Traditional Values Coalition
American conservative Christian organization / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Traditional Values Coalition (TVC) was an American conservative Christian organization. It was founded in 1980 at Anaheim California by Rev. Louis P. Sheldon to oppose LGBT rights.[1] Sheldon's daughter, Andrea Sheldon Lafferty, was initially the executive director and presently (since 2011) serves as president.[2][3][4] TVC was influential in the 1980s and 1990s in lobbying for government policy based in Christian fundamentalism.[5][6][7][8][9]
Abbreviation | TVC |
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Founded | 1980 (44 years ago) (1980) |
Founder | Louis P. Sheldon |
Founded at |
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Type | nonprofit |
33-0055498 | |
Legal status | 501(c)(4) |
Purpose | public education and lobbying |
Headquarters |
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Area served | United States |
President | Andrea Sheldon Lafferty[lower-alpha 2] |
Revenue (2019) | $1,731,405[lower-alpha 1] |
Expenses (2019) | $1,492,868[lower-alpha 1] |
TVC was designated an anti-gay hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), citing TVC's use of "known falsehoods—claims about LGBT people that have been thoroughly discredited by scientific authorities—and repeated, groundless name-calling."[10]
The SPLC reported that the Traditional Values Coalition may have effectively ceased to function as of 2018.[1] It was still filing IRS forms as of 2019.[3][lower-alpha 1]