Issues that it involves itself in are judicial nominations , church\/state separation , civil rights , voting rights for Washington , DC in the U.S. Congress and equal rights for lesbian , gay , bisexual , and transgendered ( LGBT ) people and promotion of civic participation .
PFAW has been active in recent years in battles over judicial nominations and on issues including school class size , and actively support such proposals as the separation of church and state , civil rights , voting rights for Washington , DC in the U.S. Congress and equal rights for lesbian , gay , bisexual , and transgendered ( LGBT ) people and promotion of civic participation .