- 5 - articles despite attempts by the Commissioner to obtain them from petitioner. Petitioner allocates its time in the following manner: Internet seminars and preparation 15% Researching legal and educational issues 20% Website setup and maintenance 25% Administration, correspondence, record keeping 30% Meetings and conferences 10% The actions of petitioner are designed to counteract the work of organizations such as the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc., and the American Civil Liberties Union. Petitioner characterizes these groups as “the leftist threat to our liberties”. Petitioner’s donation solicitation material contains several distortions of fact. Petitioner’s statement, in its solicitation letter, that “avowed homosexuals advertised that they would attack patriots” was fabricated from a newspaper article that reads “Members of the National Peoples Campaign plan to shadow Barrett outside the State House beginning at 8 a.m. to oppose his ultra-conservative views. And they are looking for all the picketers they can get.” (Emphasis added.) The same solicitation letter also claims that petitioner has in its possession “actual photos of the terrorists in the act of attacking the Anti-King Rally at the State Capitol.” Petitioner, however, has only one photograph of three individuals holding a banner, which opposes the views of petitioner. The individualsPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Next
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