Especially considering that a lot of these "groups" are not even groups, like the bookstore (BNB), some are films, some are film companies, and some are radio networks, like usHis comment came as a reply to my shock at seeing some of those that were listed.
Organizations like the Constitution Party, a political party that I myself had looked at because of their Conservative stance and desire to uphold the Constitution of the United States. A political party that wants to uphold the Constitution of these here United states, but left wing political parties that call for the radical overthrow of the Constitutional government of the United States are not listed. Such parties as the Socialist Party of America or Communist Party USA are no where on the list.
Yet at the same time book stores, movies and radio networks are listed.
For example....
Brave New Books in Austin, TX is not a group but is a bookstore in downtown Austin that I myself have visited to attend a political forum held there. Although the store isn't the most handicapped accessible being located in the basement of a Chase Bank building which is also home to the areas Libertarian Party headquarters.
Say what you will about the philosophy of each of these business and people but they aren't anti-government and they aren't groups in the traditional since of the term. Does anyone besides the left wing Southern Poverty Law Center really believe they are?
Unlike the latter two political parties mentioned above; the Constitution Party platform is derived 100% from the U.S. Constitution. Seems like that is what all parties in this country should be. I know it's a radical thought but the founders of this nation were pretty radical, and we need to return to the document that founded this country.
Now lets look at the so called hate groups. Again I find that I have some ties to groups that are on this list and I am appalled that these groups that have great ministries would be linked to hate groups like Westboro Baptist, Klu Klux Klan and the Nation of Islam.
Such ministries as The American Family Association is on the list as a hate group, because they call homosexuality a sin. They preach the Bible and that's what the Bible says. That doesn't mean they hate homosexuals. Instead they believe Christ can change a persons heart, something that the Apostle Paul says in the book of 1 Corinthians
9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.- 1 Corinthians 6:9-11
There is a great deal of love for any unbeliever in the Christian community, but as the Bible says those in sin hate hearing the truth, but that doesn't mean the Christian community hates them. It also doesn't mean the Christian community agrees with the Westboro Baptist
As Alex Jones, the publisher of the aforementioned Infowars.com said the other day on his radio show,
I don't agree with the Klu Klux Klan but they have a right to protest and to publish...I don't agree with the black Muslims, but they have a right to call me a devil.All I can say Alex is ditto, I have said the same thing about the garbage that the Westboro Baptist Cult has said and done. Under the Constitution they have a right to speak and to peacefully protest. That is the American freedoms you and I enjoy, and just because I (we) don't like something someone else spouts doesn't mean they have to shut up as long as they remain within the law. Obviously cross burning on another persons property or acts of violence crosses the lines and are not forms of peaceful protests.
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My name is Kevin, and that's what I think. What do you think? Agree? Disagree?
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