Stop the Hate Coalition

We are currently engaged in responding to Scott Lively’s presence in Springfield.  Lively is a noted anti-gay activist who founded the Abiding Truth Ministries, which were classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.  We have been working to inform our community about his hateful messages and are currently collecting signatures for a full-page ad condemning his homophobia and demanding an apology in the Springfield Republican.  Our role as a youth organization in this work is especially crucial, given that his current coffeehouse is less than a block away from a high school.  We plan on continuing to work to neutralize and counter his messages of hate by working towards a Springfield in which homophobia/transphobia are simply unacceptable.  We plan to respond to events such as the recent hate violence that occurred in Springfield, as well as continue to do popular education and outreach with the intention of making our city a safer place for us all.