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Thu Mar 23, 2023, 09:49 PM Mar 2023

Leaked Emails Show GOP Lawmaker, Anti-Trans Activists Discuss Holy War

Recently leaked emails reveal an alarming coalition of far right-wing extremists, Christian nationalists, anti-trans lobbyists, and elected officials in cahoots, using language rooted in religion to paint Americans at war with the LGBTQ+ community.

South Dakota GOP state Rep. Fred Deutsch’s emails with anti-trans lobbyists and other legislators about anti-trans policies are so steeped in religious rhetoric that they could be excerpts from The Handsmaid Tale, VICE News reports.

Christian nationalists, one expert told the outlet, believe that they are fighting a holy war.

Deutsch emailed 18 anti-trans activists, doctors, and lawyers in 2019 with the text of a proposed bill prohibiting doctors from providing gender-affirming medical care to transgender children under 16.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/leaked-emails-show-gop-lawmaker-112438510.html

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Leaked Emails Show GOP Lawmaker, Anti-Trans Activists Discuss Holy War (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2023 OP
If they're waging a Holy War, then they're conducting a terrorist operation on the USA. Baitball Blogger Mar 2023 #1
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