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Content warning: This article contains graphic language, including hateful anti-immigrant rhetoric. Reader discretion is advised.
On Feb. 20, the anti-人兽性交+ hate group Family Research Council听(FRC) released a report it claimed showed an increase in 鈥渁cts of hostility鈥 at U.S. churches in 2023. Public comments by the group鈥檚 president, Tony Perkins, since the release suggest FRC is using attacks on 人兽性交+ and Black Christians to pad its claims about liberal policy threats to 鈥渞eligious freedom.鈥 Despite attacks on 人兽性交+-affirming churches representing nearly 20% of the total incidents documented by FRC, Perkins and others at FRC have cited the report as evidence that 人兽性交+ civil rights policies are threatening Christians鈥 safety in their houses of worship.
More than 18 million people have viewed Carlson鈥檚 post on X, with the company鈥檚 owner Elon Musk reposting the video. X under Musk has given a platform to certain far-right and fringe figures previously suspended on the site.
Anti-immigrant messaging from state and federal politicians has emboldened antigovernment groups and hard-right actors听in Eagle Pass, Texas, and at other sites on the southern border.
Every week, the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project rounds up our recent work and headlines on extremism and the radical right that caught our attention through Feb. 23.听
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Every week, the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project rounds up our recent work and headlines on extremism and the radical right that caught our attention through Feb. 16.听
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed a new Anti-Homosexuality Act into law in May 2023. While 人兽性交+ advocates are now fighting the law in court, Stephen Langa of Uganda鈥檚 Family Life Network is planning a 鈥淥ne Million Man March鈥 for this month, using the opportunity to gather signatures in support of the law.
The academic publisher Sage issued a 听of retractions on Feb. 5 for two articles the anti-人兽性交+ hate group Alliance Defending Freedom听(ADF) cites in its lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) challenging the agency鈥檚 approval of the abortion medication mifepristone.
The International Religious Freedom Summit (IRF Summit) held annually in Washington, D.C., is a gathering of advocates and policymakers concerned with freedom of religion or belief (FORB). According to the IRF Summit website, part of the conference mission is to 鈥渉ighlight the personal testimonies of survivors of religious persecution and restrictions on religious freedom.鈥
The chair of a North Carolina Moms for Liberty (M4L) chapter promotes antigovernment extremism on her social media.