Americans Abroad The Human Rights Campaign has launched a social media campaign targeting American religious activists who promote anti-gay idea and legislation around the world. The campaign is…
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The latest gruesome video released by ISIS showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff, just thirteen days after the execution of James Foley, is a stark reminder – if such reminders…
How Australian Activists Fought Back Against the World Congress of Families
Larry Jacobs—vice president of the U.S.-based Howard Center for Family, Religion & Society and managing director of the WCF—said that what’s going on in Russia and Uganda is “very exciting.”