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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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Religion Dispatches

Pope Praises ‘Complementarity' & Resists Gay Ambassador; Irish Religious Leaders Spar Over Marriage; Colombian Atty Gen Cites 'Bogus' Study Opposing Adoption; Global LGBT Recap

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a resolution on Wednesday, April 22, calling on Member States to respect and protect transgender people against discrimination and to…
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Political Research Associates

Catholics, Conservatives and Capitalism

It’s not only Christian Reconstructionists and conservative evangelicals working to give right-wing economic policies a religious grounding.
Peter Montgomery
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Public Eye

Biblical Economics

The Divine Laissez-Faire Mandate
Reconstructionists argue that the Bible, indeed God Himself, opposes minimum wage laws, capital gains taxes and progressive income taxes.
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