Hatemongering Family Research Council designated a "hate group"

By Michael J.W. Stickings

As TPM is reporting, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has designated the Family Research Council, the high-profile conservative group that hosts the annual Value Voters Summit (a must for Republicans), a "hate group."

The SPLC profiles 18 anti-gay groups here, of which 13 will be listed as hate groups next year, up from eight. It currently identifies "932 known hate groups operating across the country."

You won't find an argument here. Anti-gay bigots belong on the list, and the Family Research Council is among the worst offenders.

And Republicans -- well, we already knew many of them were enablers of hate, if not outright purveyors of hate themselves. Now they're even more prominently on notice.