Thread by @LeftwingGc, 1/ How funding from powerful Religious Right org (with ties to the [...]

1/ How funding from powerful Religious Right org (with ties to the Trump admin) Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has gagged radical feminist orgn Women& #39;s Liberation Front (WoLF).

About ADF: https://iamadf.org/about/ ">https://iamadf.org/about/&qu...
& https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/alliance-defending-freedom

About">https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-... WoLF: https://www.womensliberationfront.org/ ">https://www.womensliberationfront.org/">...

Women's Liberation Front

WoLF works to abolish regressive gender roles and the epidemic of male violence through legal and policy advocacy and public education.

https://iamadf.org/about/

2/ Who are ADF? Alliance Defending Freedom opposes abortion, believes health workers should be allowed to refuse abortions on religious grounds, oppose same sex marriage & civil unions, & adoptions by same sex couples. They actively campaign & organise for these beliefs.

3/ Wolf (Women& #39;s Liberation Front) are a US radical feminist organisation campaigning for women& #39;s rights.

In 2016 they formed a working partnership with ADF, which has only grown in strength over the last few years.

Significantly, they also received funding from ADF.

4/ In 2016 WoLF Board member Kara Dansky applied for and received a $15,000 grant from the Alliance Defending Freedom.

See link: WoLF informing its members of ADF& #39;s funding: https://trackingtheactionsofwolf.wordpress.com/2019/12/22/wolf-email-adf-funding-11-05-2016/">https://trackingtheactionsofwolf.wordpress.com/2019/12/2...

5/ Alliance Defending Freedom has strict conditions attached for grantees to receive funding. One is that they uphold ADF& #39;s & #39;values& #39;.

Three core values (see pics): & #39;Religious liberty, sanctity of human life, defense of marriage & family& #39;.

IE: Anti abortion/anti LGBT rights.

6/ What effect might Wolf being funded by a powerful anti women org with strict funding conditions have on their ability to advocate for women& #39;s rights? Well, ADF gag what WoLF campaign for & against. It& #39;s no surprise that their focus has become solely on trans activism.

7/ Pushing back against & #39;Trans ideology& #39; is the single issue binding WoLF and ADF in solidarity - WoLF, because they believe it curtails women& #39;s rights &, ADF, because they believe in the heterosexual family unit, are homophobic & detest gender non conformity.

8/ However due to their solidarity on this single issue (& funding conditions) Wolf overlook ADF& #39;s anti abortion/anti LGBT stance & don& #39;t campaign for abortion rights or on lesbian & gay issues. In fact, their boards of directors give their support to the pro life Trump admin.

9/ Can WoLF be seen any longer as organising on behalf of women& #39;s rights? Some say yes, since they see trans activism as the biggest threat to these rights. But they blind themselves to how WoLF are now effectively a front for a powerful anti women, anti LGBT Religious Right org.

10/ This thread only scratches the surface of WoLF& #39;s ties to ADF & other Religious Right orgs (more to follow). The funding issue raises questions: how free can any group be when funded under strict conditions? How feminist can a feminist org be when involved with women haters?

11/ As Jennifer Chavez herself puts the issue of her own organisation WoLF aligning with the anti-women, anti-gay, racist Religious Right & their close pals, the Trump admin...

Thanks to @Guitar_Sheros for this meme.

12/ Jennifer Chavez& #39;s original words relating to the previous meme, in full context:

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