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The '''Family Research Council (FRC)''' was founded in 1981 by [[Focus on the Family]] chairman Dr. James Dobson. It is a [[homophobic]] [[right wing]] [[fundamentalist]] [[Christian]] advocacy group. It is considered a hate group by the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]]
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The '''Family Research Council (FRC)''' was founded in 1981 by [[Focus on the Family]] chairman Dr. [[James Dobson]]. It is a [[homophobic]] [[right wing]] [[fundamentalist]] [[Christian]] advocacy group. It is considered a hate group by the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]]
  
 
The concept of the FRC originated during the 1980 '''White House Conference on Families''', which was actually a series of seven conferences held around the country.  Originally, the Conference was intended to examine the strengths and weaknesses of all family units, but during the committee formation process, conservatives were able to block the nominations of most moderates from the Conference.<ref>Brozan, Nadine.  "White House Conference on the Family: A Schism Develops; The 'Moderate' Grouping 'Advocacy' Is Disavowed," ''New York Times'', 7 January 1980.  (The Conference convened in June, 1980.)</ref>  As a result, the Conference focused on the strengths of "traditional" family units (married husband and wife with kids) and the weaknesses of "non-traditional" family units (single parents, unmarried parents, [[gay]] parents).
 
The concept of the FRC originated during the 1980 '''White House Conference on Families''', which was actually a series of seven conferences held around the country.  Originally, the Conference was intended to examine the strengths and weaknesses of all family units, but during the committee formation process, conservatives were able to block the nominations of most moderates from the Conference.<ref>Brozan, Nadine.  "White House Conference on the Family: A Schism Develops; The 'Moderate' Grouping 'Advocacy' Is Disavowed," ''New York Times'', 7 January 1980.  (The Conference convened in June, 1980.)</ref>  As a result, the Conference focused on the strengths of "traditional" family units (married husband and wife with kids) and the weaknesses of "non-traditional" family units (single parents, unmarried parents, [[gay]] parents).
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The Family Research Council is headquartered in [[Washington, DC]].
 
The Family Research Council is headquartered in [[Washington, DC]].
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==See also==
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*[[Focus on the Family]]
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*[[Family Research Institute]]
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
 
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*{{wpa|Family Research Council}}
 
*[http://downloads.frc.org/EF/EF10F01.pdf Top Ten Myth About Homosexuality]
 
*[http://downloads.frc.org/EF/EF10F01.pdf Top Ten Myth About Homosexuality]
 
==See Also==
 
*[[Family Research Institute]]
 
*{{wpa|Family Research Council}}
 
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 14:19, 9 November 2010

The Family Research Council (FRC) was founded in 1981 by Focus on the Family chairman Dr. James Dobson. It is a homophobic right wing fundamentalist Christian advocacy group. It is considered a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center

The concept of the FRC originated during the 1980 White House Conference on Families, which was actually a series of seven conferences held around the country. Originally, the Conference was intended to examine the strengths and weaknesses of all family units, but during the committee formation process, conservatives were able to block the nominations of most moderates from the Conference.[1] As a result, the Conference focused on the strengths of "traditional" family units (married husband and wife with kids) and the weaknesses of "non-traditional" family units (single parents, unmarried parents, gay parents).

Dobson was one of the committee members. He organized the FRC shortly after the election of Ronald Reagan. In 1983 he incorporated the FRC as a non-profit corporation along with notable chickenhawk Gary Bauer and psychiatrists Dr. George Rekers of the University of South Carolina and Dr. Armand Nicholi jr. of Harvard University. Bauer secured early funding from Edgar Prince, father of Blackwater founder Erik Prince.

Among the FRC's bugaboos are:

The Family Research Council is headquartered in Washington, DC.

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. Brozan, Nadine. "White House Conference on the Family: A Schism Develops; The 'Moderate' Grouping 'Advocacy' Is Disavowed," New York Times, 7 January 1980. (The Conference convened in June, 1980.)
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