The Complex Web of Religious Groups at the Heart of Anti-LGBT Legislation

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Posted By Mark Reagan on Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 7:30 am

A new infographic published by Freedom for All Americans shows the complex relationship between a handful of billionaires and religious-based anti-LGBT groups that has worked to introduce more than 200 discriminatory bills into legislatures in 34 states so far this year.

Freedom for All Americans is a social welfare organization that is campaigning for the implementation for non-discrimination protections for LGBT people nationwide.

The infographic displaying the web of people, businesses and nonprofits involved in anti-LGBT efforts comes a week before a congressional House committee holds a hearing on the First Amendment Defense Act, federal legislation that would allow businesses and government contractors to deny services to LGBT people. That legislation is backed by the group at the center of a vast network that Freedom for All Americans has dubbed the Enemies of Equality — the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF).

The ADF is a Christian activist organization founded by James Dobson and Alan Sears that promotes anti-LGBT policies by filing lawsuits and providing policy language, testimony and legal analysis. The ADF has relationships with multiple anti-LGBT organizations, including The Family Research Council and the Family Policy Alliance — both founded by Dobson. Those groups provide grassroots and online organizing in what Matt McTighe, executive director of Freedom for All Americans, describes as a coordinated attack on LGBT communities across the country.

http://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2016/07/08/the-complex-web-of-religious-groups-at-the-heart-of-anti-lgbt-legislation

http://www.freedomforallamericans.org/

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1. And yet nary a peep about the RCC's involvement.

Quelle surprise.

And cue the defend and deflect.

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2. The article is about the ADF. It helps if you read the link before reflexing.

If you did, you'd get a much better understanding of how this particular group operates. You'd be armed with very useful information about where these bills are coming from and how to oppose them, assuming you have any interest in doing so.

https://www.adflegal.org/about-us/leadership

The RCC is not part of the ADF. You'll have to look elsewhere to feed your hate for the RCC.