Is Not Pro-Family. Real family values advocates recognize that child rearing is difficult and that all families need support. The Religious Right's view is that only heterosexual, two-parent families are worthy of support. Single-parents are criticized, and gay parents are routinely vilified. Religious Right groups would deny gay people the right to adopt, even if that means children must languish in institutional care.
Some groups go so far as to support denying gays access to their own children.
In Virginia, several Religious Right organizations supported a court ruling denying a lesbian mother custody of her own child, for no other reason than her homosexuality. Real family values means realizing that people who think or live differently than you can be good parents too. The Religious Right has always been too immature and intolerant to recognize this. In the political sphere, Religious Right groups will do anything to win, including smear its opponents, distort their records, lie, and violate federal election laws. Real family values proponents struggle to teach their children ethical values, including those of fair play and honesty.