(07-15-2017 12:19 PM)Kronke Wrote:  ADF's Statement. My money is on ABC retracting.

Quote:The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel and Director of Communications Kerri Kupec regarding ABC News’ abandonment of objectivity in repeating false accusations against ADF made by the ultra-partisan Southern Poverty Law Center:

“ABC News has committed journalistic malpractice. For ABC News to essentially cut and paste false charges against Alliance Defending Freedom by a radically left-wing, violence-inciting organization like Southern Poverty Law Center is a discredit to ABC News and to the profession. Americans’ trust in media is cratering, and the blatant bias and lack of professionalism that ABC attempted to pass off as news can only serve to confirm and intensify that distrust.

“Alliance Defending Freedom is one of the most respected and successful Supreme Court advocates in the legal profession, having won seven cases at the high court in the last seven years. Southern Poverty Law Center spends its time and money attacking veterans, nuns, Muslims who oppose terrorism, Catholics, Evangelicals, and anyone else who dares disagree with its far-left ideology. Meanwhile, ADF works every day to preserve and affirm free speech and the free exercise of religion for people from all walks of life and all backgrounds because we believe freedom is for everyone.

“For the sake of its own integrity, ABC News should issue an apology to Alliance Defending Freedom and retract the defamatory story it published Wednesday.”

http://adflegal.org/detailspages/press-r...ue-apology

I missed the part about them denying their leaders' comments regarding the India Supreme Court decisions, their recanting of their opposition to the legalization of being Gay in Lawrence v Texas, their denial of their advocacy for criminalization of being gay in Jamaica, Belize, and other countries, their denial of association with the World Congress of Families and their clear disavowal of their support for criminalization statutes.

Again, they're welcome to sue ABC for defamation or libel.

Where did they even deny any of the charges that caused them to be called a hate group?

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What's your limit on criminal statues for LGBT persons? You down with execution like in Russia today? Or how about 5 years like in India? How about the 20 people currently in jail in Cameroon? Just curious as to whether you think the open defense of laws used for the purpose of jailing people or even executing them simply because they are LGBT constitutes hate.

Simply reporting their statements and activities does not constitute defamation. Its called reporting the facts. I wouldn't hold my breath on any retraction. I'll bet that ABC has invited them to come into their studios to discuss their statements and advocacy on camera.