My Kind Of Organizations

Inclusion in this section does not imply or assume that these organizations agree with my views. I've found that their goals and positions on issues are such that I support them - wholeheartedly.

SPLC The Southern Poverty Law Center

If you visit only one site from this list, this should be the one. Morris Dees and the Law Center have accomplished remarkable things in combating hatred and violence. Dees has been at the top of some hate lists and still he keeps going, having won lawsuits against the Klan and Tom Metzger. We would all be diminshed without Dees and his work.

ACLU The American Civil Liberties Union

Yeah, yeah, I know - they go around defending Communists (are there any around anymore?) and other unsavory elements and unpopular causes - they also defend you and me and our right to call the ACLU anything we want. I call them pretty valuable.

AI Amnesty International

If Pat Robertson and Pat Buchanan and their minions and cohorts have their way, AI will have ever-increasing reason to list the U. S. as a human rights violator of the first magnitude.

AU Americans United for Separation of Church and State

They've been around some fifty years, and in spite of what Pat Robertson and Pat Buchanan say, there always has been a wall between government and faith. May there always remain one.

IFAS The Institute for First Amendment Studies

An excellent resource for information on the Constitution, something we'd all do well to read and understand.

Know your Enemy

An excellent page for finding out about organizations and individuals who are apparently unwilling or unable to understand the United States Constitution and its precepts. The enemies listed here are my enemies too.

NARAL The National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League

Just what the name says. Unfortunately, the action has lately been too often defensive.

NCSE The National Center for Science Education

Check out their page. By now you should know that I'm never gonna support teaching "Creationism" or "Creation Science" (an oxymoron if I ever heard one) in public schools - not as science, anyway, because it's based on religious assumptions, not science.

NOW The National Organization for Women

In spite of popular misconceptions, NOW promotes human rights across the spectrum.

PEARL National Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty

Under the leadership of Executive Director Lisa Thurau-Gray, PEARL is a proactive and determined organization working to keep public schools free from sectarian influence. Of all the groups listed here, none are more worthy. I suggest you check out their home page and join. At least send 'em some money - they do the finest kind of work.

PFAW People for the American Way

This group would more accurately be called "People for the Way America Could and Should Be."

PP Planned Parenthood Federation of America

No, Margaret Sanger didn't go around forcing abortions on women, and she didn't call for the murder of "undesirables" in society under the guise of eugenics. She was instrumental in ending the brutal and repressive Comstock Laws, and demanded that women be given the right to information about and control of reproductive decisions.

PT Project Tocsin

Based in Sacramento, California, this organization does an excellent job of monitoring reactionary tactics and actions, and is a distinct pain in certain parts of the body politic of the religious right.

SIECUS The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States

An excellent resource for sex education material and resources that are accurate, current and non-judgmental.