{"id":1609,"date":"2017-07-11T20:19:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T20:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/07\/11\/dnc-on-jeff-sessions-alliance-defending-freedom-speech\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:19:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:19:09","slug":"dnc-on-jeff-sessions-alliance-defending-freedom-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-jeff-sessions-alliance-defending-freedom-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC on Jeff Sessions\u2019 Alliance Defending Freedom Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

This evening, Attorney General Jeff Sessions will deliver a closed-door speech to the anti-LGBTQ Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). In response, DNC spokesperson Joel Kasnetz released this statement:<\/em><\/p>\n

“You can judge a person by the company they keep and tonight – Attorney General Jeff Sessions is choosing to spend his time speaking in front of one of the country’s leading anti-LGBTQ hate groups. The Alliance Defending Freedom actively<\/span> helped draft discriminatory legislation<\/a><\/span>, worked to preserve laws criminalizing same-sex relations<\/a><\/span>, and attacked the separation of church and state<\/a>. ADF has been previously designated<\/a> a hate group and Sessions’ appearance at this event, as the top law enforcement official in the country, brings in to question whether the attorney general intends to protect all Americans.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This evening, Attorney General Jeff Sessions will deliver a closed-door speech to the anti-LGBTQ Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). In response, DNC spokesperson Joel Kasnetz released this statement: “You can judge a person by the company they keep and tonight – Attorney General Jeff Sessions is choosing to spend his time speaking in front of one <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDNC on Jeff Sessions\u2019 Alliance Defending Freedom Speech - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-jeff-sessions-alliance-defending-freedom-speech\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-07-11T20:19:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:19:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-jeff-sessions-alliance-defending-freedom-speech\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-jeff-sessions-alliance-defending-freedom-speech\/\",\"name\":\"DNC on Jeff Sessions\u2019 Alliance Defending Freedom Speech - 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