James Dobson

===Alliance Defending Freedom===
Six conservative Christian men, one of whom was Dobson, founded [[Alliance Defending Freedom]] in 1994.<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Hara |first=Mary Emily |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/law-firm-linked-anti-transgender-bathroom-bills-across-country-n741106 |title=This Law Firm Is Linked to Anti-Transgender Bathroom Bills Across the Country |date=April 8, 2017 |work=NBC |archive-date=August 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805060139/http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/law-firm-linked-anti-transgender-bathroom-bills-across-country-n741106 |url-status=live }}</ref> The group advocates for the [[criminalization of homosexuality]] in the US and abroad; it is among the most powerful opponents of LGBT legal rights.<ref>{{cite web |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |title=Alliance Defending Freedom |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/alliance-defending-freedom }}</ref> Dobson is a member of the [[Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood]]. He is a supporter of the [[Promise Keepers]] and a contributor to their 1994 book ''The Seven Promises of a Promise Keeper''.<ref name=Johnson1998>{{cite journal |first=Eithne |last=Johnson |title=Dr. Dobson's Advice to Christian Women: The Story of Strategic Motherhood |journal=Social Text |year=1998 |number=57 |pages=55–82 |doi=10.2307/466881 |jstor=466881 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/466881 }}</ref>