AmazonSmile heeds discredited SPLC’s advice, leaving credible charities out in cold

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Americans may be disappointed to learn that the nation’s favorite online retail giant, Amazon.com, no longer permits charitable support for certain faith-based organizations through its AmazonSmile program.

On May 3, Michael Farris, president, CEO, and general counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom, sent a letter to Amazon expressing surprise and disappointment over the retailer’s quiet banishment of ADF from the AmazonSmile program. Farris’s letter highlighted concern over Amazon’s admitted reliance on the Southern Poverty Law Center as a gatekeeper for its program.

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