Family Policy Alliance

Family Policy Alliance (FPA), formerly CitizenLink and Focus on the Family Action,[3] is an American conservative Christian organization that functions as a lobbying arm of Focus on the Family. In particular, it is focused on lobbying at the level of state government politics via an "alliance" of state organizations known as Family Policy Councils.[4]

Family Policy Alliance
Founded2004 (2004)
FounderJames Dobson
20-0960855 (EIN)
Location
Key people
Paul Weber (CEO)[1]
Revenue (2017)
$1,891,477[2]
Websitefamilypolicyalliance.com
Formerly called
CitizenLink

The stated mission of Family Policy Alliance is "to advance biblical citizenship, equip and elect statesmen, promote policy and serve an effective alliance, all committed to a common vision".[2] The organization opposes and advocates against same-sex marriage,[5] transgender rights,[6] legal abortion, sexual consent education,[7] marijuana decriminalization,[8] and the Equal Rights Amendment. FPA supports Reaganomics[9] and traditional gender roles.[5]

As an organization with 501(c)(4) tax status, FPA faces fewer political lobbying restrictions than its affiliate, Focus on the Family. FPA lobbying includes "rigorous training by experienced Christian legislative leaders" for politicians who align with the organization's conservative priorities. The organization maintains a 501(c)(3) called Family Policy Foundation.

History

Family Policy Alliance has operated since 2004. It shares Focus on the Family's Colorado Springs headquarters building.

Partnership with Women's Liberation Front

In 2017, FPA filed an amicus brief jointly with Women's Liberation Front, a trans-exclusionary radical feminist organization, to the US Supreme Court. The brief, in opposition to a lower court ruling for a transgender student, stated "pro-family Christians and radical feminists may not agree about much, but they agree that redefining "sex" to mean "gender identity" is a truly fundamental shift in American law and society." [10] The head of FPA Kansas called this partnership "co-belligerence with strange bedfellows."[11]

State allies

Family Policy Alliance maintains associations with state-based family policy councils in 40 US states.[12] Each of these partners lobbies for conservative policy at the state government level. Allies include:

See also

References
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  2. "GuideStar Charity Check". GuideStar. Candid. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  3. Draper, Electra (May 19, 2010). "Focus on the Family rebrands political arm as CitizenLink". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  4. "About Us". Family Policy Alliance. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  5. Brenneman, Todd (2014). Homespun Gospel: The Triumph of Sentimentality in Contemporary American Evangelicalism. Oxford University Press. p. 135-136. ISBN 978-0199988983.
  6. Hanna, John (June 24, 2019). "Kansas to allow trans residents to change birth certificates". AP News. Associated Press. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  7. Staver, Anna (February 27, 2019). "Colorado sex education bill: Separating fact from fiction". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  8. Robinson, Carin (2018). "Colorado: Hiking in Rocky Terrain". God at the Grassroots 2016. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 117. ISBN 978-1538108925.
  9. Stephens, Hilde Løvdal (2015). "Money Matters and Family Matters". Religion and the Marketplace in the United States. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 102. ISBN 0199361800.
  10. Bookbinder, David Brief of amici curiae.
  11. Herbert, Danedri (April 21, 2017). "Eric Teetsel, Family Policy Alliance of KS Prez, Answers Sentinel's 20 Questions". The Sentinel. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  12. Bunch, Joey (October 29, 2016). "Religious right political giving is unusually quiet in Colorado this year". The Gazette. Colorado Springs. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
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