At last, some pushback. For years, the Southern Poverty Law Center has been defaming not just Christian groups, as this lawsuit correctly states, but also counter-jihad groups and other legitimate and worthy organizations as “hate groups.” This has resulted in the wholesale stigmatization, demonization, and marginalization of these groups, including Jihad Watch, and now, after Charlottesville, the large-scale attempt to deny us any access to the means of communication.
All freedom-loving people should applaud this suit and aid it in any way possible.
“‘Righting A Terrible Wrong’: D. James Kennedy Ministries Files Defamation Suit Against Southern Poverty Law Center,” D. James Kennedy Ministries, August 25, 2017:
Fort Lauderdale, FL: Dr. Frank Wright, President & Chief Executive Officer at D. James Kennedy Ministries (DJKM), announced that DJKM filed suit today in the United States District Court against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).
The lawsuit alleges, among other things, that the SPLC illegally trafficked in false and misleading descriptions of the services offered by DJKM and committed defamation against DJKM arising from the publication and distribution of false information that libels the ministry’s reputation and subjects the ministry to disgrace, ridicule, odium, and contempt in the estimation of the public.
In a statement released today, Dr. Wright said: “We embarked today on a journey to right a terrible wrong. Those who knowingly label Christian ministries as ‘hate’ groups, solely for subscribing to the historic Christian faith, are either woefully uninformed or willfully deceitful. In the case of the Southern Poverty Law Center, our lawsuit alleges the latter.”
Wright went on to say: “These false and illegal characterizations have a chilling effect on the free exercise of religion and on religious free speech for all people of faith. After having given the SPLC an opportunity to retract, we have undertaken this legal action, seeking a trial by a jury of our peers, to preserve our own rights under the law and to defend the religious free speech rights of all Americans.”
Linde Barrera says
I applaud this lawsuit and hope SPLC has to pay compensation for defaming DJK Ministries. If there is an address where I can send a check in support of DJK Ministries, please advise.
Mark says
This is what I’ve said multiple times to sue them and the media and payment processors who make false accusations or shut you down.
When citizens are organised , aware and willing to fight this using social, Legal methods its possible to win against the Islamonazis just as Parents of san diego school did http://tinyurl.com/y8yzso88
Its a lesson on how to fight back and win. Its far more difficult in Europe due to Pro-islam Left/liberal Loons running the govt.
Andy says
OFFENSIVE, OFFENSIVE ANYTHING YOU SAY IS GOING TO BE OFFENSIVE! ACCORDING TO THE LEFTISTS WHO ARE GOING DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEQJqJ80LxM
Andy says
All is OFFENSIVE these days, I find Black LIes Matter offensive!!!
BLM Organizer Slams All White People – What a RACIST!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLDf6mBgCAo
Lydia says
That makes them the racists.
More Orwellian doubletalk.
balafama says
brilliant , all defamed groups should sue splc and all those who traffic in labeling everything they disagree with as hate while ignoring the truly hateful organizations that are killing people .
balafama says
christian organizations that have never killed anyone are labeled as hate groups while plan parenthood that assists in widescale baby genocide are praised and adored .what sick times we live in .
D Austin says
Lets hope this one doesn’t get settled out of court, with SPLC admitting to NO liability.
mariam rove says
I think all legit people/orgs etc…. who are being labeled as hate mongers should get together and uses their collective resources, money, people, lawyers etc…and bring lawsuite against SPLC. M
Don McKellar says
George Clooney — time to open up the bank account! You’ve already sunk a $1 million with them this week, but once these lawsuits start rolling in and they start paying out, their defamation war chest is going to dry out quickly. How much money you got, George? George, are you there — you piece of human garbage?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/george-clooney-amal-donation-anti-hate-group-trump-charlottesville-southern-poverty-law-center-a7907281.html
pdxnag says
What are we to think when presidential candidate Ted Cruz attends a Pastor Kevin Swanson conference where he says it is the bible that calls for the killing of gays? Choosing to approve (not object) makes it his own personal opinion.
Is the Bible on trial here?
Lydia says
For them, it all is on trial.
But it isn’t because it’s as laughable as sinners calling God to testify on trial.
He just looks down and laughs, His truth reigns, He is unshakable.
That item is in the Bible, among others. But we have the death penalty today for crimes also. The point was that the wages of sin is death, but because Jesus died on the cross we can be saved by God’s love, mercy, and grace. They always overlook that part.
And, the disease of AIDS has come to us by homosexual activity; sodomy. It is a killer and claims both them and other innocent lives all the time. Maybe it had something to do with that, that this is in the Bible. And no, aids is nothing new, it was just less common back then, but you can even read about a reference to it in Romans 1 (again, the Bible). It also says that diseases are sometimes a result of sin, in this case for sure. It all makes sense and it is all justice and God is right, but you don’t have access to ‘the mind of God’ so how can one think they know better? It is plain foolish.
Daniel Triplett says
Both sides were violent at Charlottesville. That’s a fact. President Trump is right. Plenty of video evidence proves this. The Leftist Antifa/BLM has a penchant for violence, as they’ve clearly demonstrated with their dozens of riots across America within the last year alone.
This wholesale condemnation of President Trump with his words following Charlottesville, along with all his supporters and voters is unfair and manipulative.
A violent Leftist could have just as easily driven a car into the crowd in Charlottesville, killing someone on the Right. Imagine how much different things would be today had that happened. The Left couldn’t blame Charlottesville on the Right. And perhaps this SPLC and PayPal crap wouldn’t have as much strength either. We wouldn’t have the national campaign to wage an Islamic-style erasure of American historical monuments. And the Left wouldn’t have as much support for their wanton sanitization of history, rewriting it to match their stupid agenda.
The lack of perspective on this is stunning. The Left is overwhelming the Right. In organized public demonstrations post-Charlottesville, angry-mob Leftists outnumber peaceful conservatives 300 to 1.
Our country is driving in the wrong direction at 90 mph. We need to grab the steering wheel, hit the brakes, and turn it all around.
For crying out loud, the Ummah is successfully subjugating the World like wildfire. This is the biggest story since the birth of Christ. Meanwhile, we’re all rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
Wellington says
Seconded, DT. And how can one of sense not notice that Leftthink which was responsible for the shooting of Congressman Scalise back on June 14th was buried pretty quickly by the MSM? Yep, nothing really to do with being a Leftist the guy who did the shooting and fortunately was killed. Huge double standard on display again.
Daniel Triplett says
Yes, had the baseball practice sniper been Republican, the Left would have demanded Nuremberg war crimes trials for the POTUS and every GOP legislator on Capitol Hill.
America is Freedom’s last stand and man’s best hope on Earth. America is alone. We therefore have the responsibility to lead. We’re the Alamo now, and there’s only one winner. It’s time to fight for our survival. The good news is we still have the weapon advantage for victory.
Our grandchildren will never survive as Dar al-Harb’s sole domain, surrounded by a nuclear armed Dar al-Islam. We must not only preserve Liberty, we must project Liberty. This requires more than words alone. Freedom requires kinetic force to survive. Freedom isn’t free.
The greatest legacy America could render to the World is freedom from tyranny and liberating 1.7 Billion Muslims from Islam.
Lydia says
“Meanwhile, we’re all rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.”
Haaa! You said it! : D
By the way, my reserved space is with the musicians… but I’ll be singing the praises of God on my way out! I saw the iceberg long ago and made early reservations. In this case, lifeboats only lead to another Titanic; the world.
Malon says
Thank God there are still honest and brave people out there!
Raja says
At last some good news.At last indeed…Thank God for such people..
Ren says
Let’s dismantle the Southern Poverty Law Center. Let’s bring it down, the bastard organization!
Kepha says
SPLC did good work when it fought for legal rights of black people back when the ghosts of segregation were still out there. It has now become a shakedown and strongarm organization for the Left. I hope THe Kennedy ministry’s lawyers pick it up by the heels and sweep the floor with its hair.
Wellington says
In microcosm, Kepha, you have described what has happened to worthy liberalism from a half century ago or so but which, so sadly and tragically, has devolved into rank leftist fascism.
The SPLC could be the poster boy here (gee, is this sexist and thus proving my point?) for the descent I just referenced.
Meanwhile, so-called conservatives (they ain’t, really) think Trump is the problem, not knowing all the while that they are part of the problem.
Whether losing one’s collective mind, i.e., the Democratic Party en masse, or one’s collective guts, a good bit of the Republican Party, Western Civilization is never well served by either idiocy or cowardice.
Never.
Lydia says
And they are surfing on that ‘race’ card, anything they want to eliminate they just call ‘racist,’ anti-lgbt, anti-jihad, etc. They are using the ‘civil rights’ thing as their springboard to attack conservatives.
k v sebastian says
Ayan Hirsi Ali also should file a law suit against SPLC.
somehistory says
I believe Mr. Horowitz is going after CNN for repeating what splc has claimed about him and his organization. If enough people and groups sue, the liars will be exposed and made to pay the consequences. splc has gotten away with their evil for a long time.
Guest says
Bravo sir, bravo
R Cole says
This is how you have to deal with them.
I’ve long thought the Left calling people hateful and racists should be challenged. It needs to be made clear that there will be consequences for slander, we’ll see you in court.
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How many times have we seen SPLC engage in smear campaigns, even as the facts are known? Sebastian Gorka the latest.
SPLC Hoax Crimes List
SPLC list of hate crimes, since Trump’s election, is also highly questionable, as most, if not all of these claims have not been verified. And as we know, there have been many fake hate crimes, like the highly publicized attacks on the Jewish cemeteries and threats made to synagogues, blamed on Trump supporters, but carried out by a Jewish person on the Left and a Leftist convert to Islam, with the goal of framing Trump supporters.
https://youtu.be/K5fg1OfH018?t=3m5s
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When it comes to listing church groups as extremist or hate groups, SPLC, like many on the Left are socialists or communists, who dream of the day the state is in control of every aspect of our lives and they view church doctrine or church authority, as a challenge to state control.
In SPLC’s view, people should sit there and be told what to think. This lawsuit is a reminder, that we do not live in Saudi Arabia, North Korean or other socialist or communist paradise, here the people are free to assemble and believe as they wish to believe.
Andy says
Why High IQ People Can Handle Free Speech & Low IQ People Can’t
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISXjXfH5auA
Lydia says
Good for them for suing, I hope the splc loses big!
They are the hate group, not us.
They want to criminalize being Biblical.
I will never back down, no matter what.
In public and in private.
I am a Christian.
I owe no one an apology for this.
They owe us an apology for hating on us.
It is also ironic that they don’t call terrorist islam a hate group, but those who expose its dangers like JW, they call a ‘hate group.’ It shows where their allegiance lies, doesn’t it?!
Anyway, I knew this time was at hand. The storm is on the way. And I don’t mean hurricane Harvey.
Don’t give them an inch. You can’t always win in court. But you can always refuse to go along with what is wrong.
Pet Charles says
I am willing to chip in what little I can to any crowd funding source by any organization that has been called a hate group simply because they say truths about the texts of Islam.
Flavius Claudius Iulianus says
Joke:
So a curmudgeon is walking along on a quiet country road. And he comes upon two men fighting in the ditch. They are rolling about, getting all dirty with their scuffle and the curmudgeon is getting all excite with the fight. He starts swinging in the air. Finally, he calls out to the two, “excuse me please gentlemen! Please, just a moment gentlemen, please!” So the two combatants stop, and look at the man in surprise. The curmudgeon asks, “now gentlemen, is this a private fight or can anyone join in?”
Darmanad says
A wonderful opinion piece on the SPLC by A Hirsi Ali from yesterday’s NYT. A must read, compelling argument. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/24/opinion/southern-poverty-law-center-liberals-islam.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=0