MassResistance

MassResistance
FoundedMay 8, 1995 (1995-05-08)
FounderBrian Camenker
TypePolitical activist
04-3271722 (EIN)
Location
Key people
Brian Camenker, President
Revenue
$137,953 (2010)[1]
Websitemassresistance.org
Formerly called
Parents' Rights Coalition[2]
Article 8 Alliance[3]

MassResistance is an American organization that promotes anti-LGBT and socially conservative positions. The group is designated an anti-LGBT hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center,[4] in part for claims linking LGBT people with pedophilia and zoophilia, and claims that suicide prevention programs aimed at gay youth were created by homosexual activists to normalize and "lure" children into homosexuality.[3][5][6]

The groups activism takes several forms, including promoting its views via its website, blog, email, lobbying, and voters' guides.[7][8] It has also provided support for anti-gay activism in foreign countries such as Taiwan and Australia.[9]

MassResistance was founded by Brian Camenker in 1995 as the Parents' Rights Coalition, and in 2003 it changed its name to Article 8 Alliance. It adopted its current name, MassResistance, in 2006.[3]

  1. ^ "2010 IRS Form 990 federal tax return". Foundation Center. 2010. Retrieved October 2, 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ LeBlanc, Steve (July 2, 2006). "Group wages battle against Massachusetts gay culture". Rutland Herald. Rutland, VT. Associated Press. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference SPLC-18 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "SPLC". Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  5. ^ "Active U.S. Hate Groups". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
  6. ^ Jacobs, Ethan (March 26, 2008). "Shocker: MassResistance Declared a Hate Group". Bay Windows. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hamby was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference MR-fighting was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "U.S. Hate Group MassResistance Behind Anti-LGBT Activities in Taiwan". Taiwan Sentinel. 2017-01-02. Retrieved 2020-05-06.