Voters in Anchorage, Alaska are deciding the fate of an anti-transgender “bathroom” initiative in the city’s first vote-by-mail election (ballots are due by Election Day, Tuesday, April 3).
Voters in Anchorage, Alaska are deciding the fate of an anti-transgender “bathroom” initiative in the city’s first vote-by-mail election (ballots are due by Election Day, Tuesday, April 3).
On Sunday, March 4, an op-ed titled “Conversations about sex,” written by Everett Piper, the president of conservative evangelical Oklahoma Wesleyan University (OKWU), appeared in the Washington Times, encouraging readers to consider “conversations” about LGBT people by swapping that acronym with ISIS, the jihadist terrorist organization.
On February 28, the American Freedom Law Center, a Michigan-based anti-Muslim hate group, announced it would be filing an amicus curiae (also called “friend of the court) legal brief in support of President Donald J. Trump’s “extreme vetting” policy to screen incoming refugees for possible terrorist ties.
When renowned evangelical preacher Billy Graham passed away at 99, obituaries and memorials in publications across the world recounted his life with admiration — even among his critics Graham won praise. That respect was richly deserved, earned through a steadfast service to a message of faith that superseded political affiliation.
For years the Conservative Political Action Conference has had an extremist problem –– budding white nationalists, young and excited leaders of the racist “alt-right” and angry voices in the anti-LGBT movement all cozying up with conservative political leaders and hoping to have their voices heard.
The following is a list of activities and events of anti-LGBT organizations. Organizations listed as anti-LGBT hate groups are designated with an asterisk.
The deceptively named anti-LGBT hate group Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) sent its latest weekly “Friday Fax” newsletter and fund drive email out on February 14 and referenced a fellow hate group’s long-gone “Bigotry Map” as “proof” of … well, something.
The radical right started the year on a roll, with allies in the White House. But then came Charlottesville, and the movement was knocked back on its heels. Still, Trump's rhetoric and the country's changing demographics continue to buoy the movement.
When Jay met his foster parents, he was a balding, underweight boy who was afraid he wouldn’t be fed.