Difference between revisions of "American Family Association"
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| − | The '''American Family Association''' is right-wing Christian and "pro-family"<ref name=about>AFA, [http://www.afa.net/Detail.aspx?id=31 "About AFA"], AFA website, accessed on 19 October 2010</ref> lobbying organization and non-profit 501(c3) that targets media outlets as well as other corporate and non-business oriented organizations and institutions that it considers "objectionable"<ref name=about>AFA, [http://www.afa.net/Detail.aspx?id=31 "About AFA"], AFA website, accessed on 19 October 2010</ref> based its characterization of Christian values. The AFA operates through its monthly magazine, news and activist websites and "nearly 200 radio stations"ref name=about>AFA, [http://www.afa.net/Detail.aspx?id=31 "About AFA"], AFA website, accessed on 19 October 2010</ref> it owns in the US under the American Family Radio banner. | + | The '''American Family Association''' is right-wing Christian and "pro-family"<ref name=about>AFA, [http://www.afa.net/Detail.aspx?id=31 "About AFA"], AFA website, accessed on 19 October 2010</ref> lobbying organization and non-profit 501(c3) that targets media outlets as well as other corporate and non-business oriented organizations and institutions that it considers "objectionable"<ref name=about>AFA, [http://www.afa.net/Detail.aspx?id=31 "About AFA"], AFA website, accessed on 19 October 2010</ref> based its characterization of Christian values. The AFA operates through its monthly magazine, news and activist websites and "nearly 200 radio stations"<ref name=about>AFA, [http://www.afa.net/Detail.aspx?id=31 "About AFA"], AFA website, accessed on 19 October 2010</ref> it owns in the US under the American Family Radio banner. |
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| + | According to its official website the AFA "exists to motivate and equip individuals to restore American culture to its moral foundations."<ref name=about>AFA, [http://www.afa.net/Detail.aspx?id=31 "About AFA"], AFA website, accessed on 19 October 2010</ref> Its specific mission goals include preserving the "conjugal union of a husband and wife" and the traditional american family unit, and lobbies against homosexuality, abortion, euthanasia and pornography. | ||
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Revision as of 15:55, 19 October 2010
The American Family Association is right-wing Christian and "pro-family"[1] lobbying organization and non-profit 501(c3) that targets media outlets as well as other corporate and non-business oriented organizations and institutions that it considers "objectionable"[1] based its characterization of Christian values. The AFA operates through its monthly magazine, news and activist websites and "nearly 200 radio stations"[1] it owns in the US under the American Family Radio banner.
Mission
According to its official website the AFA "exists to motivate and equip individuals to restore American culture to its moral foundations."[1] Its specific mission goals include preserving the "conjugal union of a husband and wife" and the traditional american family unit, and lobbies against homosexuality, abortion, euthanasia and pornography.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 AFA, "About AFA", AFA website, accessed on 19 October 2010
