Groups that promote hatred and homophobia under the guise of "family values"

You can do a lot to change the way people think by educating them to the hateful agenda behind organizations that hide beneath the innocuous banner of "family values."

AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION (Head: Donald Wildmon)

Promotes the "agenda" through court actions; also targets media/entertainment industry. Concerns include homosexuality, pornography, profanity, "anti-Christian bigotry," liberal media. Influential on National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) funding and public school curricula censorship. 600,000 members, 640 local chapters.

CONCERNED WOMEN OF AMERICA (Head: Beverly LaHaye)

Anti-gay, anti-abortion, "pro-family" agenda via grassroots organizing and Congressional lobbying. Pressures elected officials via local groups ("prayer chains"). 600,000 members, 800 US chapters.

EAGLE FORUM (Head: Phyllis Schlafly)

A women's organization powerful in national and Republican party politics thanks to Phyllis Schlafly, founder. Mother of a gay man, she opposes AIDS education, sex education, daycare, family leave, abortion rights, the ERA, and NEA funding. 80,000 members.

FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL (Head: Gary Bauer)

Lobbies against G/L/B civil rights, reproductive freedom, government- funded health care, child care and equal protection laws for women in the workplace. Says lifting the military ban on gays will dramatically increase AIDS incidence. Not the same as Paul Cameron's Family Research Institute. Split from Focus on the Family in 1992.

FOCUS ON THE FAMILY (Head: James Dobson)

Employs almost 1,000. 1,550 radio stations worldwide. A leader in the passage of Colorado's Amendment 2 to disallow equal rights for G/L/B. Conducts seminars nationally to involve fundamentalists in political process.

TRADITIONAL VALUES COALITION (Head: Rev. Lou Sheldon)

Opposes gay rights, reproductive freedom, teaching evolution, and sex education except abstinence. Newest group is National Task Force for the Preservation of the Heterosexual Ethic in America. Active in DC, OR, and CA to outlaw civil rights protections for G/L/B people. Now organizing anti-gay ballot initiatives in California and elsewhere. Helped repeal G/L rights in Irvine and Concord, CA. Advocates AIDS quarantine. 25,000 Churches nationally.

FREE CONGRESS FOUNDATION (Head: Paul Weyrich)

A research/education organization. Formed National Empowerment Television (NET) to mobilize Right for grassroots lobbying. Hopes to expand to cable TV. Operates Judicial Selection Monitoring Project. Has four TV shows including two to target black conservatives and college campuses.

OPERATION RESCUE (Head: Randall Terry)

Nationally known for violent shut-downs of abortion clinics and vandalizing property, terrorizing women and health-care providers including stalking, harassment, and other intimidation tactics. Trains activists. Added gay rights to agenda when Clinton proposed to lift the military ban. 35,000+ members.

CHALCEDON (Head: Rousas John Rushdoony)

Principle center of the Christian Reconstruction Movement. Leader in establishing Christian legal organizations and a major think tank. Publisher, speakers bureau, and seminar presenter.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATORS/CITIZENS FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION (Head: Dr. Robert L. Simonds)

Goal is to bring public education under Christian control. Priority is disruption of public schools via attacks on curricula, text books, and school boards. 1,250 chapters.

In addition to those listed above, the Christian Coalition, the Oregon and Idaho Citizens Alliances, and Colorado for Family Values are all organizations that abuse the true meaning of family.

If you know of any others that P-FLAG should be concerned about, please send their names to P-FLAG, P.O. Box 96519, Washington, DC 20090-6519.