Culture War Plot Twist: Conservatives Are Actually Winning | Terry Schilling

About this episode

Terry Schilling discusses the conservative movement's success against transgenderism and the lessons learned from the fight for traditional marriage.

Poll after poll shows a growing majority of Americans are against transgender issues and policies, from men in women’s sports to men in women’s bathrooms. Some of these issues are now 80-20 issues. It’s a remarkable feat, and it also makes one wonder how the conservative movement has had such resounding success against transgenderism when it resoundingly lost a very similar battle, the battle to defend traditional marriage. Terry Schilling, the president of the American Principles Project, has been a driving force on combatting transgenderism all over the country. He’s one of the few people who really saw transgenderism coming, and he’s smart enough to have learned from the mistakes made in the fight to protect traditional marriage and apply those lessons to fighting transgenderism. “I think it's all federal at this point. The states are good for temporary victories that can help build momentum, but we need to get federal victories.” Follow us on Instagram for EXCLUSIVE bonus content and the chance to be featured in our episodes: https://www.instagram.com/problematicwomen/ Connect with our hosts on socials! Elise McCue X: https://x.com/intent/user?screen_name=EliseMcCue…

People in this episode

Hosts: Elise McCue, Virginia Allen

Guest: Terry Schilling

Topics covered

• transgender issues
• conservative movement
• traditional marriage
• federal victories
• cultural battles

Keywords

• transgenderism
• conservatives
• traditional marriage
• federal victories
• cultural issues

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Principles Project

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