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** {{wp/alt|Family Research Council}} founded 1981 by [[James Dobson]] | ** {{wp/alt|Family Research Council}} founded 1981 by [[James Dobson]] | ||
** {{wp/alt|Focus on the Family}} founded 1977 by [[James Dobson]] | ** {{wp/alt|Focus on the Family}} founded 1977 by [[James Dobson]] | ||
| + | ** {{wp/alt|Liberty Counsel}} provides free legal assistance in defense of "Christian religious liberty, the sanctity of human life, and the [[traditional family]]." | ||
** {{wp/alt|National Center for Law & Policy}} | ** {{wp/alt|National Center for Law & Policy}} | ||
** {{wp/alt|National Organization for Marriage}} | ** {{wp/alt|National Organization for Marriage}} | ||
Revision as of 22:41, 12 April 2013
Note
Eventually, US conservatism will be moved to Americonservatism, but I don't have time to update all the links right now -- so I'm saving that move for later. Also, maybe this should be /organizations or /advocacy instead of /think-tanks; some of these are lobbying orgs, some are think-tanks... need to get some clarity on what the different types are and how to distinguish between them.
List
Active
- American Enterprise Institute [W] (AEI)
- Americans for Prosperity [W] (AFP)
- American Legislative Exchange Council [W] (ALEC) SourceWatch
- Cato Institute -- more libertarian than Americonservative, although they were taken over by the Koch brothers in late 2012
- Heartland Institute -- focused on global warming denialism in the 2000s; prior to that, helped promote the idea that smoking is healthy
- Heritage Foundation -- predicted in 2001 that the Bush tax cuts would pay down the federal deficit by 2010; in 2011, Paul Ryan based his budget proposal on numbers they provided
- John Locke Foundation -- mainly operates in North Carolina; part of Art Pope's empire
- United States Chamber of Commerce [W] (USCC)
- pro-patriarchy:
- American Decency Association [W] (ADA) founded in 1999 by former elementary school teacher, Bill Johnson; formerly Michigan chapter of AFA
- American Family Association [W] (AFA) founded in 1977 by Donald Wildmon as the National Federation for Decency
- Center for Marriage Policy [1]
- Concerned Women for America [W]
- Eagle Forum [W] founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972; has close ties to Conservapedia
- Family Research Council [W] founded 1981 by James Dobson
- Focus on the Family [W] founded 1977 by James Dobson
- Liberty Counsel [W] provides free legal assistance in defense of "Christian religious liberty, the sanctity of human life, and the traditional family."
- National Center for Law & Policy [W]
- National Organization for Marriage [W]
Defunct
- Moral Majority [W] founded by Jerry Falwell in 1979 and dissolved in the late 1980s.
- Project for the New American Century [W] (PNAC): infamously called for a new Pearl Harbor prior to 9/11