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Pacific
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The Pacific Justice Institute (PJI)
is a conservative legal defense organization based
in California. The group, founded by attorney
Brad W. Dacus, describes itself as focusing on
representation relating to "...religious freedom,
parental rights, and other civil liberties." PJI was
declared an anti-LGBT hate group in 2014 by the
Southern Poverty Law Center due to the group's long
history of anti-LGBT rhetoric through its founder.
The group also represents workers opposed to their
employers' vaccine mandates. 1) PJI supported
Proposition 8, a 2008 California ballot initiative
that defined marriage as one man and one woman. 2)
PJI unsuccessfully opposed SB 1172, a 2012
California law that banned conversion therapy for
children under 18. 3) PJI opposed the School Success
and Opportunity Act, a 2013 California law which
allows transgender public school students to use
restrooms and play on sports teams that fit their
gender identity. In 2013, Media Matters for America
described the Pacific Justice Institute as the "LGBT
Misinformer of The Year", because it had publicized
a press release containing false claims against a
transgender student that were based only on the
complaints of an angry parent, as part of its
campaign against the law. Media Matters stated that
PJI "came pretty close to conceding" the story was
not true. |
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Pacific Justice
Institute | Southern
Poverty Law Center |
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Hate Groups Rake In
PPP
Loans As Racial
Justice Movement
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"On Monday, the
Small Business
Administration
released the names
of over 650,000 PPP
beneficiaries that
received $150,000 or
more in forgivable
loans from the
agency. That list
included
anti-immigrant hate
groups the Center
for Immigration
Studies and the
Federation for
American Immigration
Reform, anti-Muslim
hate group Center
for Security Policy,
and anti-LGBTQ hate
groups the American
Family Association,
Liberty Counsel, and
the Pacific Justice
Institute." |
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Jul. 8, 2020 |
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Pacific Justice Institute - RationalWiki
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Dec. 27, 2016 |
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Anti-Transgender Hate Group Pacific Justice Institute Fails Again |
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Dec. 25, 2015 |
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Meet The Pacific Justice Institute, The California Group Behind Fox's Anti-LGBT Horror Stories |
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Oct. 31, 2013 |
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Anti-LGBT Group Admits It Invented Story About Transgender Student Harassing Classmates |
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Oct. 17, 2013 |
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Anti-Gay Pacific Justice Institute Fails Again |
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Jul. 18, 2012 |
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