by David Nussman
This article was first published at Church Militant on September 7, 2017.
Group loses online donations processing thanks to ‘hate group’ label
LAKE CHARLES, La. (ChurchMilitant.com) – A Catholic organization lost its online donations processing on
Thursday, thanks to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) labeling it a hate group.
The Ruth Institute is a Catholic non-profit that seeks to help individuals and families wounded by the Sexual Revolution and its resulting chaos.
The “hate group” label is a result of the Ruth Institute’s faithfully Catholic stance on homosexuality and transgenderism. The SPLC labeled it “anti-LGBT.”
In a statement to the press about the loss of internet donations, Morse said, “The Ruth Institute’s primary focus is family breakdown, and its impact on children:
understanding it, healing it, ending it. If this makes us a ‘hate group,’ so be it.”
The Institute received a message Thursday afternoon from its donation processing company, Vanco. The letter reads, “Vanco has elected to discontinue our
processing relationship with The Ruth Institute.” It explains, “The organization has been flagged by Card Brands as being affiliated with a product/service
that promotes hate, violence, harassment and/or abuse.”
On August 23, the Ruth Institute recognized that it was still on the SPLC’s hate list, as it has been since 2013. This earlier statement lets loose a scathing indictment. It complains that the SPLC’s methodology is secretive, such that “No one knows how to get off the list.” It then
fiercely argues, “The SPLC sets itself up as judge, jury and enforcer of the charge of ‘hate.'”
As Church Militant reported, a Protestant
non-profit filed a lawsuit last week against the SPLC for labeling it a hate group. D. James Kennedy Ministries was barred from participating in AmazonSmile
fundraising because of the SPLC’s hate label. Various big media outfits, including CNN and MSNBC, have posted SPLC’s “hate” map on their websites,
thus legitimizing the group’s arbitrary, leftist labels.
