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The new intelligence report from the Southern Poverty Law Center, called "The Year in Hate and Extremism," makes it clear that Colorado isn't immune from the conditions name-checked in its title.
After all, the cover collage features a photo of Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooter Robert Dear.
The document itself offers details about organizations that fit the SPLC's definition for hate groups practicing in all fifty states, including Colorado.
Sixteen such groups are said to have operated in the state during 2015, espousing racist, anti-immigrant or homophobic philosophies — with one outfit described as trafficking in "general hate."
Included among them is The Pray in Jesus Name Project, which has the distinction of being led by a man who was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives: Gordon Klingenschmitt.
Continue to see all sixteen, with some pinned down to specific locations (Colorado Springs is well-represented) and others labeled generally. They feature SPLC descriptions and affiliation information and graphics from those groups that are more above-ground. That's followed by the complete Southern Poverty Law Center report.
Friendship Assembly of God Church
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Description/Affiliations:
ANTI-LGBT
Blood and Honour Social Club
Location: Colorado
Description/Affiliations:
RACIST SKINHEAD
BLOOD & HONOUR
Christ the King Church
Location: Larkspur, Colorado
Description/Affiliations:
ANTI-LGBT
Wolves of Vinland
Location: Colorado
Description/Affiliations:
WHITE NATIONALIST
MSR Productions
Location: Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Description/Affiliations:
RACIST MUSIC
National Socialist Movement
Location: Colorado
Description/Affiliations:
NEO-NAZI
NATIONAL SOCIALIST MOVEMENT
Family Research Institute
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Description/Affiliations:
ANTI-LGBT
Ku Klos Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Description/Affiliations:
KU KLUX KLAN
Continue for more hate groups operating in Colorado as identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center, plus the organization's complete report.
The Pray in Jesus Name Project
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Description/Affiliations:
ANTI-LGBT
Aryan Strikeforce
Location: Colorado
Description/Affiliations:
RACIST SKINHEAD
Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform
Location: Lakewood, Colorado
Description/Affiliations:
ANTI-IMMIGRANT
Israel United In Christ
Location: Denver, Colorado
Description/Affiliations:
BLACK SEPARATIST
Generations With Vision
Location: Elizabeth, Colorado
Description/Affiliations:
ANTI-LGBT
Nation of Islam
Location: Denver, Colorado
Description/Affiliations:
BLACK SEPARATIST
NATION OF ISLAM
The Brother Nathanael Foundation
Location: Frisco, Colorado
Description/Affiliations:
GENERAL HATE
Scriptures for America Ministries
Location: Laporte, Colorado
Description/Affiliations:
CHRISTIAN IDENTITY
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