Washington State's Domestic Extremism Task Force Puts Christians In Crosshairs

Washington state has launched a domestic extremism task force, and conservatives are sounding the alarm about task force members' ties to an organization notorious for branding mainstream conservative and Christian organizations as "hate groups." State Senate Bill 5950, signed by then-Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, on April 1, 2024, established a "Domestic Extremism and Mass Violence Task Force," which will recommend changes to state law. State Senate Bill 5950, signed by then-Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, on April 1, 2024, established a "Domestic Extremism and Mass Violence Task Force," which will recommend changes to state law. (Ed note: read the entire article)

"It's self-evident how this entity is very dangerous to people of faith, to institutions that have a conservative worldview," Brad Dacus, president and founder of the Pacific Justice Institute, told The Daily Signal in an interview Tuesday. The SPLC brands Pacific Justice Institute an "anti-LGBTQ+ hate group" because it opposes the LGBTQ agenda. 

Dacus warned of attempts to remove nonprofit status under Washington's tax code from "organizations that are accused of being hate groups." The task force "could also put pressure on banks to close out financial accounts from churches, ministries, and organizations that don't bend the knee to their radical, intolerant perspectives," he added. The SPLC has pressured charities and financial institutions to blacklist "hate groups," with some success. Dacus predicted that the task force will aim to "substantively make it painful to have a conservative or traditional worldview." (Ed note: SB 5427 law is called "the snitch line" which is exactly that. I'm watching for the Gov't to delete the Bible app from our cell phones. Such an app will be considered a 'hate crime.')    (Read More)