US anti-gay lawyers going global?‏

The Alliance Defending Freedom is building up an army of anti-gay lawyers to spread hate. We've only got 1 day to stop them. Can you chip in to power the fight? Dear friends, In the last 3 months,over 70 anti-gay laws have been considered in the US. But did you know that there's an organization behind the wave of hate – and they're planning to go global? The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is a powerful anti-gay organization. And now, the ADF is taking their campaign of hate worldwide.They’ve already pushed for anti-gay laws in Jamaica, India and Belize – laws that would send lesbian, gay, bi and trans people to jail or even sentence them to death, just for being who they are. What country is next? They have a budget of million dollars. They’ve already recruited over 2,000 lawyers to help them push anti-gay laws. And now they’re trying to enlist even more. This summer, they’re holding a huge training camp to recruit more lawyers to their crusade, from around the world. The registration for their anti-gay training camp closes in just 1 day. If 5,000 of us chip in even a small amount before tomorrow, we'll have a powerful fighting fund to launch campaigns and stop the next wave of attacks – both in the US and around the world. Can you make a secure donation now? go.allout.org/en/a/defending-freedom With your help, we can pressure local venues to shut down the training before it starts. We can work with journalists to expose their lies and their secret plans to combat equality. We can run ad campaigns in their target countries to fight the hate. And if they try to deliver similar training outside the US, we’ll be there before them, fighting them every step of the way. Wherever they spread dangerous messages we can spread powerful, positive stories, and support local activists to do the same. The bigger and better funded All Out is, the louder we can be – taking up more space in the media and keeping journalists informed. Because we're super-efficient and low bureaucracy, we don't need huge numbers – but we do need 5,000 of us to step up now. Can you?go.allout.org/en/a/defending-freedom Here’s what you need to know about the Alliance Defending Freedom: The ADF is the most well-funded and powerful right-wing Christian group working in the United States. They’ve fought anti-bullying campaigns in schools and worked with organizations that try to ‘cure’ people from being gay. Since 2012, they’ve been fighting tooth and nail tokeep anti-gay laws on the books in Jamaica.They’ve even lobbied the UN. When India resurrected its anti-gay law a couple of years ago, the ADF celebrated, and lamented that similar laws didn’t exist in the US.  Time and again, All Out members work together to prove that love wins. Now we need to do it again. These lawyers want to get hate on the books all over the world. But a handful of lawyers can’t compete with a tidal wave of All Out members, powering the fight for love and equality. Chip in to make sure we’re there to meet them, wherever they go.   We’ve only got 1 day. Make a secure donation by card or Paypal: go.allout.org/en/a/defending-freedom Thanks for going All Out, Andre, Jeremy, Oscar, Rose and the rest of the All Out team. P.S. All Out's member-funded – that means every individual donation goes to powering groundbreaking global campaigns. It also means governments and corporations can't tell us what to do because we won't take their money. Will you help keep us strong? Click here now to chip in: go.allout.org/en/a/defending-freedom     SOURCES: How An Extreme Anti-LGBT Legal Powerhouse Is Working To Enact "Religious Freedom" Laws - Media Matters, 16th of April, 2015 Join the Alliance Defending Freedom Attorney Network - Alliance Defending Freedom This Right-Wing Legal Powerhouse Wants To Make Gay Sex Illegal - Equality Matters, 19th of November 2014

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