Southern Poverty Law Center

Chaplains to DoD:  Stop use of SPLC as Source for Equal Opportunity Briefs

Chaplains to DoD:  Stop use of SPLC as Source for Equal Opportunity Briefs

‘The recent briefing given to Army personnel at Camp Shelby that identified the American Family Association as a so-called “hate group” clearly came from the Southern Poverty Law Center. Our recent Freedom of Information Act request concerning a similar briefing in a Pennsylvania Army Reserve unit made clear that the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute uses the Southern Poverty Law Center as a “reliable source” to train Equal Opportunity officers. This must stop’