Concerned Women for America - Definition and Overview

Concerned Women for America is a conservative Christian group that is active in politics in the United States. The group was founded in 1979 by Beverly LaHaye, and currently claims over 600,000 members. It counts as a member any individual who makes a donation to the group, no matter what amount. It attempts to advance its views on six key issues. In CWFA's own words (with explanations in parentheses), the issues are:

• The definition of family (working against same-sex marriage)
• The sanctity of life (working against abortion)
• Education (promoting creationism, abstinence education, and a perceived homosexual bias in public education)
• Pornography (fighting for stricter enforcement of obscenity law, and also against what they see as inappropriate content in culture generally)
• Religious liberty (fighting for increased rights to religious exercise in public settings)
• National Sovereignty (the belief that the United States should not submit to international organizations such as the UN, especially on feminist issues)

Concerned Women for America says of itself: "We are the nation's largest public policy women's organization with a rich 25-year history of helping our members across the country bring Biblical principles into all levels of public policy." [1] (http://www.cwfa.org/about.asp)

External links

• CWFA home page (http://www.cwfa.org)