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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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Bishop Says Gay Couples Cannot Be Part of Parish Life; Does Rising Evangelical Political Power in Brazil Contribute to Anti-LGBT Violence?; Global LGBT Recap

The Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law released “A Development Agenda for Sexual and Gender Minorities.” A group of Arab LGBTQ activists living in the U.S. and Canada are planning a retreat…
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UN Human Rights Council Creates LGBT Watchdog; Orthodox Council Affirms Traditional Teaching on Family; Pope Francis Says Church Should Apologize to Gays; Global LGBT Recap

United Nations: Human Rights Council creates watchdog for LGBT rights The United Nations Human Rights Council voted this week to create its first-ever LGBT rights watchdog, a step that LGBT equality…
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Brexit Boosters: Why the Religious Right Hates the European Union

The European Union has been a powerful advocate for advancing the rights of women and LGBT people. That’s why so many Religious Right activists see the EU as an enemy to “traditional values” and the…
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