Posted on 10/01/2019 5:26:48 PM PDT by marshmallow
September 26, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – A federal judge has rejected D. James Kennedy Ministries’ (DJKM) lawsuit against the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), ruling that labeling the Christian organization a “hate group” falls within the protections of the First Amendment.
Formerly known as Coral Ridge Ministries, DJKM filed a lawsuit against SPLC in 2017 for “trafficking in false or misleading descriptions of the services offered under the Ministry's trademarked name.” The suit also named Amazon and the charity monitor Guidestar, because they relied on SPLC’s “hate” designation in their own classification of the ministry. Guidestar eventually relented, but the label resulted in Amazon customers being unable to donate to DJKM through the AmazonSmile program.
"The mission of the (D. James Kennedy) Ministry is to proclaim the Gospel upon which this nation was founded, to teach and nurture the followers of Jesus, to equip and encourage believers, and to defend religious liberty," the lawsuit declared. "Nowhere in the purpose or action of the Ministry is there HATE or any room for HATE.”
U.S. District Court Judge Myron Thompson (who has a history of blocking pro-life laws) ruled against DJKM on September 19, AL.com reported. He wrote in his opinion that Kennedy Ministries “failed to allege facts or circumstances that could suggest that the SPLC’s designation … as a hate group was made with actual knowledge of the falsity or in reckless disregard of its truth or falsity,” and rejected their argument that “hate group” inherently implies that a group is violent.
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I am guessing that the judge is a Clinton or Obama appointee.
If this stands then all hate speech laws are equally unconstitutional
Myron Thompson is a total jackass.
So we can then label the Democrat Party a HATE GROUP and no one can bitch about it.
Bkmrk
I think a Carter appointee. Just going on memory tho. I actually once helped him out. I thought he wasn’t too bright.
Wrong: Jimmy Carter appointee in 1980.
So we can then label the Democrat Party a HATE GROUP and no one can bitch about it.
= = =
Maybe the “D” in D James Kennedy ... is for Democrat???
Which is now a Hate Group?
He is. I hereby dub Jimmy "Liverspots" Carter as the "White Barack Hussein Obama."
Since when is libel a 1st Amendment right?
I think Carter was the worst president until Obama. Carter was evil but Obama was awfully evil.
I guess that it is perfectly acceptable to start calling the DemocRAT Party a HATE Group, then.
What more proof do we need???
Just as stupid.
Hates white people and Jews just as much as Barry did ..
Hated America just as much as Barry Hussein did ...
And probably about another dozen things or so I can think of that the two worst Presidents ever had in common.....
Problem for me is, I'm too f'n tired to type much anymore tonight.
Truth is a defense to an allegation of defamation.
What do you call the guy who finished last in law school? “Your Honor.”
Carter was stupid. CLINTON and 0bama were equally evil, with 0bama getting even more evil done, because of his “special circumstance.”
If I had known that Myron was going to be the judge I could have told you what his opinion would be before any facts were known.
1. White Men;
2. Jews;
3. People who work;
4. People who think for themselves;
5. People who make things;
6. People who employ other people;
7. Capitalism;
8. Free markets;
9. Christians;
10. Pro-Lifers;
11. Gun Owners;
12. People who are smart enough to realize globullshit warming is a hoax;
13. Do I really need to go on?
That makes Democrats a HATE GROUP!
1980? How old is this creep?
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