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May 27, 2025

Seattle Residents Protest Event by Anti-LGBTQ+, Far-Right Christian Group
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In Seattle, police deployed pepper spray and arrested at least 23 people
Saturday after residents came out to protest a right-wing Christian
event that locals dubbed "Fascist Family Values." The far-right
religious group Mayday USA has been on tour throughout the U.S.,
spreading transphobic and anti-LGBTQ messages through their mass public
prayer events. Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell condemned the fundamentalist
rally, which he said was "inherently opposed to our city's values, in
the heart of Seattle's most prominent LGBTQ+ neighborhood."


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