Christian Coalition

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Christian Coalition of America
Founded	April 30th, 1987, by Rev. Pat Robertson
Headquarters	Redmond , Washington United States

The Christian Coalition is an American Political Interest Group that focuses on promoting and strengthening the Christian and family based values within American Legislation.
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History

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Founding

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Current objectives and activities

For the year of 2009 the Christian Coalition has stated the following Legislative Agenda:

1.Preventing Passage of the "Freedom of Choice Act"
_{The "Freedom of Choice Act" affects federal laws that concerning abortion. This act will losen abortion laws an issue that a familiy valued based organization such as the Christian Coalition would stongly opose.}

2.Oppose Liberal Judicail Nominees
_{The Coalition strongly believes that the Constitution is to be interpreted as the Founding Fathers inteded it to be. Introduction of Liberal judges will leave their idological foorprint on the constitution.}

3.Protect the Defense of Marraige Act
_{This act prevents same sex couples to be recognized at a federal level as married. The elimination of this act will also force states to recognize same sex marriage performed in states in which it is alteady legal.The Christian Coalition strongly believes in traditional Marriage between a Male and Female.}

4.Oppose any Re-introduction of the "Fairness Doctrine"
_{The "Fairness Doctrine" will force all Telivision and Radio stations to have equal liberal and conservative programing. This can have a profound effect on radio and Television stations that consider themselves conservative. This Doctrine can ultimatly make conservatives lose an outlet in the media.}

5.Oppose Expansion of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
_{The Cristian Coalition believes that Human Embruonic Stem Cell reaserch is inmoral, and that sufficient advancements in its reaserch have already been made. The coalition strongly believes that continuing reaserch or much worse expanding reaserch is inmoral and unnecesarry.}

6.Energy Independence and Reform
_{Due to the rise in prices in energy, an isssue that has sevearlly affected the economy, the coalition calls for energy independance. By encuraging new technologies that can be produced nationaly will eliminate the dependence on foreign energy. The coalition believes that like any good investment portafolio the country has to invest in several different forms of energy production.}

7.Defend the 2001 Tax Cuts
_{The Christian Coalition supported the 2001 Tax Cuts inrtoduced by President Bush. The Tax Cuts will expire in 2010 unless they are renewed. The coalition strongly believes that during these hard economic times these cuts are neccesary to help the economy.}

8.Oppose Nationalization of Health Care
_{The coalition believes that the nationalizing helath care will only creat another beurocracy within the nation.}

9.Protecting Religious Programming
_{The Christian Coalition would like to make politicians aware of religious program during a time when brocasting standards are being revised. This is an effort to prevent the loss of christian programs and channels.}

10.Prevent Discrimination on the Internet by Passing "Net Neutrality"
_{With the saturation of internet the industry that provides these services will soon divide services by "fast track" and "slow track". Internet web pages that will not be able to pay a fee will be considered "slow track" pages. In a rapid transforming technological world this would put certain pages in a competative disadvantage.}

11.Ending religious discrimination against Christians in the military
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