Eagle Forum
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Eagle Forum is an American conservative organisation founded in 1972 and led by Phyllis Schlafly. Primarily focused around social issues, it describes itself as pro-family, although opponents have described it as anti-feminist[1][2] and socially conservative.[3]
Eagle Forum reports to have a membership around 80,000.[4] It has two youth-oriented programmes: the "Teen Eagles" programme for children ages 12-17, and the "Eagle Forum Collegians" for conservative-minded college students. Eagle Forum maintains offices in Clayton, Missouri; Alton, Illinois; and Washington, D.C. Eagle Forum operates "Eagle Forum University", a "continuing education" programme that offers conservative-orientated online courses on various topics.
Conservapedia
Eagle Forum University courses make use of Conservapedia, a nascent wiki-based online encyclopedia founded in reaction to alleged liberal bias in Wikipedia.[5]. As of February, 2007, Conservapedia's Alexa traffic rank has surged to nearly 10,000 for a few days, far above its three month average of about 580,000.[6] Conservapedia main page states that Conservapedia is a much-needed alternative to Wikipedia, which is increasingly anti-Christian and anti-American. On Wikipedia, many of the dates are provided in the anti-Christian "C.E." instead of "A.D.", which Conservapedia uses. Christianity receives no credit for the great advances and discoveries it inspired, such as those of the Renaissance.
In pop culture
The webcomic Crap I Drew on My Lunch Break by Jin Wicked has a comic satirizing the situation.[7]