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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.
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{{fmt/title|conservatist organizations in the United States}}
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==Technical Note==
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''Eventually, there will be a database of organizations which can be queried by various attributes: [[political ideology]], type of org ([[think tank]], etc.)... need to get some clarity on what the different types are and how to distinguish between them.''
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==Related==
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* [[think-tanks]]
 
==List==
 
==List==
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* [[American Enterprise Institute]]
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===Active===
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* [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] (ALEC) {{sourcewatch|American Legislative Exchange Council}}
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* {{wp/alt|American Action Network}} [http://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/detail.php?cmte=American+Action+Network&cycle=2012 OpenSecrets]
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* {{wp/alt|Americans Against Hate}} ([[Joe Kaufman]]) (article is deleted in Wikipedia as of 2013-11-11)
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* {{wp/alt|American Enterprise Institute}} (AEI)
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* {{wp/alt|Americans for Prosperity}} (AFP)
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* {{wp/alt|Americans for Tax Reform}} founded 1985 by [[Grover Norquist]]
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* {{wp/alt|American Legislative Exchange Council}} (ALEC) {{sourcewatch|American Legislative Exchange Council}}
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* {{wp/alt|Atlas Shrugs}} is {{wp/alt|Pam Geller}}'s blog, not an organization as such
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* {{wp/alt|Becket Fund for Religious Liberty}} "a non-profit, public interest law firm defending the freedom of religion of people of all faiths."
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* {{wp/alt|Bill of Rights Institute}} - a [[Koch brothers]] project
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* {{wp/alt|Bradley Foundation}}[http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/17273-a-gop-funder-thats-bigger-and-darker-than-the-koch-brothers] - foundation, founded 1942
 
* [[Cato Institute]] -- more [[libertarian]] than Americonservative, although they were taken over by the [[Koch brothers]] in late 2012
 
* [[Cato Institute]] -- more [[libertarian]] than Americonservative, although they were taken over by the [[Koch brothers]] in late 2012
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* ''[[Capitol Hill Daily]]'' [http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/05/10/obama-wrecked-the-stock-market/]
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* [[Century Strategies]] founded in 1997 by [[Ralph Reed]] (Ralph E. Reed Jr.); provides campaign consulting for [[US Republican|Republican]] candidates
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* [[Citizens United]] ([[wikipedia:Citizens United (organization)|W]]) founded 1988
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* {{wp/alt|Club for Growth}}
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* {{wp/alt|Competitive Enterprise Institute}} (CEI)
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* [[Constitutional Rights PAC]] (Larry Ward)
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* [[Declaration Alliance]] or [[Declaration Foundation]] ({{wp/alt|Alan Keyes}})
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* {{wp/alt|Fraser Institute}}:  Canadian right-libertarian think tank
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* {{wp/alt|Ethics and Public Policy Center}} (EPPC): [[social dysconservatism]], "Judeo-Christian" values
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* [[Free Enterprise Fund]] (FEF)
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* [[Foundation for Individual Rights in Education]] (FIRE)
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* [[Gear Up Foundation]] (Vincent Forras)
 
* [[Heartland Institute]] -- focused on [[global warming denialism]] in the 2000s; prior to that, helped promote the idea that smoking is healthy
 
* [[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
 
* [[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
 
* [[John Locke Foundation]] -- mainly operates in [[North Carolina]]; part of [[Art Pope]]'s empire
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* [[US Chamber of Commerce]]
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* {{wp/alt|Manhattan Institute for Policy Research}}: libertarian think-tank established 1981 as the International Center for Economic Policy Studies by [[Antony Fisher]] and [[William J. Casey]].
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* {{wp/alt|National Center for Public Policy Research}}
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* {{wp/alt|Pacific Research Institute}} California-based free-market think tank founded in 1979 to promote "the principles of individual freedom and [[personal responsibility]]" through policies that emphasize a free economy, private initiative, and limited government.
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* {{wp/alt|Progress for America}}
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* {{wp/alt|Sons of Liberty}} ({{wp/alt|Bradlee Dean}}): not sure if this is a real organization or just a reference to the historical one
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* {{wp/alt|United States Chamber of Commerce}} (USCC)
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* {{wp/alt|Western Journalism Center}} (aka Western Center for Journalism) (Floyd Brown; founded in 1991 by Joseph Farah and James H. Smith)
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* {{wp/alt|WorldNetDaily}} (founded in May 1997 by [[Joseph Farah]])
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* '''pro-[[patriarchy]]''':
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** {{wp/alt|Alliance Defending Freedom}} (formerly Alliance Defense Fund): legal defense group, founded 1994 by [[Bill Bright]] (founder, [[Cru]]), [[Larry Burkett]] (co-founder, [[Crown Financial Ministries]]), [[James Dobson]] (founder, [[Focus on the Family]]), [[D. James Kennedy]] (founder, [[Coral Ridge Ministries]]), [[Marlin Maddoux]] (president, [[International Christian Media]]), and [[Donald Wildmon]] (founder, [[American Family Association]])
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** {{wp/alt|American Decency Association}} (ADA)  founded in 1999 by former elementary school teacher Bill Johnson; formerly Michigan chapter of AFA
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** {{wp/alt|American Family Association}} (AFA) founded in 1977 by [[Donald Wildmon]] as the [[National Federation for Decency]]
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** {{wp/alt|Bob Jones University}}
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** [[Center for Marriage Policy]] [http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/04/03/wingnut-defines-feminist-marriage/] [http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/center-marriage-policy-blames-shootings-no-fault-divorce]
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** {{wp/alt|Cru}} (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ) founded 1951 by [[Bill Bright]]
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** {{wp/alt|Christian Coalition of America}} founded 1989 by [[Pat Robertson]]
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** {{wp/alt|Concerned Women for America}}
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** {{wp/alt|Coral Ridge Ministries}} founded 1960 by [[D. James Kennedy]]
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** {{wp/alt|Crown Financial Ministries}} formed by 2000 merger of Christian Financial Concepts (founded 1976 by [[Larry Burkett]]) and Crown Ministries (founded 1985 by [[Howard Dayton]]).
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** {{wp/alt|Eagle Forum}} founded by [[Phyllis Schlafly]] in 1972; has close ties to [[Conservapedia]]
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** {{wp/alt|Faith and Freedom Coalition}} founded 2009 by [[Ralph Reed]]
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** {{wp/alt|Family Research Council}} founded 1981 by [[James Dobson]]
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** {{wp/alt|Focus on the Family}} founded 1977 by [[James Dobson]]
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** [[International Christian Media]] founded by [[Marlin Maddoux]] [http://www.wnd.com/2004/03/23586/]
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** {{wp/alt|Liberty Counsel}} provides free legal assistance in defense of "Christian religious liberty, the sanctity of human life, and the [[traditional family]]."
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** {{wp/alt|Liberty Institute}} founded 1971 as "Free Market Counsel". "a third tier religious right legal group at best" - [http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/05/10/third-rate-christian-right-legal-group-sees-signs/ Ed Brayton]
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** {{wp/alt|Liberty University}}
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** {{wp/alt|Mission: America}}
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** {{wp/alt|National Center for Law & Policy}}
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** {{wp/alt|National Organization for Marriage}}
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** [[Ruth Institute]] ([http://www.ruthinstitute.org/ site] [http://www.ruthblog.org blog]): a [[National Organization for Marriage|NOM]] project
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** {{wp/alt|Traditional Values Coalition}} founded 1984; designated an anti-gay hate group by the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] for spreading false information
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===Defunct===
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* {{wp/alt|Moral Majority}} founded by [[Jerry Falwell]] in 1979 and dissolved in the late 1980s.
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* {{wp/alt|Project for the New American Century}} (PNAC): infamously called for a [[new Pearl Harbor]] prior to [[9/11]]
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===to merge===
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* [[Conservapedia]]: "pro-American, pro-Christian" alternative to Wikipedia
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* [http://www.freerepublic.com/ Free Republic]
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* [http://www.heritage.org/ The Heritage Foundation]
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* [http://www.johnlocke.org/ John Locke Foundation] (North Carolina)
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** Interestingly, the writings of {{wpalt|John Locke}} himself "had an enormous influence on the development of liberalism", notably the idea of "religious toleration", according to {{wikipedia|Contributions_to_liberal_theory#From_Locke_to_Mill}}
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* [http://patriotpost.us/ Patriot Post] "The Conservative Journal of Record"
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* [http://www.amconmag.com/ American Conservative]: skeptical Conservatism
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* [http://redstate.com/ Redstate]: "conservative news and community"
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* [http://www.sovereigntycolorado.com/ Sovereignty Colorado] "The State and Nation are under incredible pressure to continue on the path to communist socialist rule..."
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* explicitly '''Christian''' conservatist:
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** [http://www.bju.edu/ Bob Jones University] (Greenville, SC)
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** [http://www.cofcc.org/ Council of Conservative Citizens] (MO) ({{wikipedia|Council of Conservative Citizens}})
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** [[Liberty University]]  - e.g. [http://www.liberty.edu/studentaffairs/index.cfm?PID=7764 Dress Code for Women]
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** {{l/wp|American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property}}
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** [http://patriarchy.org/ Patriarchy.org] (VA): "addressing the issues and legalism of patriarchy with the liberating truth of [[Jesus Christ]]"; apparently started in reaction against an excessively conservative/legalistic "patriarchy movement"
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===Parody===
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* [http://www.landoverbaptist.org/ Landover Baptist Church] "Where the Worthwhile Worship"
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* [http://www.bettybowers.com/ Betty Bowers] "America's Best Christian"

Latest revision as of 22:46, 4 December 2022

conservatist organizations in the United States

Technical Note

Eventually, there will be a database of organizations which can be queried by various attributes: political ideology, type of org (think tank, etc.)... need to get some clarity on what the different types are and how to distinguish between them.

Related

List

Active

Defunct

to merge

Parody

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