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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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Indonesian Clerics Issue Anti-Gay Fatwa; Anti-Civil Union Peruvian Lawmaker Cites Hitler; Is Christianity more 'un-African' than Homosexuality?; Global LGBT Recap

A few quick hits to start this week’s recap: The Washington Blade’s Michael Levers reported last Friday that six members of Congress urged the US Agency for International Development to use funds from…
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Peru's Civil Unions Bill Killed as Bishop Calls Sponsor 'Faggot'; Germany Fines Men For Trying To Force Gay Muslim Teen Into Hetero Marriage; LGBT Global Recap

We have reported on the appointment of the first U.S. Special Envoy for LGBT Equality. This week, Adebisi Alimi, a lecturer in pre- and post-colonial sexual orientation and gender identity in Africa…
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Marriage equality comes to Slovenia, continues to spread in Mexico; Civil Union legislation approved in Sicily, debated in Peru; Global LGBT Recap

March 1 marked the second annual Zero Discrimination Day, which is promoted by UNAIDS to “celebrate diversity and reject discrimination in all its forms.” On March 2, a Russian diplomat demanded that…
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