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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.

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