‘Just disgraceful’: outcry as Heritage thinktank appoints far-right figure to key post
Scott Yenor, who has offered views on women, marriage and LGBTQ rights, helped to found secretive fraternal orderThe Heritage Foundation, an influential rightwing thinktank currently mired in controversy over its president’s apparent apology for extremism, has appointed as a director the founder...
<p>Scott Yenor, who has offered views on women, marriage and LGBTQ rights, helped to found secretive fraternal order</p><p>The Heritage Foundation, an influential rightwing thinktank <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/nov/20/nick-fuentes-tucker-carlson">currently mired in controversy</a> over its president’s apparent apology for extremism, has appointed as a director the founder of a secretive all-male network of Christian nationalist fraternal lodges.</p><p>Scott Yenor, appointed as <a href="https://www.heritage.org/staff/scott-yenor-phd">Heritage’s new director of the B Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies</a>, has also recently offered ultra-conservative opinions on women, marriage and LGBTQ rights in recent podcast appearances and speaking engagements.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/15/heritage-foundation-thinktank-scott-yenor">Continue reading...</a>
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