Schaffer, Abramoff, and Traditional Values Coalition

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The Denver Post reports that The Traditional Values Coalition financed then-Congressman, and curent Senate candidate, Bob Schaffer's trip the to Mariana Islands on behalf of Jack Abramoff: "Schaffer's $13,000 trip was paid for by the Orange County, Calif.-based Traditional Values Coalition, which Schaffer described as a religious group 'concerned with human rights.'"

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2008/04/schaffer_abramo.html

Looks like Schaffer might need to do another fact-finding mission if he truly thinks that:

There are several instances where the Traditional Values Coalition has openly referred to transgendered individuals as being "she-males". This term is considered to be derogatory by transgendered and non-transgendered individuals alike.
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=1530
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=2316
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=307

Said to be a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/type.jsp?DT=26

Writing in TomPaine, Russ Baker says "one of the only values that the Traditional Values Coalition supports is nepotism."
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Traditional_Values_Coalition

[karab]

1. hate group indeed

It's a hate group, indeed. I once worked with law firms that helped SPLC. Those are good people.