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Report: 1,384 Attacks on U.S. Churches Since 2018

Posted by Ben Smith on September 01, 2025 25 Comments

“In 2024, the number of incidents leveled off with 415. However, this total from one 12-month span is nearly equal to the findings from our very first report, which covered 57 months.”...

Shooter targeting Family Research Council wanted to “smear Chick-fil-A in their faces” after murders

Posted by Anne Segal on February 08, 2013 24 Comments

This past August, the Family Research Council, an pro-Christian values nonprofit that promotes "faith, family, and freedom in public policy," was the target of gunman Floyd Corkins who opened fire declared in the lobby of their DC headquarters. The professor wrote about how Corkins used the...

Shooting suspect expected to appear in court this afternoon

Posted by Anne Segal on August 16, 2012 34 Comments

Floyd Lee Corkins II, the suspect in Wednesday's shooting at the Family Research Council, is expected to appear in court Thursday afternoon after authorities filed a criminal complaint earlier this morning. The charges against Corkins include assault with intent to kill, as well as a federal...

FRC shooting suspect was volunteering at DC LGBT Community Center

Posted by Anne Segal on August 15, 2012 53 Comments

It has just been confirmed that Family Research Council shooting suspect Floyd Corkins II had been volunteering at the DC Center for the LGBT Community for the past six months. From the AP: David Mariner is executive director of The DC Center for the LGBT Community. He says Corkins...

HuffPo attacks Family Research Council just hours after shooting

Posted by Anne Segal on August 15, 2012 35 Comments

Huffington Post has an article promoted on its front page, published today at 1:36pm, from an "LGBT rights activist" referring to the Family Research Council as an "extreme right-wing group" and a "hate group": ...

Shooting at Family Research Council headquarters

Posted by Anne Segal on August 15, 2012 44 Comments

Will media rush to judgment?...

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