sentences:  Delgaudio acknowledged that his organization was the source of the email but said that it looked like paint to him and that the homosexual lobby had doctored his rainbow-colored image, changing it to red.Public Advocate was designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center in March 2012.On July 11, 2012, the SPLC sent Delgaudio a cease-and-desist letter associated with what they claimed was his unauthorized use of and modification of a photograph of a gay couple's engagement photo.