I clicked on the link given in the article and read the opinion piece and the following comments. From my reading, this article totally misrepresented the views of the community on this issue.

Yes, the person who wrote the opinion piece linked to made that exact argument, but many of the commenters disagreed and said the crimes were as bad as each other.

So saying this is one of the views of the group as a whole seems disingenious at best. At worst, a blatant lie.

As a disclaimer - I have never heard of this group before so have no skin in the game.