Human Rights Leaders urge Elected Officials to reject the Values Voter Summit

Southern Poverty Law Center, GLAAD, HRC, National Black Justice Coalition, National Council of La Raza and other human rights groups are asking public leaders to not speak at the Values Voter Summit this weekend.

Here is a piece of the letter that was sent out:

We understand that you’ve been invited to speak at the Values Voter Summit being heldin Washington, D.C., from Sept. 14-16. The host of the event, the Family Research Council(FRC), has consistently spread demonizing lies about the LGBT community, and one of its co-sponsors, the American Family Association (AFA), has linked homosexuality to the Holocaust. Given the FRC’s and AFA’s public statements, we urge you not to lend the prestige of your office to the summit. 

The FRC is far outside of the mainstream. It has engaged in repeated, groundless demonization — portraying LGBT people as sick, vile, incestuous, violent, perverted, and a danger to the nation. One of its officials has gone so far as to say homosexuality should be criminalized.

Please read the entire letter here