Leftist pleads guilty to shooting at Family Research Council, was fired up by Southern Poverty Law Center's hate propaganda

The SPLC, the well-heeled propaganda machine that smears conservatives for cash, is an integral part of the ongoing Leftist effort to demonize and destroy legitimate conservative voices -- like our American Freedom Defense Initiative, which they also classify as a "hate group" -- by lumping them in with the likes of the KKK. The SPLC turns a blind eye to the real hate that comes from the Left and Islamic supremacists, and offers with its hate group listings not only an incitement to violence, but a handy tool that lazy Leftist mainstream media journalists use to try to intimidate people away from supporting our message of human rights. The SPLC richly deserves its place on AFDI's Threats to Freedom Index.

And here are the consequences of the SPLC's hateful propaganda: "Floyd Lee Corkins pleads guilty in Family Research Council shooting," from CBS News, February 6 (thanks to Anne Crockett):

(CBS/AP) WASHINGTON - A Virginia man pleaded guilty Wednesday to wounding a security guard at the Washington headquarters of a conservative Christian lobbying group, a shooting that made headlines in part because the man was carrying 15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches.
Floyd Corkins II, 28, acknowledged in a plea agreement that he intended to kill as many people as possible during the shooting at the Family Research Council in August 2012. He also planned to target other organizations that oppose gay marriage if he wasn't stopped.

Corkins intended to smear the sandwiches in the faces of his victims to make a statement about gay rights opponents, he acknowledged during a hearing Wednesday. Chick-fil-A was making headlines at the time because of its president's stated opposition to gay marriage.

According to the plea agreement, Corkins told FBI agents who interviewed him after the shooting that he wanted to use the sandwiches to "make a statement against the people who work in that building ... and with their stance against gay rights and Chick-fil-A."

Prosecutors said Wednesday that Corkins was allowed to enter the downtown Washington headquarters of the Family Research Council on Aug. 15 after he said he was interviewing for an internship. After approaching a security guard and being asked for identification, he took a pistol from a backpack he was carrying. He fired three shots, and one of them struck security guard Leonardo Johnson in the arm. But Johnson managed to wrestle away the gun, and police arrested Corkins.

Corkins acknowledged as part of his plea agreement that he had taken a number of steps to plan the shooting. He bought the pistol the week before and practiced firing it. He also visited the headquarters of the Family Research Council, and he purchased the Chick-fil-A chicken sandwiches the day before the shooting. The plea agreement said Corkins was filmed picking out the gun by a French television crew doing a piece on the ease with which firearms can be purchased in the United States.

Corkins also acknowledged that he considered making a bomb but didn't have the patience to do it. In his pants pocket, police found a handwritten list of groups that also oppose gay marriage. Lawyers did not include the list of organizations in the plea agreement.

Corkins pleaded guilty to three charges: interstate transportation of a firearm and ammunition, assault with intent to kill while armed and act of terrorism while armed, a charge based on the shooting being intended to intimidate anyone who is associated with or supports the Family Research Council and other organizations that oppose gay marriage.

Sentencing guidelines recommend a maximum of 10 years on the first count and up to 15 years on the two other counts. The judge in the case, Richard W. Roberts, set sentencing for April 29.

In a statement released after Corkins' plea, the head of the Family Research Council blamed the shooting in part on the Southern Poverty Law Center, which has labeled his organization a hate group.

In his plea agreement, Corkins acknowledged he identified the Council as "an anti-gay organization" by visiting Southern Poverty's website. The head of the Council, Tony Perkins, called on the group to stop labeling his organization and others hate groups because of their stance on gay issues. A spokeswoman for the Alabama-based Law Center did not immediately return a telephone message.

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jake-a-runi | February 7, 2013 8:03 AM | Reply

Sometimes a chicken sandwich is only a chicken sandwich. Then again, why can it not be the Mark of the Great Gay Zorro?

SaleemSmith | February 7, 2013 8:11 AM | Reply

Moohammad the mad prophet of Islam was dead set against homosexual and lesbian relationships. In fact Islamic theology and law teach that gays are to be put to death.

Will the Left, the gay community, and the Southern Poverty Law Center then take a stand against Islam and classify it as a hate group as well?

Qur'an, 4:16
If two men among you are guilty of lewdness, punish them both. If they repent and amend, Leave them alone; for Allah is Oft-returning, Most Merciful.

Hadith, Sahih Bukhari, Vol.7, Bk.72, No.774:

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: The Prophet cursed effeminate men; those men who are in the similitude (assume the manners of women) and those women who assume the manners of men, and he said, "Turn them out of your houses." The Prophet turned out such-and-such man, and 'Umar turned out such-and-such woman.

http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Qur'an,_Hadith_and_Scholars:Homosexuality

Tom Billesley | February 7, 2013 8:44 AM | Reply

The principled Morris Dees of the SPLC /sarc
http://www.thesocialcontract.com/answering_our_critics/art_morris_dees_fact_sheet.html

duh_swami | February 7, 2013 8:57 AM | Reply

Smearing conservatives for cash...

SPLC...These people are of the Ferengi tribe, who's only concern is profit...There's a whole lot of them, many, fans of Spencer and Geller...They never tire of smearing for bucks...Some are Mahoundians like the CAIR bunch who smear for Allah and cash, some are kuffar like Nathan Lean, but they are all related...They are Ferengi...
My advice...never trust a Ferengi with your money or your wife...

Champ ♥ | February 7, 2013 6:57 PM | Reply

No surprise that the Left is in bed with islamic supremacists ...

Meanwhile "Leftist" will somehow decry this mess they find themselves in.

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