Unite Against Hate, the continual targeting of Christians and whites in the Inland Northwest
On October 25th and 26th, the American Atheists held an event at the Spokane Library (Central) entitled, Unite Against Hate - Resisting White Supremacy & Christian Nationalism in the Pacific Northwest.
This two-day conference involved authors, activists, and community players from Spokane and the North Idaho area to 'help combat the rising tide of extremism in our region.'
Some speakers included were:
Author Bradley Onishi - Straight White American Jesus
Andrew Seidel - Americans United
Alicia Abbott - BABE Vote
Kristin Beneski - Washington State Attorney General
Kate Bitz - Western States Center
Professor Joan Braune - Gonzaga University Hate Studies
Mathew Danielson - Spokane Pride
Megan Dardis-Kunz - Boise State University
Shawn Keenan - Love Lives Here
Jeanette Laster - Human Rights Education Institute
Dr. Sarah Lynch - North Idaho Pride Alliance
Josiah Mannion - American Atheists and Idaho CLN Employee
Denise Neujarh - Spokane Public Library Employee
In 2019, Kate Bitz of the Western States Center (WSC) a social justice organization out of Portland, Oregon, helped facilitate the creation of Love Lives Here in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, with local Laura Tenneson who became a fellow at WSC. The idea for Love Lives Here originated from the Montana Human Rights Network members in Kalispell, Montana.
Later that same year during the very controversial Drag Queen Story Hour at the South Hill Library on June 15, 2019 (and June 21 at Spokane Central), Bitz was directly involved with organizing. During the event, Pastor Afshin Yaghtin was arrested for obstructing Spokane Police officers after attempting to enter the library, charges were later dropped.
The schedule of Unite Against Hate is as follows:
As I have continuously reported over the last few years the Department of Justice, with the creation of the program United Against Hate, has single-handedly emboldened radical Marxists to report political opposition to the DOJ and FBI simply for being against the LGBTQ ideology, this event inhibits that mindset.
Undercover citizen journalists have recorded audio from the event, to show the true bias and hate that lives in our region, a prime example of ritual defamation.
Discussing youth engagement at the state legislature in support of LGBTQ ideology.
Litigation by Reclaim Idaho, further lawsuits, the difficulty of finding Eric Posey a lawyer, voter registration laws, and making a plea for funding.
White Christian Nationalist leaders, extreme property rights, dominionism, and Christian Nationalists speak in code.
X-rated books in libraries, reporting Candlelight Christian Fellowship to the IRS, advocating for allies.
What are white supremacy/white nationalism/Christian nationalism, anti-democracy groups, coalition building, Dave Reilly and Matt Shea.
Human Rights Education Institute promoting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the US Constitution, a complaint at a CDA #271 School District meeting regarding Laster's work with children in the district.
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Alicia Abbott posted on X that she was delighted because the Army Surplus store in Sandpoint was torched and its destruction made her feel safer. She also stereotyped the people who patronized the business as subversives “and their meeting place.”