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==Foreign policy== | ==Foreign policy== | ||
He supported the [[George W. Bush Administration]] [[War on terror|War on Terror]], and is a [[Christian Zionist]]. He is a board member of the [[Foundation for Defense of Democracies]]. | He supported the [[George W. Bush Administration]] [[War on terror|War on Terror]], and is a [[Christian Zionist]]. He is a board member of the [[Foundation for Defense of Democracies]]. He was a cofounder of the [[Project for a New American Century]]. | ||
==Social policy== | ==Social policy== | ||
Bauer is strongly opposed to abortion, embryonic stem cell research, and [[cloning]]. He is an advocate of traditional marriage. | Bauer is strongly opposed to abortion, embryonic stem cell research, and [[cloning]]. He is an advocate of traditional marriage. | ||
Revision as of 18:11, 19 August 2009
Gary L. Bauer is head of American Values, a "...non-profit organization committed to uniting the American people around the vision of our Founding Fathers....conservative principles that are so fundamental to the survival of our nation and to bring support and ideas to policy makers and empower our elected officials to have the support they need to do what is right, noble and good."[1] a social conservative. He was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000, with an "unapologetically pro-family, pro-life message...Stressing the sanctity of life and traditional marriage, Bauer made family-friendly policies and combating judicial activism key platforms of his campaign." After the campaign, he formed American Values, advocating "federal marriage protection amendment and stressing the urgent need to rein in rogue judges."[2]
Foreign policy
He supported the George W. Bush Administration War on Terror, and is a Christian Zionist. He is a board member of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He was a cofounder of the Project for a New American Century.
Social policy
Bauer is strongly opposed to abortion, embryonic stem cell research, and cloning. He is an advocate of traditional marriage.
Campaign for Working Families
In 1996, Bauer launched the Campaign for Working Families, a political action committee dedicated to electing pro-family, pro-life conservatives to public office.
Family Research Council-Focus on the Family
After the Reagan Administration, in 1988, he became President of the Family Research Council, a public policy education center. It is affiliated with Focus on the Family, created by James Dobson.
Reagan Administration
He was Under Secretary of Education and Chief Domestic Policy Adviser in the Ronald Reagan administration, and chaired the working group that produced the report "The Family: Preserving America's Future.
Bauer is the author of Our Journey Home, published in October 1992; co-author of Children at Risk: The Battle for the Hearts and Minds of Our Kids written with Focus on the Family Chairman and Founder, Dr. James Dobson; author of Our Hopes, Our Dreams: A Vision for America, published in 1996, and Doing Things Right, published in 2001.
Education
In 1973, Bauer received his law degree from Georgetown Law School in Washington D.C.
- ↑ About American Values, American Values
- ↑ Gary Bauer, American Values