Draft:Rod Dreher
Rod Dreher is an American conservative Christian and homophobe[1] who opposes equal rights for LGBT people. He believes Christians must be granted the right to discriminate against LGBT people whenever their religion demands it. He is author of best-selling book The Benedict Option, arguing anti-LGBT Christians should withdraw into cult-like isolation modelled on a medieval Benedictine monastery, where they are free to indoctrinate their children in peace.[2]
Dreher calls African people “barbarians” but insists that isn’t racist because it is a “perfectly just” description.[3]
Dreher took an African-American professor’s remarks out of context, stirring up a racist mob against him in the process[4]
P. Z. Myers writes that Dreher is “totally ignorant of science”
Jerry Coyne describes how Dreher is in the pay of the Templeton Foundation.[5]
Dreher supports TERFs, and defends the right of Christians to discriminate against transgender people.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ https://www.salon.com/2013/02/26/the_friendy_face_of_conservatism_is_an_old_school_homophobe_partner/
- ↑ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/benedict-option/517290/
- ↑ Rod Dreher’s Bad History
- ↑ https://www.snopes.com/news/2017/06/02/texas-professor-white-people/
- ↑ https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/rod-dreher-and-the-templeton-bribe/
- ↑ https://thinkprogress.org/conservative-outlet-debates-transgender-compromise-abce0ac39af3/