Hatewatch Headlines 8/12/2015
Your daily briefing of extremist news from around nation.
Washington Post: Oath Keepers show up and add tension on the streets of Ferguson, Mo., on the one-year anniversary of the police-shooting death of black teenager Michael Brown.
Center for Western Priorities: A new investigation shows wide-ranging ties between extremist groups and Western legislators involved in efforts to take national lands from the American people.
Associated Press: A federal judge orders South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson to pay more than $135,000 in legal fees to a couple who challenged the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
The Column: Minnesota Republican Reps. Abigail Whelan and Peggy Scott are planning fundraiser featuring two anti-LGBT speakers, including one from the anti-gay Minnesota Family Council.
Right Wing Watch: Ted Cruz stops in Tupelo, Miss., for a religious radio interview at the headquarters of the American Family Association, a viciously anti-gay hate group.
Associated Press: A federal judge has voided the Kansas ban on same-sex marriages as unconstitutional in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision on the issue.
Kansas City Star: Three criminal cases with ties to Missouri highlight the rising threat of domestic terrorism.