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- See also changes related to James Dobson, or pages that link to James Dobson or to this page or whose text contains "James Dobson".
Parent topics
- American conservatism [r]: A diverse mix of political ideologies that share support for market economics, some view of American exceptionalism and, generally, decentralization of government; differing views of individual liberties versus enforcement of morality; in opposition to liberalism, socialism and communism; factions include libertarianism, social conservatism, nativism (politics) and neoconservatism [e]
- Social conservatism [r]: A political ideology that holds to a belief in following cultural tradition and traditional, often religious morality. [e]
- Christian Right [r]: A number of contemporary right-wing political movements that are specifically Christian, which advocate socially conservative values in politics and the popular culture [e]
- Fundamentalism [r]: Form of religion that holds to scriptural inerrantism or similarly strict literalism. [e]
Subtopics
- Focus on the Family [r]: American Christian Right non-profit organization founded in 1977 by James Dobson; Gary Bauer resigned to run for the American Presidency; Partner ministry of Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview [e]
- 501(c)(3) [r]: In U.S. tax law, an organization that has been determined to be nonprofit and nonpolitical; contributions to it are tax-deductible; it can engage in research and education but not efforts to affect specific policy or legislation, often a delicate line. [e]
- Abstinence-only sex education [r]: Teaching that the best way to avoid unwanted pregnancies and sexually-transmitted diseases is by abstaining from sex before marriage. [e]
- Americans United for Separation of Church and State [r]: A group, often called Americans United (AU) for short, which, through education and legal action, works to maintain a strict separation between religion and government in the U.S. [e]
- Christian Right [r]: A number of contemporary right-wing political movements that are specifically Christian, which advocate socially conservative values in politics and the popular culture [e]
- Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Family Research Council [r]: A lobbying spinoff of Focus on the Family; Affiliate, Alliance Defense Fund [e]
- Gary Bauer [r]: American social conservative, heading the interest group, American Values; 2000 candidate for the Republican presidential nomination; board member of Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Christian Zionist on the board of Christians United For Israel [e]
- Homosexuality [r]: Sexual or romantic attraction to people of the same gender. [e]
- Interest group [r]: An organization that seeks to represent its members' interests, usually by seeking to influence political and/or public policy outcomes. [e]
- Michele Bachmann [r]: U.S. Representative (R-Minnesota), House Financial Services Committee; Republican Study Committee; 100% American Conservative Union rating, 2008; active in Tea Party Movement [e]
- Mike Huckabee [r]: Former Governor of Arkansas and conservative talk show host. [e]
- Restructuring of the U.S. political right [r]: A broad category of efforts to regain U.S. political dominance by various combinations of social, fiscal, and national security ideologies, generally seen as of the Right and possibly U.S. Republican Party, as opposed to the center-left position of the Barack Obama administration and the Democratic-controlled Congress [e]