15 Tweets About the Horribly Antigay World Congress of Families Conference

Religious extremists meeting in Utah are discussing how LGBT people threaten the country's future and the world's.

The World Congress of Families is in the midst of its annual conference, which takes places every year in a different nation. The 2015 gathering is in the U.S., Salt Lake City to be exact. What is being discussed? There is no shortage of talk on how marriage equality and abortion rights will tear the world asunder, with thousands strategizing on how to roll back equality.

So, what is the WCF? This is how the Human Rights Campaign describes it:

"The World Congress of Families (WCF) is one of the most influential American organizations involved in the export of hate. Since 1997, WCF has held conferences and events around the world that foster homophobia and transphobia under the guise of protecting the 'natural family.' It is connected to some mainstream conservative organizations and to the very highest levels of government in the countries where it operates. Active across five continents, WCF’s activities range from holding conferences in Nigeria focused on denying rights to LGBT people to working to silence the Russian LGBT community."

Many LGBT activists here are furious the WCF is holding its conference in the U.S. (or anywhere) and that Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has welcomed the event to his state. Read the tweets below to see why.

Rev Cruz is going off on the nastiest transphobic rant I've heard in a long time. #HateinSaltLake #WCF9 — Samy Galvez (@sgalvezd) October 28, 2015

Meet The Anti-Gay Foundation Behind The Utah World Congress Of Families https://t.co/CPzcxtFt7r — #BoycottKoch (@GoodbyeKoch) October 28, 2015

"Do the next right thing" - @govsambrownback speaking to our attendees at the World Congress of Families #WCF9 pic.twitter.com/2rGo3nJAGB — The ACU (@ACUConservative) October 28, 2015

Utah governor defends his decision to speak at World Congress of Families--labeled ‘anti-gay hate group’ https://t.co/zuyD4vHfxt — SPLC (@splcenter) October 23, 2015

World Congress of Families presenting awards to proponents of harsh anti-gay laws in Nigeria, Jamaica, Russia https://t.co/Bi8lDnK1D4 — Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) October 20, 2015

Ted Cruz's dad, Rafael, joining global anti-gay World Congress of Families event in Utah http://t.co/vinoneVR4d — Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) October 14, 2015