SPLC urges army to declare American Family Association an ‘extremist’ group
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 16 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – In response to calls by the Southern Poverty Law Center to have the army declare the American Family Association as an “extremist” group, the spokesman for the AFA has shot back, accusing the SPLC of being the true “hate” group. “The AFA doesn’t hate anyone,” AFA Director of Issue Analaysi and Spokesman Brian Fischer told LifeSiteNews.com in an e-mail. “The real hate in all this debate is coming from the SPLC and is directed toward people of faith. The real hate group here is the SPLC.” Last week, the SPLC urged Army Secretary John McHugh to list the American Family Association (AFA) as an extremist group. AFA Director of Issue Analysis and spokesman Brian Fischer. According to SPLC's Josh Glasstetter , McHugh should classify the AFA as an extremist group because, he claims, Director of Issue Analysis and spokersperson Bryan Fischer has said homosexuals are responsible for the Holocaust. He also says Fisher ha