On Aug. 15, 2012, Floyd Corkins walked into the Washington, D.C., office of the Family Research Council armed with a handgun, intent on killing staff. Fortunately, the security guard he shot was able to disarm Corkins before he hurt any others. The gunman was upset with the Family Research Council’s pro-family politics. As it turns out, the council was listed in 2010 as a “hate group” for its pro-family politics by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), and Corkins told the FBI he went to the SPLC website to find “anti-gay groups” he could target.
Sutherland Institute is the local host and administrator for the ninth World Congress of Families (WCF), to be held in Salt Lake City next year. The WCF and its corporate owner, The Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society, also have the dubious distinction of being labeled a “hate group” by the SPLC.
