Opinion

Inciting hate

“[Floyd] Corkins was responsible for the wounding of one our colleagues . . . here at the Family Research Council, but I believe he was given a license by . . . the Southern Poverty Law Center, who . . . labeled us a hate group because we defend the family and stand for traditional, orthodox Christianity.” — Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council, where a gunman who objected to the group’s positions shot a security guard