Dangerous Rhetoric
2015
2015-06-26 In response to the Obergefell v. Hodges same-sex marriage case Justice Samuel Alito wrote “I assume that those who cling to old beliefs will be able to whisper their thoughts in the recesses of their homes, but if they repeat those views in public, they will risk being labeled as bigots and treated as such by governments, employers, and schools (law.cornell.edu). He repeated what he wrote in 2020 in an address to the Federalist Society.
https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/us/justice-alito-warns-seminarians-religious-liberty-is-in-danger
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/opinion/religion-supreme-court-alito.html
https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1410063
2015-07-01 In an interview, Doug Wilson said that same-sex marriage was a more serious problem than supporting slavery.
2017
2017-02-22 Conservative writer Rod Dreher wrote, “…LGBT activism is the tip of the spear at our throats in the culture war”.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/benedict-option-good-for-the-gays/
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/03/rod-dreher-blog-weird-american-conservative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtRPLCso0Sw
2019
2019-02-28 Fox News published an article claiming that the Trump administration spearheaded an initiative to end criminalization of homosexuality worldwide. They also claimed in that article that LGBTQ+ groups called it a stunt and were skeptical. https://www.foxnews.com/world/lgbtq-groups-condemn-trump-administrations-campaign-to-end-criminalization-of-homosexuality-worldwide-as-stunt
2023
2023-03-03 In a news story out of Tennessee Ken Peters of Patriot Church offered harsh words for planned parenthood and transgenders, but gentle sentiment for the Proud Boys.
2024
2024-07-01 According to a BBC investigation, a social media post made false claims that a trade pact between the EU and Nigeria contained a clause forcing Nigeria to legalize same-sex relationships. A 2024 investigation by Deutsche Welle showed that American far-right Christian groups have been influencing and fueling anti-LGBTQ sentiment in Africa, including Nigeria, for decades - pushing homophobic misinformation and lobbying for anti-gay legislation.
https://www.dw.com/en/lgbtq-in-africa-how-the-us-far-right-whips-up-homophobia/a-68562333
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/africa-us-christian-right-50m/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jul/24/evangelical-christians-homophobia-africa
https://disinfo.africa/anti-lgbtq-disinfo-clouds-nigeria-eu-agreement-34f86ef9a2c3
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqv53ej2d33o
https://www.europeaninterest.eu/false-claims-about-nigeria-eu-pact-fuels-lgbt-controversy/
https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.363K7N2
2024-09-07 During a rally in Mosinee Wisconsin, Trump reinforced the falsehood that children are going to come home from school with sex changes.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/26/politics/fact-check-trump-rogan-children-gender-affirming-surgeries
2024-09-20 Trump launched an anti-gay ad campaign “Kamala is for they/them - Trump is for you”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_is_for_they/them
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/19/g-s1-28932/donald-trump-transgender-ads-kamala-harris
2025 April
2025-04-22 In the case of Mahmood v. Montgomery County the plaintiff argued that parents should have the right to veto or strike individual curriculum from education they found objectionable to their own religious reliefs. During this case, Samuel Alito addressed the book “Uncle Bobby’s Wedding” during an oral argument, stating, “I don’t think anyone can read that and say ‘Well, this is just telling children that there are occasions when men marry other men’. Uncle Bobby gets married to his boyfriend Jamie and everybody’s happy, and everything is, you know, portrays this – uh – everyone accepts this except for the little girl Chloe who has reservations about it, but her mother corrects her. No, you shouldn’t have any reservations about this. As I said, it has a clear moral message…”. For context, the book has nothing to do with the child’s reservations about same-sex marriage – it is about the child being worried she won’t get to spend as much time with her uncle anymore.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-297_4f14.pdf
2025 September
2025-09-10 Jason Chaffetz decided to float the idea on Fox that the Kirk shooter was transgender.
https://www.notus.org/us-news/former-rep-jason-chaffetz-charlie-kirk-shooting-eyewitness
2025-09-10 On the same day Kirk was shot Fox host Jesse Watters proclaimed the Democrats were “at war” while he simultaneously attacked transgender people.
2025-09-13 Laura Loomer posted on X, “This is President Trump’s chance to rid America of the trans movement. He can shut these people down and take away their funding and make sure none of these freaks are able to benefit from a 501c3 status”.
https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1967042152585719867
2025-09-13 Laura Loomer perpetuated transgender hatred by posting on social media, “How much you want to bet we are going to find out there is a Trans terror cell that groomed Tyler Robinson and possibly even provided him with the gun to kill Charlie? It seems like this was very pre-meditated”. On the same day in a separate post, Loomer responded to News Wire “It’s time to designate the transgender movement as a terrorist movement.” The next day the Scoop sent out a Poll “Should we ban transgenders from purchasing firearms?”. Other far-right group slike Oversight Project posted, “We and @Heritage call on the @FBI to designate Transgender Ideology-Inspired Violent Extremism (TIVE) as Domestic Terrorism”.
https://pridesource.com/article/trump-falsely-links-trans-people-to-terrorism
https://guardian.ng/news/nigeria/metro/kirk-murder-suspect-lived-with-trans-partner-utah-governor/
2025-09-16 Ronny Jackson on Newsmax stated that trans people have psychiatric illnesses and gender dysphoria.
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/18/ronny-jackson-trans-comments-disgusting/
2025 December
2025-12-11 During a podcast interview, MAGA preacher Joel Webbon stated, “Homosexuality is degenerate. It is bad for the populace. It’s bad for society. It’s been incredibly harmful. We’ve seen a full fullcourt press against our own children as the sacrificial lamb in order to appease older gay men and make them feel better about themselves. It’s wicked, it’s predatory, and I think – yeah – it is appropriate for us to be able to call it what it is and say ‘Wait a second, this is perverse, it’s wicked, it’s faggotry”. For context, this person also has been reported allegedly stating women should not have the right to vote and that Dr. Martin Luther King Junior is in hell.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/hate-preacher-demands-christians-start-calling-gay-men-fats/
2026 March
2026-03-17 Fox News peddled a gay conspiracy about the new Iranian ayatollah
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5786266-new-iranian-leader-intelligence-reports/