[cake_crumb]

"So if President Bush stands on a podium with the seal of the United States in front of him and says that the KKK (or the NAACP, or the Daughters of the American Revolution, or the Democratic Party, or FreeRepublic) is a hate group, they can sue him for libel?"

If the statements were untrue, yes they could.

[drjimmy]

If the statements were untrue, yes they could.
But to actually win a libel suit requires a lot more than a statement being untrue. And it is up to the plaintiff to prove that it is untrue. Those aspects may not be fair, but they are why suing for libel is frequently a bad move for someone who cannot easily afford the costs involved, since the chances of winning are pretty slim.

Holding the HRC morons up to public ridicule and actively working to have them removed from power--which is what it appears is being done in Fresno--is the better way to go.