Missouri Family Policy Council

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Missouri Family Policy Council
26-1215011 (EIN)
Key people
Joe Ortwerth, Director
BudgetRevenue: $135,785
Expenses: $116,333
(Tax year 2017) [1]
Website www.missourifamily.org

Missouri Family Policy Council (MFPC) is a Christian fundamentalist lobbying organization headquartered in suburban St. Louis. It is the Focus on the Family affiliate for Missouri. The affiliate has also gone by the names Family Policy Center [2] and Family Policy Alliance of Missouri. [3]

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MFPC describes itself as "dedicated to promoting Biblical principles in our government." [4] It advocates for laws against LGBT rights, restrictions on stripping, and lobbies on other matters of sexual morality.

Positions

Against LGBT rights

The organization opposes same-sex marriage, [5] calling the effort to legalize it a "drive to pervert the institution of marriage." [6] It participated in a 2014 lawsuit against gay couples trying to jointly file taxes in Missouri. [7]

Opposition to strip clubs

MFPC lobbied to pass legislation prohibiting nudity and alcohol in strip clubs in Missouri, resulting in among the strictest such laws in the United States. [8]

Opposition to abortion

MFPC is opposed to abortion. It sponsored laws to shut down Missouri abortion clinics using health and safety standards; the laws were ruled unconstitutional in District Court. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  2. ↑ Clarkson, Frederick (1999). "Takin' It to the States" (PDF). The Public Eye. Vol. XIII, no. 2/3. pp. 8–12. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  3. ↑ Shurr, Alisha (May 28, 2019). "From lawmaker to lobbyist, Joe Ortwerth retiring from public life in Missouri". The Missouri Times. Jefferson City, Missouri. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  4. ↑ Gurecki, Gary (January 30, 2014). "Association Profile: Missouri Family Policy Council". The Missouri Times. Jefferson City, Missouri. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  5. ↑ Salter, Jim (February 12, 2014). "ACLU to challenge state's gay marriage rules". St. Joseph News-Press. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  6. ↑ Ortwerth, Joe (June 28, 2011). "Pro-Family Leaders Decry NY Vote to Redefine Marriage". Jeff City Update. Jefferson City, Missouri. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  7. ↑ Blank, Chris (January 10, 2014). "Join tax returns for Missouri gay couples spur suit". St. Joseph News-Press. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  8. ↑ Lieb, David A. (November 16, 2011). "State court upholds strip club restrictions". The Springfield News-Leader. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Missouri pro-life law will increase scrutiny of abortion sellers". Family Policy Alliance. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
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