Page 2
-
Coming soon to Salt Lake City: An international festival of bigotry
An international network of some of the world’s most vitriolic Religious Right activists and self-proclaimed orthodox religious leaders is holding its ninth global conference in Salt Lake City, Utah in October 2015.
-
Utah’s LGBT rights bill is a trojan horse for the religious right’s agenda
There were both cheers and tears as many in the Utah LGBTQ community celebrated the passage of a workplace and housing nondiscrimination law, but behind closed doors, I suspect it’s actually the leaders of the Religious Right who are cheering the hardest.
-
HRC report examines global advocacy of American anti-LGBT extremists
There is a network of American extremists who work tirelessly to undercut LGBT people around the world at every turn. They spew venomous rhetoric, outrageous theories, and discredited science. Some claim that LGBT people are responsible for the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide, and the spread of HIV/AIDS.
-
Moscow forum attended by U.S. activists calls for more ‘gay propaganda’ bans
This week’s international gathering of anti-gay, anti-abortion-rights activists in Moscow ended with delegates issuing a proclamation that blasts liberal social policies in Western countries and calls for Russian-style “homosexual propaganda” bans to be passed throughout the world, according to the foundation run by Russian oligarch Constantin Malofeev,
-
Huckabee defends group linked to anti-gay human rights violations
Fox News host Mike Huckabee joined 79 other conservatives in signing a letter blasting “sexual radicals” for their efforts to scuttle a planned conference of the World Congress of Families (WCF), a group notorious for stoking homophobia and promoting harsh anti-gay laws internationally. On August 30, the Rockford, IL-based WCF plans to hold a “Life, Family, and Freedom Conference”…
-
HRC report examines World Congress of Families’ anti-gay influence, extremism
WASHINGTON — The Human Rights Campaign on Monday released a new report examining what it calls one of the most influential groups in America promoting and coordinating the exportation of anti-LGBT bigotry, ideology, and legislation abroad: the Rockford, Ill.-based World Congress of Families.
-
Anti-gay group planning worldwide conference in Salt Lake City
SALT LAKE CITY — An international conservative group that opposes homosexuality is planning its first worldwide conference in the U.S. next year – a four-day gathering in Utah, a state that has become a focal point in the gay marriage movement. The World Congress of Families is based in Rockford, Illinois, and has about 40 partner organizations…
-
Boehner secures House meeting space for supporters of Russia’s anti-gay laws
WASHINGTON – U.S. House Speaker, Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Friday secured meeting space for the top American supporters of Russia’s anti-LGBT laws, according to a report by BuzzFeed.
-
Anti-gay crusader Scott Lively returns to Russia to discuss ‘traditional’ values
MOSCOW — Anti-gay activist Scott Lively returned to Russia this week at the invitation of the Rockford, Ill.-based World Congress of Families (WCF), a Christian group that has opposed same-sex marriage and adoption of children by same-sex couples or LGBT parents in the United States and globally.
-
Globalizing Homophobia: World Congress of Families, Russia’s ‘Christian saviors’
Anti-gay activists in the United States, finding it increasingly difficult to push their agenda at home, have turned to Russia both as a place receptive to their politics and as a “savior” of the world against increasing social liberalism. In doing so, they have provided international backing for an oppressive, anti-democratic regime that is increasingly using LGBT people as scapegoats for broader political dissatisfaction.