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

Mexico moves toward national marriage equality; Greek govt announces civil partnership legislation; Pope warns against 'secularism and relativism'; Global LGBT recap

Vatican: Pope will meet married gay activist; warns against “secularism and relativism” A Paraguayan LGBT organization announced that it has received and accepted an invitation to meet with Pope…

Peter Montgomery

June 14, 2015

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Australian Prime Minister, Church Leaders Resist Marriage Push; South Korea's Anti-Gay Christians Block Pride Parade; Morocco Arrests Men for 'Obscene Act' of Kissing; Global LGBT Recap

On the first day of June, celebrated as Pride month in many places, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein called for all countries to provide legal protections for same-sex…

Peter Montgomery

June 5, 2015

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What Irish Marriage Vote Means for Catholic Church; The Lonely Fight for Equality in Belize; Progress and Backlash in Tunisia; Global LGBT Recap

The big news of the week was Irish voters’ overwhelming “yes” vote on a proposal to add marriage equality to the country’s constitution. The lopsided nature of the vote in heavily Catholic Ireland –…

Peter Montgomery

May 29, 2015

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