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Smithsonian Reviews Policy After Rental ‘Mistake’

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WTOP-FM (Washington, D.C.), September 15, 2009

The Smithsonian Institution acknowledges it mistakenly rented space to an advocacy group that one civil rights organization calls a hate group.

The Federation for American Immigration Reform made a $5,000 donation to hold an event Tuesday night at the National Postal Museum.

Smithsonian spokeswoman Linda St. Thomas says allowing the group to use museum space violates a policy that bars partisan, political groups. {snip}

FAIR spokesman Dustin Carnevale says the group is nonpartisan. {snip}

The Southern Poverty Law Center has called FAIR a hate group.

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(Posted on September 16, 2009)

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1 — Tim Mc Hugh wrote at 5:54 PM on September 16:

“5000 dollar donation to hold an event…”
Which the Postal museum will utilize in some sort of outreach mission. Better to rent the Holiday Inn for a thousand and print up four grand in leaflets or some such.

2 — RHG wrote at 8:28 PM on September 16:

I now declare the Southern Poverty Law Center is guilty of being a “hate group”. See, that’s not hard at all.

3 — A.G. wrote at 8:48 PM on September 16:

But gosh, I bet if it was LULAC that needed the space, there would have been no problem. If I was FAIR, I’d monitor the event lists, if possible, to see who does rent space. If it’s anyone political, I’d have a lawsuit smacked on the SI so fast that it would knock them into Archie Bunker’s chair.

4 — Maximus wrote at 9:19 PM on September 16:

Either the Smithsonian is really hurting for money or some staffer forgot to do the research.
They can make up for it by giving la raza some free time.

5 — Anonymous wrote at 9:43 PM on September 16:

I wonder if any of these outfits quoting the SPLC get a share of the proceeds?

6 — Michael Dean Miller wrote at 3:55 AM on September 17:

The Smithsonian Institution officials misread the note that accompanied the $5000 check.

It was the Federation for American Immigration Reform that reported the Southern Poverty Law Center was in fact the hate group to watch out for.

The money was a bet that the SPLC would say something hateful about them.

See?

7 — voter wrote at 4:15 AM on September 17:

“5000 dollar donation to hold an event…”

That’s not a donation, that’s a payment.

Well, I hope they demanded it back!

8 — gary wrote at 1:23 PM on September 21:

The splc is a hate group. It hates American culture. It hates the white race. It is also a huge money making front group for it’s notoriously corrupt boss morris dees.

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