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BREXIT BOOSTERS: WHY THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT HATES THE EUROPEAN UNION HTTP://RELIGIONDISPATCHES.ORG/BREXIT-BOOSTERS-WHY-THE-RELIGIOUS-RIGHT-HATES-THE-EUROPEAN-UNION/?UTM_SOURCE=RELIGION+DISPATCHES+NEWSLETTER&UTM_CAMPAIGN=2E28E062A2-RD_DAILY_NEWSLETTER&UTM_MEDIUM=EMAIL&UTM_TERM=0_742D86F519-2E28E062A2-42418765 Take Latvia, for example. Last year the Washington Post quoted a Latvian gay rights activist marveling over the difference between the overwhelmingly hostile reception that an attempted 2005 pride march received and the large festive celebration that took place last year. Said the activist, “If nobody believed we are becoming an open, democratic society, this is proof of it. We are becoming a normal European country. It’s part of being in the E.U.” ........ The World Congress of Families is a global collection of culture warriors that oppose legal abortion, legal recognition of LGBT rights, and comprehensive sex education. The WCF has a long relationship with Russian politicians, oligarchs, religious leaders, and “pro-family” politicians, what one reporter has called “a Bible Belt-to-Kremlin collaboration around its anti-choice and anti-gay agenda.” The vilification of the European Union and its human rights policies was at center stage at this year’s global WCF summit, held in Tbilisi, Georgia, in May. _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
