- Right-Wing Movements
- LGBTQ Equality
- Religious Right
Peter Montgomery has studied the Religious Right movement and its right-wing political allies for more than two decades. He has written extensively about marriage equality, religious liberty, and other conflicts at the intersection of religion, politics and LGBTQ issues. He has been cited as an expert in national publications including the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and The New Yorker, and has appeared on national broadcast outlets including MSNBC and National Public Radio.
Montgomery is also an associate editor for online magazine Religion Dispatches, and his writing appears in The American Prospect, The Public Eye, Alternet and other progressive outlets. He authored a chapter on the relationship between the Religious Right and Tea Party movements that appears in “Steep: The Precipitous Rise of the Tea Party,” published by the University of California Press in 2012.
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All Posts
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Blog Post | March 18, 2015
The Animus Amicus: Archive Activism and Marriage Equality
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Blog Post | January 28, 2015
National School Choice Week: PR for Privatizers?
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Blog Post | November 26, 2014
Federal Judge Gives History Lesson on Anti-Gay Discrimination
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Blog Post | September 24, 2014
As Mid-Terms Approach, New Data on Racial, Religious, Political Polarization
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Blog Post | August 21, 2014
North Carolina Judge Rules Right-Wing Voucher Program Unconstitutional
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Blog Post | July 7, 2014
Samuel Alito: A Movement Man Makes Good on Right-Wing Investments
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Blog Post | June 30, 2014
Hobby Lobby: ‘Closely Held’ Does Not Mean ‘Mom and Pop’
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Blog Post | June 10, 2014
Poll Confirms Majority Support for Immigration Reform, Explains GOP Obstruction
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Blog Post | May 13, 2014
Dangers of Supreme Court Prayer Ruling Quickly Become Clear
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Blog Post | May 5, 2014
Supreme Court Upholds Sectarian Prayer at Official Meetings