New report finds over 1K hate groups in US: Here's which ones are in Southern Colorado
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — A new report by the Southern Poverty Law Center found there were over a thousand hate and antigovernment groups in the United States in 2024, and 33 of them were in Colorado.
Two of the organizations FOX21 spoke with in our region say being on the list is a badge of honor.
Southern Poverty Law Center is a nonprofit, civil rights organization that releases an annual Year in Hate & Extremism report that looks into hate and antigovernment extremist groups in the United States as well as their influence on local, state, and national government.
Hate groups in the US decline but their influence grows, report shows
'These groups use political, communication, violent, and online tactics to build strategies and training infrastructure to divide the country, demoralize people, and dismantle democracy,' the report said.
Over 2024, the report found there were 1,371 hate and extremist groups in the United States, a 5% decline. However, the number of hate and extremist groups in Colorado has been slowly increasing, based on the new report.
The report outlines 33 groups across Colorado on its 'Hate Map,' all of which are said to be hate and antigovernment groups. 10 groups are located in Southern Colorado in Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and Fountain.
Here's which groups across Colorado are on the list and what Southern Poverty Law said is their ideology:
Group
Ideology
Location
Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform
Anti-Immigrant
Lakewood
Family Policy Alliance
Anti-LGBTQ
Colorado Springs
Family Research Institute
Anti-LGBTQ
Colorado Springs
Focus on the Family
Anti-LGBTQ
Colorado Springs
Gays Against Groomers – Colorado Chapter
Anti-LGBTQ
Denver
Generations
Anti-LGBTQ
Elizabeth
The Pray in Jesus Name Project
Anti-LGBTQ
Colorado Springs
Colorado Eagle Forum
Antigovernment General
Brighton
Constitution Party – Colorado
Antigovernment General
Statewide
Faith Education Commerce (FEC United) – Northern Colorado
Antigovernment General
Northern Colorado
Freedom First Society
Antigovernment General
Colorado Springs
Moms for Liberty – Boulder County, CO Chapter
Antigovernment General
Boulder County
Moms for Liberty – El Paso County, CO Chapter
Antigovernment General
El Paso County
Moms for Liberty – Larimer County, CO Chapter
Antigovernment General
Fort Collins
Moms for Liberty – Mesa County, CO Chapter
Antigovernment General
Mesa County
Moms for Liberty – Weld County, CO Chapter
Antigovernment General
Weld County
Parents Involved in Education – Colorado
Antigovernment General
Statewide
Tactical Civics – Colorado
Antigovernment General
Statewide
Tactical Civics – Colorado Springs, CO
Antigovernment General
Colorado Springs
Tactical Civics – Fountain, CO
Antigovernment General
Fountain
Tactical Civics – Weld County, CO
Antigovernment General
Weld County
Tactical Civics -Longmont, CO
Antigovernment General
Longmont
We Are Change – Denver, CO
Antigovernment General
Denver
Scriptures for America Worldwide Ministries
Christian Identity
Laporte
American Freedom Network
Conspiracy Propagandists
Johnstown
Northern Kingdom Prophets
General Hate
Pueblo
Colorado Mountain Boys
Militia
El Paso County
Asatru Folk Assembly – Colorado
Neo-Volkisch
Statewide
The American States Assembly – Colorado
Sovereign Citizens Movement
Statewide
Colorado State Assembly
Sovereign Citizens Movement
Statewide
Peoples Operation Restoration
Sovereign Citizens Movement
Statewide
Team Law
Sovereign Citizens Movement
Grand Junction
Patriot Front – Colorado
White Nationalist
Statewide
Focus on the Family says its mission is to support healthy and thriving marriages, but they've also advocated conversion therapy for gay people. The Director of Family Studies says if that lands them on a hate list, then they'll wear it with pride.
'Our big focus now is family, marriage, and parenting,' Glenn T. Stanton, the Director of Global Family Formation Studies at Focus on the Family, explained. 'From day one, it has been like Dr. Dobson, who founded the organization, said let's put up a shingle and let's just trust God and see who shows up and need our help, and that's exactly what we do and we'be been doing that every day since the mid seventies.'
Focus on the Family made the list for an anti-LGBTQ ideology, while El Paso County's Moms for Liberty was labeled as anti-government.
'When did we start considering families and parental rights and people who want the government to get out of their household as terrorists or hate groups? And that's how far we've come,' Darcy Schoening, Member of Moms for Liberty, explained. 'So, you know, people like me, Moms for Liberty, we have to keep standing up.'
Lawsuit filed over Kelly Loving Act
Moms for Liberty is among several groups suing the state of Colorado over the Kelly Loving Act, which expands transgender protections in Colorado. Those behind the suit claim it violates free speech and parental rights.
'We're just asking for the government to stay out of our business and not to trans our kids behind our backs,' Schoening said.
Although the total number of hate and extremist groups may have dropped in the country, it continues to rise in Colorado. Previous reports tracked 30 groups in 2023 in Colorado, 31 in 2022, 18 in 2021, and 17 in 2020.
During the start of the report in 2000, the Hate Map only noted seven groups in Colorado.
While the number of white nationalist, hate, and anti-government groups around the U.S. dropped in 2024, the report said this isn't because of the shrinking influence. The report attributes the decline to the lesser sense of urgency to organize because these beliefs have entered politics, education, and society.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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