful.” As an example, the resolution cites the 2012 shooting at the Family Research Council by Floyd.
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