American Family Association
The American Family Association (AFA) is a conservative, fundamentalist Christian non-profit organization founded in 1977 by Rev. Donald Wildmon. The AFA is headquartered in Tupelo, Mississippi.
, the AFA "represents and stands for traditional family values, focusing primarily on the influence of television and other media—including pornography—on our society."
The AFA has a long history of activism by organizing its members in boycotts and letter-writing campaigns aimed at promoting socially conservative values in the United States. As of March 2004, it is of Abercrombie & Fitch ("Use of softcore pornography in company catalogs"), Movie Gallery ("distributor of pornographic videos"), the Walt Disney Company ("Support for the pro-homosexual agenda through corporate practices"), and Kmart ("Sale of adult-rated music CDs").
In March of 2004, the AFA filed suit in an attempt to prevent the city of Seattle, Washington from recognizing same-sex marriages. (see Same-sex marriage in the United States).
