by Leigh Jones
Post Date:
June 22, 2017

GuideStar embraces SPLC ‘hate group’ language

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GuideStar, the financial tracking organization for nonprofit groups, is facing backlash from conservative groups after it started using “hate group” designations set by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). After leaders from several groups complained, including Family Research Council, the American College of Pediatricians, and the Jewish Institute for Global Awareness, GuideStar agreed to reconsider the wording on its website listings. “GuideStar draws information from thousands of distinct sources, each of them imperfect,” a company spokesman told The Daily Signal. “In aggregate, those sources help us offer a multidimensional view of nonprofits. However, we recognize that the SPLC data is especially controversial. We are changing the text description of this data and reconsidering where and how we present it on our website.” The SPLC “hate group” designation is based on adherence to Biblical teachings on gender and sexuality.

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Leigh Jones

Leigh is features editor for WORLD. She is a World Journalism Institute graduate who spent six years as a newspaper reporter in Texas before joining WORLD News Group. Leigh also co-wrote Infinite Monster: Courage, Hope, and Resurrection in the Face of One of America's Largest Hurricanes. She resides with her husband and daughter in Houston, Texas.