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11 Oct, 5 tweets, 2 min read
ICYMI on Friday, I have a new piece out w/ @RollingStone @typeinvestigate about the impact of Trump judges (not just on SCOTUS, but throughout the federal courts) on the use of "religious freedom" to discriminate against LGBTQ people.

rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
With four more years of Trump and a GOP-majority Senate, the outlook is pretty grim for LGBTQ rights.
Plus I have some very interesting details on Amy Coney Barrett, not reported before, check it out:

rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
As well as details on the role Mitch McConnell has played in promoting judges who think "religious freedom" can be used to discriminate against LGBTQ people:

rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
Four more years of Trump + GOP Senate could mean that a minority who oppose LGBTQ rights could be given license by federal courts to discriminate against LGBTQ people, citing their "religious freedom."

rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

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13 Oct
Here comes the ADF questions, from Leahy.
Barrett says she was unaware of ADF's efforts to re-criminalize homosexuality.
Leahy says he's worried that she worked w/ this org.
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12 Oct
Can we review, once again, the origins of this false "anti-Catholic" narrative?

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12 Oct
THREAD:

Alliance Defending Freedom (fka Alliance Defense Fund) will likely come up in Barrett's confirmation hearing this week.

I've been reporting on ADF for more than a decade.

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In my first story, 2007, I reported on how they represented a local anti-LGBTQ coalition in Boyd County, KY, which was fighting diversity training in a public high school, stemming from local efforts to block a gay-straight alliance at the school.

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The piece detailed how ADF had racked up a series of victories in court, based on the claim that religious organizations were victims of "viewpoint discrimination."

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9 Oct
During her confirmation hearings for the 7th Circuit, Amy Coney Barrett told the Senate Judiciary Committee, "I don't know what all of ADF's policy positions are."

via new piece from me, @RollingStone, @typeinvestigate

rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
But my reporting shows that for the seminars she lecture, ADF sent faculty a "lexicon" of terms, relating to abortion, LGBTQ rights, and more: Image
Read more, not just about Barrett, but about Trump judges' assault on LGBTQ rights via promotion of "religious freedom." New piece published today:

rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
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8 Oct
I am waiting very patiently for my inbox to fill up with outraged statements from religious right organizations about this development.
I could find anything! But I did find this, from June of last year:
Hmmm
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8 Oct
Regarding Sen. Lee and democracy.

Unholy, pp. 237-38:
The throughline of Unholy is that the Christian Right, white nationalists, the GOP, and the rest of Trump’s base share a hostility to democracy, its institutions, and its values like a free press, independent judiciary, and human rights and dignity.
That’s how high the stakes are for this election.
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