This organization has a broad agenda but works to defend a separationaist policy in the name of religious freedom. It has also taken the cases of several fundamentalist students who charge their religious rights were abridged by local schools.
Major work is litigation.
Formerly the National Federation for Decency, it concentrates primarily on fighting obscenity in the mass media and favors consumre boycotts against television programs and sponsors with sex, violence and profanity. Once an organization known for its opposition to Catholic power, AU has broadened into an ecumenical organization that undertakes litigation on behalf of church-state separation. Christian Coalition Formed out of Pat Robertson's 1988 presidential campaign, the organization emphasizes legislative lobbying and mobilizing conservative Christians. Opposes gays in the military, parental notification of abortions, government sex research, etc. Less engaged in politics, it has become active in the anti-gay rights movement and strongly opposes contemporary feminism.