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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Religion Dispatches

LGBT Activists Challenge Church Anti-Marriage Efforts; Gov't in Belize Creates Church-State 'Public Morality' Commission; Opponents Seek To Stop Finland's Marriage Equality Law Before It Takes Effect; Global LGBT Recap

US Senator & VP candidate says Catholic Church could change on marriage US Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine, a practicing Catholic, spoke on Saturday at the Human Rights Campaign’s…

Peter Montgomery

September 12, 2016

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Religion Dispatches

Mexico's Religious Conservatives Seek Anti-LGBT Constitutional Amendment, LGBT Activists Defend Secular Government; Cash From Qatar Funds 'Traditional' Family Activism Worldwide; Global LGBT Recap

The anti-equality World Congress of Families has regional conferences scheduled in Belgrade, Serbia on September 16-18 and Nairobi, Kenya on September 23-25 each featuring an array of speakers from…

Peter Montgomery

September 3, 2016

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Religion Dispatches

Indonesia Hears Islamist Arguments For LGBT Criminalization; Zambian Churches Oppose Condom Distribution in Prisons; Lithuanian Conservative Manifesto Calls LGBTs Enemies of Freedom; Global LGBT Recap

Wikileaks came under fire for releasing documents that included personally sensitive information, including the name of a man arrested for homosexuality in Saudi Arabia, where homosexuality is still a…

Peter Montgomery

August 26, 2016

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