Eight hate groups are in San Diego’s backyard, civil rights organization says

The law center says the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission in Vista is primarily focused on attacking LGBT rights, including same sex-marriage and allowing gay people to serve in the military, but it has also maligned Muslims.

Its president since 2007 is the Rev. Gary Cass, a former member of the Grossmont Union High School District Board and a former officer in the Republican Party of San Diego County.

According to Cass, only one type of person is qualified to serve in public office: Christian men.

“The first qualification is they must be a Christian,” he said in a YouTube video.

“The biblical biological requirement for office is you must be male,” he continued. “Civil leadership should be conceived of as an extension of the family and God’s created order.”

He has also espoused anti-Muslim views, and describes himself as “Islamophobic.”

It’s unclear if the group is still active — its website went offline early this year and its social media accounts have been deleted.

Probably not good for selling Allstate insurance, being associated with a hate group.