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The U.S. Christian right, which long promoted American exceptionalism as a "shining city on a hill," is now turning its gaze toward the rising autocrats of eastern and central Europe as models of "pro-family" policy. typeinvestigations.org/investigation/…
The Soviet bloc was the arch-enemy of the U.S. Christian right, framed as hostile to freedom and democracy. Now Christian right leaders are supporting regimes in places like Hungary that are aggressively dismantling democratic institutions. typeinvestigations.org/investigation/…
The World Congress of Families, a gathering of international Christian right activists, has recently partnered with such autocrats as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Moldovan President Igor Dodon to host conferences. typeinvestigations.org/investigation/…
The World Congress of Families' next conference will be hosted by Matteo Salvini, the Italian deputy prime minister from the far right League party. typeinvestigations.org/investigation/…
The embrace of these European autocrats is part of an effort by the U.S. Christian right to form international alliances against "gender ideology" and "death culture,” in other words, reproductive and LGBTQ rights. typeinvestigations.org/investigation/…
