GLAAD targets Focus in list of ‘inappropriate’ conservative commentators
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation on Wednesday targeted 36 conservative commentators it considers anti-gay and inappropriate interview subjects for media unless journalists provide additional “perspective on (their) opinions.”
The GLAAD Commentator Accountability Project launched today, the website states, “aims to educate the media about the extreme rhetoric of over three dozen activists who are often given a platform to speak in opposition to LGBT people and the issues that affect their lives.”
Among those GLAAD lists as activists are several affiliated with Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family, including President and CEO Jim Daly, education analyst Candi Cushman and Family Research Council President Tony Perkins.
The GLAAD site said it encourages individuals to alert the alliance “when the anti-LGBT activists appear on local or national news.”
“Hate is not an expert opinion,” said GLAAD spokesman Herndon Graddick.
Focus on the Family’s headquarters Photo by THE GAZETTE FILE