People For the American Way (PFAW)
People For the American Way and its affiliated PFAW Foundation educate,
energize, and equip Americans to build a country that more fully reflects the
values of freedom, fairness, and opportunity in a diverse democratic society.
PFAW was founded in 1981 by Norman Lear, the late Congresswoman Barbara
Jordan, and a group of business, civic, religious, and civil rights leaders, who
were disturbed by the divisive rhetoric of newly politicized televangelists. Lear
produced a TV spot featuring a forklift operator saying "I have a problem" with
preachers telling people they're good or bad Christians based on their political
views, concluding with "That's not the American way." The ad sparked an
outpouring of support and the founding of a national organization.
Now 30 years old, PFAW and PFAW Foundation continue to defend the fundamental
values laid out in the U.S. Constitution, support judicial nominees who will defend equality for all people under the law, and nurture a new generation of young leaders fighting for the American Way.
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