Human rights groups form Greater Than Hate Coalition vs. extreme pols
Several of the nation’s most prominent equality advocacy groups announced Friday they’re joining forces in their fight against extremist politicians and their “loud campaign of hate.”
The Greater Than Hate Coalition will serve as a public education campaign against hateful rhetoric by calling out “the alarming surge of attacks against marginalized people.”
It will also use its collective power to stop legislation targeting minorities, which the group says has led to “a staggering increase in violence” against women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community.
The announcement was made in a joint statement shared with the Daily News by the eight groups that formed the coalition — the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Everytown for Gun Safety, the NAACP, the National Education Association, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), the Equality Federation, Asians Fighting Injustice, and the National Center for
Transgender Equality.
The multiracial and multicultural collective is especially focused on fighting the onslaught of discriminatory legislation currently being introduced and enacted in statehouses across the country.
According to the HRC, the nation’s largest LGBTQ civil rights organization, more than 435 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced by state lawmakers since January 1.
And as of March 1, 37 state legislatures have introduced bills that would ban all or most abortions, according to data compiled by the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive rights research nonprofit.
“Politicians have decided hate is a winning strategy — at the expense of the health, safety, and even lives of women, LGBTQ+ people, people of color, and disabled people,” said Fatima Goss Graves, NWLC president and CEO, adding their attempts to “legislate hate” will hurt people but will ultimately fail.
“Together, our organizations, and the majority of people in the United States who believe in equality, opportunity, and freedom, will unite to stop the hate,” she said.