Newsweek: The Christian Right Is Looking to Putin's Russia to Save Christianity from The Godless West
Cole Parke, a researcher at the progressive Political Research Associates think tank said that the WCF had opened the door for other evangelical and anti-LGBT activists seeking to spread their message in Europe.
“WCF is especially gaining influence in eastern Europe and in that role they’re ushering in other U.S. influences,” she said.
She said that the arrival of a “more aggressive’ form of Christian right from the U.S. had played a key role in “stoking the flames,” influencing the portrayal of gay rights as an attack on family and culture.