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![Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Nixon National Energy Conference at The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California, on April 19, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0607-pence-400x300.jpg)
Pence Uses LGBTQ Hate and Christian Nationalism to Launch Presidential Bid
For the first time in 83 years, a former vice president and his ex-boss are running against each other for president.
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“Religious Indoctrination”: Oklahoma Officials Approve Catholic Public School
“It’s hard to think of a clearer violation of the religious freedom of Oklahoma taxpayers,” one opponent said.
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Bush-Nominated Judge Strikes Down Free HIV, Cancer Screenings in Major Ruling
The decision is a huge blow to the Affordable Care Act.
![From left, House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Julia Letlow conduct a discussion with parents and children on the Parents Bill of Rights Act, in the U.S. Capitol on March 1, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/2023_0324-parents-bill-of-rights-400x300.jpg)
AOC Slams GOP for Banning Children’s Book “Life of Rosa Parks” for Being “Woke”
House Republicans passed a bill on Friday that would open schools up to a wave of far right book bans.
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TX Lawmaker Proposes Tax Cuts for Straight Parents Who Have Never Been Divorced
Critics say the bill is an attack on families who don't adhere to right-wing Christian values.
![Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks on March 25, 1965, in Montgomery, Alabama.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0116-mlk-400x300.jpg)
Following in MLK’s Footsteps Means Resisting Christian Nationalism
King’s life gives us a blueprint to fight the religious right.
![Police officers stand between LGBTQ rights supporters and supporters of web designer Lorie Smith in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on December 5, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/12/2022_1227-scotus-lgbtq-400x300.jpg)
2022 Quietly Set the Stage for a Massive Rollback of LGBTQ Rights
From statehouses to the Supreme Court, LGBTQ rights were under steady attack by Christian nationalists this year.
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LGBTQ Equality Is on the Ballot — Just Not in the Way You Think
Attacks on LGBTQ rights are hiding in plain sight in the 2022 midterm elections.
![A person is holding up a rosarie while holding a sign in support of a measure voted on earlier this year in Kansas that would have removed abortion protections from the state constitution.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/10/2022_10-27-christian-nation-400x300.jpg)
1 in 4 Americans Say Bible Should Take Precedence Over People’s Will in US Law
Polling also found that 45 percent of Americans say the U.S. should be a “Christian nation.”
![A United States and Christian flag are sandwiched together as supporters of the 1776 Restoration Movement rally outside the United States District Court House during the first day of jury selection in the trial of former White House senior advisor Stephen Bannon on July 18, 2022 in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_09-21-christian-nationalist-poll-400x300.jpg)
61 Percent of Republicans Think US Should Be Declared a Christian Nation
This is a disquieting statistic that demonstrates the rise of far right extremism among the Republican electorate.