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They were: Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, Christian Civic League of Maine, New Yorker's Family Research Foundation, Kansas Family Policy Council, Liberty Counsel, Texas Values, Center for Arizona Policy, Citizens for Community Values, Illinois Family Institute, Louisiana Family Forum, Wisconsin Family Action, American Values, American Family Research Council, Massachusetts Family Institute, New Jersey Family Policy Counci, Palmetto Family Alliance, Public Interest Institute, Family Policy Council of West Virginia, Florida Family Policy CouncilFourteen went to an answering machine:
They were: Center For Military Readiness, The Family Leader, American Family Association, Family Institute of Connecticut, Family Council, The Oak Initiative, Family Foundation of Virginia, New Hope Foundation, American Civil Rights Union, PFOX, Cornerstone Action, Alaska Family Action, Bott Radio Network's Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty
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They were: High Impact Leadership Coalition, Patriot Voices, Ohio Faith and Freedom Coalition, International Communion of Evangelical ChurchesTwo had no website:
They were: Psalm 103 Foundation, ReAL ActionOne had had their phone disconnected:
It was: Media Research Center (you might wanna get that figured out, guys)One had a website that was under construction:
It was: Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty CommissionWhich means that, out of the 42 organizations, less than half of them are large enough to have someone employed to answer their fucking phone. And, of those that did answer, almost none of them were willing to talk to me "on the record." Each time I asked a question, I'd either be referred to their website or put on hold while they checked what the acceptable answer was. Presumably because they know their arguments are so flimsy they can't be argued in real time.Obviously, if you can't get your shit together enough to have one person working for you who can answer your phone, you are in no position to lend authority to anything. I'm pretty sure you can't even call yourself an "organization." You have to be organized to qualify as an organization. And, if you have a staff of zero, that just makes you some dude with a website and an answering machine.Case in point: Here is a screencap of the website of the International Communion of Evangelical Churches, which is one of the 41 "organizations" listed in the ad:

