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Barber: Media Who Cite SPLC Will Have Blood on Their Hands

Ever since last month's tragic shooting at the Family Research Council's headquarters, the Religious Right has been on a mission(link is external) to lay(link is external) the(link is external) blame(link is external) on the Southern Poverty Law Center for designating(link is external) FRC and others as anti-gay hate groups.

Matt Barber of Liberty Counsel, in particular, has been on a crusade(link is external) to blame the shooting on the SPLC and on Friday's episode(link is external) of the "Faith and Freedom" radio program, warned everyone(link is external) in the media not to ever dare to cite the SPLC's anti-gay hate group designations ever again, saying that if they do and "something like this again happens, [they] will also have blood on their hands":