Progressive Christians and faith leaders have denounced US Christian Right groups for “exporting hate”, in response to an openDemocracy investigation that has revealed the global scale of their spending and activities against women’s and LGBTIQ rights.
openDemocracy’s investigation has traced more than $280m spent overseas by 28 US-based organisations that have been accused of engaging in ‘culture wars’ and, in some cases, spreading COVID-19 and other health misinformation.
“There’s nothing Christian about denying our LGBTQ+ neighbours their rights,” Rev. Dr. Debra Haffner told openDemocracy. “There’s nothing Christian about interfering in other countries’ legal and political systems. There's nothing Christian about exporting hate.”
