Christian ‘hate group’ funds US anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-abortion organizations | First Thing
Alliance Defending Freedom distributes hundreds of thousands of dollars to fringe groups attacking trans, gay and abortion rights. Plus, Ketanji Jackson's impassioned affirmative action dissent
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A rightwing Christian hate group" that is behind a host of legal efforts to roll back abortion rights, remove anti-LGBTQ+ protections and demonize trans people has had a huge increase in its funding and funneled some of that money to a slew of smaller anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-abortion groups across the US, the Guardian can reveal.
What is the ADF? Alliance Defending Freedom is a recognized anti-LGBTQ hate group working to build a movement of far-right legal groups to force a dangerous, unpopular agenda on Americans," said Kyle Herrig, the president of Accountable.US, a progressive organization that researches the finances and activities of special interest groups. From ADF's involvement with a supreme court case contesting critical LGBTQ rights to the hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding ADF has granted to anti-democratic organizations, ADF's goal is to strip Americans of their rights and undermine democracy."
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