Posted on 07/23/2019 4:16:54 PM PDT by marshmallow
Judge slaps Funding Morality with $3 million in fines
ERSEY CITY, N.J. (ChurchMilitant.com) - A non-profit is fighting back against a lawsuit from the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which has forced its closure and shut down its crowdfunding platform.
Arthur Goldberg has been a target of SPLC since 2012. He and non-profits with which he is affiliated have been sued twice, once as the co-director of Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing (JONAH) — which offered counseling for those struggling with unwanted same-sex attraction — and most recently as co-director of Jewish Institute for Global Awareness (JIFGA), the parent organization for Funding Morality.
On Thursday, Hudson County, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Peter Bariso, Jr. slapped Goldberg and JIFGA with over $3.2 million in punitive fines and legal fees for allegedly violating a 2015 injunction and settlement agreement against JONAH that forbids him from providing counseling referrals.
In a move meant to "deter and punish," he also barred Goldberg from serving as a director of any nonprofit organization in the state of New Jersey — a condition that may violate Goldberg's rights. As a result, JIFGA and the crowdfunding site, Funding Morality, will have to suspend operations.
Church Militant spoke with Goldberg, who told us he is planning to appeal. "We expect to appeal the decision, which we believe is at odds with the facts and infringes upon our constitutional rights to freedom of speech, religion, and association," he said.
"Our appeal seeks to vindicate our constitutional right to promote biblical values," he said. "Today's politically correct progressive ideology seeks to eliminate the free exchange of ideas whenever certain views may be antithetical to current prevailing opinions."
"This is part of the left-wing agenda to cut off conservative speech and shut down voices that disagree with them,"......
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A person who is distressed by same sex attraction and wants to change must live with their feelings. However a person distressed by their gender is allowed to mutilate their body and change?
I’m surprised the SPLC hasn’t been shut down for being a domestic terrorist organization.
What’s the hold up?
ESADSPLC!
SPLC is a terrorist group - with their weapon being the media and the courts.
Is it possible to invest in the SPLC? Does Vegas lay odds on the success of their law suits? I’d take them every time, not because I like them but because nobody seems to beat them. Must be the Obama judges.
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