“NBC’s second broadside against
the Ruth Institute is both predictable and pathetic,” said Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., the Institute’s founder and president.
Following its December 9 story, on December
12, NBC did another “exposé” of supposed hate groups that received funding under the Paycheck Protection Program, using information provided by
the thoroughly partisan Southern Poverty Law Center.
“SPLC has become the attack dog of the Sexual Revolution,” said Morse. “Its victims include the American Family Association, Family Research Council,
the American College of Pediatricians, and Liberty Counsel, as well as the Ruth Institute.
“SPLC’s formula is the essence of simplicity. If you oppose same-sex marriage, you’re a hate group. If you affirm that there’s no science behind what’s
called transgenderism, you’re hateful.”
Morse added, “Like so many Sexual Revolutionary groups, NBC and SPLC have given in to the totalitarian impulse. Their tactics are meant to foreclose
debate. If they pin the ‘hateful’ label on an organization, no one has to consider its arguments. Because neither entity can answer our arguments,
they try to label us hateful and ignore us. It’s a sign of intellectual impotence.
“The Ruth Institute has fought many of the worst effects of the Sexual Revolution. More than any other organization, we have exposed clerical sex abuse.
We also provide support for the victims of divorce, pornography, and other forms of sexual exploitation.
“Far from helping victims, NBC has been credibly accused by its former reporter, Ronan Farrow, of shutting down an investigation of charges of sex abuse against former studio head Harvey Weinstein.
“So, while the Ruth Institute was working to support victims of sex abuse, according to Farrow, NBC was protecting a sex offender.”
Morse noted ironically, “We’ve got to be one of the few ‘hate groups’ whose leadership and staff include Catholics, a Jew and an Orthodox priest, as
well as Evangelicals, Pentecostals and Mormons. We have also collaborated with African pro-life groups, trying to help them protect their right
to have as many children as they want. Odd behavior for a group that is allegedly the Second Coming of the Ku Klux Klan.”
Late last week, in association with Life Petitions, the Ruth Institute launched a petition demanding NBC issue a retraction of its December 9 story, stop using the Southern Poverty Law Center as a source, and “cease harassing and defaming organizations that are working
to defend the family, the bedrock of American civilization.” The petition gathered more than 6,600 signatures in just a few days despite the busy
holiday season.
Jennifer Roback Morse is the author of The Sexual State: How Elite Ideologies Are Destroying Lives.
The Ruth Institute is a global, non-profit organization leading an international, interfaith coalition to
defend the family and build a civilization of love.
To schedule an interview with Dr. Morse, contact media@ruthinstitute.org.
