In the late 1980s, FRC officially became a division of Dobson's main organization, Focus on the Family however, after an administrative separation, FRC became an independent entity in 1992. įRC was formed in the United States in 1981 by James Dobson and incorporated in 1983. The FRC has been criticized by media sources and professional organizations such as the American Sociological Association for using 'anti-gay pseudoscience' to falsely conflate homosexuality and pedophilia, and falsely to claim that the children of same-sex parents suffer from more mental health problems.
It opposes and lobbies against: access to pornography, embryonic stem-cell research, abortion, divorce, and LGBT rights (such as anti-discrimination laws, same-sex marriage, same-sex civil unions, and LGBT adoption). FRC promotes what it considers to be family values. Family Research Council ( FRC) is an American evangelical activist group and think-tank with an affiliated lobbying organization.