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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Kremlin’s Favorite Anti-Gay Hate Group is Coming to Utah
Jay MichaelsonThe Kremlins Favorite Anti-Gay Hate Group is Coming to Utah
The vast right-wing conspiracy is coming to Utah. No, not the penny-ante conspiracy Hillary Clinton first floated back in the 90s. Were talking about an international coalition of hate that stretches from Russia to Africa to someplace awfully close to home.
More specifically, the World Congress of Families, an umbrella group of forty-odd traditional values organizations, announced earlier this month that their 2015 conference will be held in Salt Lake City, thanks to the financial patronage of the Sutherland Institute, a far-right think tank based there. Among the attendees: some of the leaders behind the Hobby Lobby battle in the United States and Russias anti-gay laws.
Ironically, this announcement comes on the heels of WCFs awkward cancellation of its 2014 conference, which was to be held inwait for itMoscow, and sponsored by Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeev. At first, WCF doubled down in support of its Russian counterparts, even after the Ukraine invasion and the placing of said counterparts on U.S. sanctions lists. But when member organizations started to bolt, the WCF finally caved.
Now Salt Lake Citys not looking like a sure thing either. Representatives of the Human Rights Campaign insisted that "the values of the people of Salt Lake City are ones that promote inclusivity, and noted that WCF has been labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/19/the-kremlin-s-favorite-anti-gay-hate-group-is-coming-to-utah.html
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The Kremlin’s Favorite Anti-Gay Hate Group is Coming to Utah (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jul 2014
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shenmue
(38,506 posts)1. When they say 'family'
they do not mean 'family.'
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)2. Sure they do...
of course, it's more like the Corleone family than the Huxtabees.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)3. Family has now so often been turned into a code word for hatred. So sad. These are
personality types that must have something to hate, if it were not the gays, they would find something else. Hatred is their core essence of life.