American Vision

This article is about American Vision. For Vision America, see Vision America.

American Vision is a nonprofit organization in the United States, founded in 1978 by Steve Schiffman. A Christian ministry, it calls, according to its mission statement, for "equipping and empowering Christians to restore America’s biblical foundation." It is considered a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, due to its advocacy for the death penalty for gay people as part of its plan for implementing biblical law. Gary DeMar has been the organization's president since 1984.

The group has published over 175 books, DVDs, CDs, and MP3s, a daily newsletter and podcast, and is active in the creation science movement.

Advocacy

Demar has said that not all homosexuals would be executed under a “reconstructed government", but that he did believe that the occasional execution of “sodomites” would serve society well because “the law that requires the death penalty for homosexual acts effectively drives the perversion of homosexuality underground, back into the closet.” He also said a “long-term goal” should be “the execution of abortionists and their parents.” Islam is another enemy, he said in August 2010, “The long-term goal of Islam is the abolition of our constitutional freedoms.”

Controversy

The Southern Poverty Law Center declared the American Vision an anti-gay group. According to author Evelyn Schlatter, these groups have "continued to pump out demonizing propaganda aimed at homosexuals and other sexual minorities."

See also

• List of organizations designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as hate groups‎

External links

• American Vision official site