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Fighting 21st Century Fascism

Peter Montgomery

Peter Montgomery is Research Director at People For the American Way and oversees its Right Wing Watch project. His work focuses on threats to democracy and democratic values posed by the Often used interchangeably with Christian Right, but also can describe broader conservative religious coalitions that are not limited to Christians. Can include right-wing Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Mormons, and members of the Unification Church of Sun Myung Moon. Learn more and its political allies.

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Trump Election Could Threaten LGBT Rights Globally

A Trump administration could hold serious consequences for the entire global human rights framework.
Peter Montgomery
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Equality Opponents Try to Reverse UN Progress; Anti-Gay Pentecostal Pastor Elected Mayor of Rio; Indonesian University Official Tells LGBT Students To 'Normalize' Or Be Punished; Global LGBT Recap

At Quartz, Ana Campoy examines in depth the global adoption by far-right advocates of conspiracy theories about the teaching of “gender ideology” or “gender theory.” As Campoy notes, Catholic…
Peter Montgomery
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Marriage Equality Coming To Taiwan In Spite of Religious Objectors?; Anti-Gay Ruling Sought By Indonesian Islamists Threatens Women & Poor Couples; LDS Church Launches New 'Mormon and Gay' Site; Global LGBT Recap

October 30 marked the 30th anniversary of the Vatican’s “Letter to the Bishops on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons,” which New Ways Ministry calls “probably the most influential piece of church…
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