The U.S. Christian Right’s tactical alliance with President Trump is a model for conservative advocates of so-called “traditional values” across the world who are seeking to gain power and implement their agenda.

That was the message from American delegates at the latest gathering of the World Congress of Families (WCF) — a U.S. and Russian-led coalition of right-wing Christians who oppose same-sex marriage and abortion, which has been accused of exporting “hate” because of its overtly homophobic policies.

Trump “is not a fully-formed conservative,” said Alan Carlson, one of the organization’s American founders, acknowledging the U.S. president’s questionable status as a standard-bearer for the WCF’s ideals. But he said: “We have to take our allies where we find them.”

“We have to take our allies where we find them.” Alan Carlson, World Congress of Families