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In , which CWA has expressed reservations about, Nance would be responsible for managing the State Department鈥檚 programs dealing with gender-based violence and promoting women鈥檚 and girls鈥� economic and educational achievements.

In a in opposition to the International Violence Against Women Act, CWA worried that the position would 鈥渆stablish powers under one person鈥檚 control that would supersede current and established policy-making and financial procedures.鈥� That concern doesn鈥檛 seem to bother them or Nance now.

Nance, originally a supporter of presidential candidate Ted Cruz, actively campaigned against Trump prior to his nomination. In an , she was not pleased about a remark then-candidate Trump had made on the campaign trail that women liked him because as president, he would protect them from terrorists. Nance鈥檚 response was, 鈥淲ho鈥檚 going to protect us from him?鈥�

Penny Nance, president of Concerned Women for America.

A staunch anti-choice activist, Nance was also displeased with remarks Trump had made at a recent town hall meeting, in which he said that should abortion become illegal, women should face some sort of punishment for undergoing the procedure. She said the comment was not helpful, and went on to say that 鈥淚鈥檓 appalled by what he said last week鈥� and if Trump were to become the nominee, conservative women would face a 鈥渉orrible choice鈥� on Election Day.

Clearly, she has made her peace with the current administration, and that social conservatives are enjoying 鈥渦nprecedented鈥� access to the White House. Nance currently sits on Trump鈥檚 Life Advisory Council and is, , 鈥渂lessed to frequent the White House in that role and others speaking as a modern day Esther to both the President, Vice-president and key staff as the voice of Christian conservative women of faith around this nation.鈥�

Nance has a long history as an anti-feminist activist in and out of politics; she was a for the anti-choice group Kids First Coalition (she was also the president of the group), served on Representative Pat Swindell鈥檚 (R-GA) staff and was president of Nance and Associates, a public policy and media-consulting firm.

Nance the Trump administration鈥檚 decision to rescind Title IX guidelines that attempted to ensure better school environments for trans students, suggesting that forcing students to be burdened through 鈥減olitical correctness鈥� while claiming that the guidelines forced cisgender female students to share bathrooms and locker rooms with biological boys.

In a , Nance wrote that former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, whom Trump had ridiculed as 鈥淢iss Piggy,鈥� deserved to be harassed by the presidential candidate because 鈥渟he was being paid to look perfect.鈥� Machado caught criticism when 鈥渟he couldn鈥檛 live up to the standard she had asked to be measured by,鈥� according to Nance.

CWA was founded in San Diego, California, in 1979 by the Christian Right activist and author Beverly LaHaye as an opposition to the National Organization for Women and the Equal Rights Amendment. LaHaye was also married to the late minister Tim LaHaye, author of the bestselling Left Behind fiction series, and a co-founder of the highly influential conservative and secretive Council for National Policy, of which .

Beverly LaHaye , as her bio claimed, to 鈥減romote Biblical values for women and families, first through prayer, then education and finally, by influencing our elected leaders and society.鈥�

In 1987, CWA re-located to Washington, D.C., where it would become more of presence in government. The group focuses on abortion, definition of the family, battling pornography, religious exemptions, national sovereignty and education. It has several state-level chapters and is often tapped for comment on those issues by media outlets.

Over the years, CWA has employed several hardline anti-LGBT activists, including , of the anti-LGBT hate group Americans for Truth about Homosexuality; , one of the drafters of the federal Defense of Marriage Act; and , formerly with the anti-LGBT hate group Liberty Counsel and now running the virulently anti-LGBT website barbwire.com.

LaHaye herself published a booklet titled The Hidden Homosexual Agenda in 1991 (still available on Amazon) in which she warned that accepting LGBT equality would bring an end to Judeo-Christian values and destroy the family, claiming LGBT people have a 鈥渃ompulsive desire for sexual fulfillment without lasting commitment鈥� and also claimed that LGBT people 鈥渞ecruit children.鈥�

More recently, , claiming that it 鈥渃reates new protections for homosexuals.鈥� In order to receive federal grants, CWA stated in 2012, 鈥渄omestic violence organizations have to agree to embrace the homosexual agenda,鈥� a conspiracy theory manufactured by the Christian Right in which they argue that LGBT people are going to destroy the family and society.

CWA has also as some kind of attempt to help build support for hate crimes legislation, which CWA opposes. A former senior fellow at CWA鈥檚 Beverly LaHaye Institute, Janice Shaw Crouse, LGBT people are prone to domestic violence, spreading disease and that their relationships don鈥檛 last long.

Rumors of Nance鈥檚 possible nomination have brought from many women鈥檚 rights and LGBT organizations, including CARE USA, Planned Parenthood, and the Human Rights Campaign. released a statement that said, in part, that:

Nance, who has a well-documented history of extreme and regressive positions on women鈥檚 rights, women鈥檚 health, and LGBT rights, is woefully unfit to serve as Ambassador-at Large for the Office of Global Women鈥檚 Issues at the Department of State.

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