Once again GOP candidate for the 2nd Virginia Congressional District, Scott Rigell (pictured at right), has been endorsed by an anti-gay hate group. As previously noted, Rigell has been previously endorsed by Lou Sheldon, founder of the virulently anti-gay hate group, Conservative Values Coalition. Joining Sheldon in endorsing Rigell is the political arm of Family Research Council, another registered anti-gay hate group.
Along with Rigell FRC Action has endorsed Randy Forbes for the 4th District and Rob Wittman for the 1st District.
And let's be clear about something: an organization does not gain a hate group designation for merely stating religious beliefs. It takes much more - the knowing and deliberate dissemination of lies and untruths aimed at creating animus toward a targeted group. The litany of lies untruths disseminated by FRC that depict gays as diseased, mentally unstable, promiscuous, sexual predators, etc., would fill pages and pages. No one should by the crocodile tears that FRC has been falsely labeled as a hate group.
In addition to LGBT citizens and their friends and family members, minority voters should also be deeply concerned about these endorsements in light of FRC's documented anti-minority stances not to mention FRC president Tony Perkins' long ties to white supremacy groups. A full list of the candidates endorsed by FRC Action is set out below. Anyone who cares about equality or religious freedom should vote for whoever is opposing the FRC endorsed candidates. In the case of Rigell, they need to vote for Paul Hirschbiel.
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