Peter LaBarbera
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Peter LaBarbera is the president of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality, an anti-LGBT
organization in the United States
that is classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center
.
LaBarbera graduated from the University of Michigan
in 1985 with a B.A. in political science and said that after watching liberal Michigan students protesting the invasion of Grenada
he knew he was a conservative. Until 1990, LaBarbera was a reporter for The Washington Times
and covered stories such as Communism
in Central America
, then became a freelance reporter in Nicaragua
. He then worked for Accuracy in Media
and became a contributing editor at Human Events
magazine.
LaBarbera also served as a senior policy analyst for the Culture and Family Institute, an anti-LGBT Christian group. LaBarbera said that the end result of Lawrence v. Texas
was "like the Roe v. Wade
of the homosexual issue."
In 2010, LaBarbera campaigned unsuccessfully to become a state central committeeman for the Republican Party
.
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
organization in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
that is classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center
Southern Poverty Law Center
The Southern Poverty Law Center is an American nonprofit civil rights organization noted for its legal victories against white supremacist groups; legal representation for victims of hate groups; monitoring of alleged hate groups, militias and extremist organizations; and educational programs that...
.
LaBarbera graduated from the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
in 1985 with a B.A. in political science and said that after watching liberal Michigan students protesting the invasion of Grenada
Invasion of Grenada
The Invasion of Grenada, codenamed Operation Urgent Fury, was a 1983 United States-led invasion of Grenada, a Caribbean island nation with a population of about 100,000 located north of Venezuela. Triggered by a military coup which had ousted a four-year revolutionary government, the invasion...
he knew he was a conservative. Until 1990, LaBarbera was a reporter for The Washington Times
The Washington Times
The Washington Times is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. It was founded in 1982 by Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon, and until 2010 was owned by News World Communications, an international media conglomerate associated with the...
and covered stories such as Communism
Communism
Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...
in Central America
Central America
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...
, then became a freelance reporter in Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
. He then worked for Accuracy in Media
Accuracy in Media
Accuracy In Media is an American, non-profit news media watchdog founded in 1969 by economist Reed Irvine. AIM describes itself as "a non-profit, grassroots citizens watchdog of the news media that critiques botched and bungled news stories and sets the record straight on important issues that...
and became a contributing editor at Human Events
Human Events
Human Events is a weekly American conservative magazine. It takes its name from the first sentence of the United States Declaration of Independence...
magazine.
LaBarbera also served as a senior policy analyst for the Culture and Family Institute, an anti-LGBT Christian group. LaBarbera said that the end result of Lawrence v. Texas
Lawrence v. Texas
Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 , is a landmark United States Supreme Court case. In the 6-3 ruling, the Court struck down the sodomy law in Texas and, by proxy, invalidated sodomy laws in the thirteen other states where they remained in existence, thereby making same-sex sexual activity legal in...
was "like the Roe v. Wade
Roe v. Wade
Roe v. Wade, , was a controversial landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion. The Court decided that a right to privacy under the due process clause in the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution extends to a woman's decision to have an abortion,...
of the homosexual issue."
In 2010, LaBarbera campaigned unsuccessfully to become a state central committeeman for the Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
.
Americans For Truth About Homosexuality
LaBarbera is founder and president of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH), which describes itself as "dedicated to exposing the homosexual activist agenda". It was a 501(c)3 United States tax-exempt organization until stripped of that designation following years of failing to file the appropriate paperwork.External links
- Americans for Truth
- Republicans for Family Values, a LaBarbera blog active 2007-2010