"Mom, please take me home,” Mary, a petrified teenage girl stammered from Shreveport, Louisiana back in 2011. She was there for a “mission trip” with the People of Praise – Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s tiny, secretive religious sect. That’s because the goal of the People of Praise -- and its directors like Coney Barrett -- is to spread …
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served for nearly three years on the board of private Christian schools that effectively barred admission to children of same-sex parents and made it plain that openly gay and lesbian teachers weren’t welcome in the classroom. They describe her as “nice” or “a kind person,” but told the AP they feared others would suffer …
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