Amazon is allowing anti-LGBTQ groups to fundraise on its site as “charities” again

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An analysis of the online retail giant Amazon’s non-profit partnership program, AmazonSmile, has found that it has become a key fundraising space for organizations with anti-LGBTQ and anti-abortion ambitions.

A chapter of the American Family Association and Focus on the Family, two SPLC-rated hate groups, headline the list of over 40 groups that analysis of the website’s options for customers, and there are now calls to no longer make these groups available to choose to support when purchasing from the Amazon website.

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An analysis by the United Kingdom website openDemocracy.net for their 50.50 Project also found far-right or anti-abortion groups like Human Life International, The American Center for Law and Justice, and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association were available as eligible ‘charities’ on AmazonSmile.

Despite this, Amazon is adamant that “organizations that engage in, support, encourage, or promote intolerance, hate, terrorism, violence, money laundering, or other illegal activities are not eligible” for the site, a spokesperson stated in response to the analysis.

Six of the groups were…

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