American Center for Law and Justice

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American Center for Law and Justice
(ACLJ)
founding 1990
founder Pat Robertson
Seat Washington, DC ( ⊙ coordinates: 38 ° 53 ′ 30.2 ″  N , 77 ° 0 ′ 11.8 ″  E )
purpose Protection of religious and constitutional freedoms
Chair Jay Sekulow , Jordan Sekulow
sales US $ 50,269,209 (total income 2014)
Website www.aclj.org

The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) is a US evangelical organization that represents, among other things, the right to life movement (anti-abortion).

The ACLJ was founded in 1990 by the evangelical television preacher Pat Robertson as an antipole to the American Civil Liberties Union to counteract religious intolerance towards Christians. The organization is based in Washington, DC. In 1992 Robertson appointed Jay Sekulow as director and chief attorney . Sekulov, who successfully led several trials before the United States Supreme Court and is considered an advocate of conservative interests, is credited with the United States' religious right .

The European Center for Law and Justice (ECLJ) was founded in 1998 by Jay Sekulow and Thomas Patrick Monaghan as the European arm of the ACLJ.

The ACLJ is one of a number of American Christian movements active in Africa to influence the passing of Conservative Christian law. Special emphasis will be placed on the criminalization of homosexuality, including a law on homosexuality in Uganda .

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  1. ↑ ACLJ Annual Report 2015
  2. ^ A b Randall Herbert Balmer: American Center for Law and Justice . In: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism . Baylor University Press, Waco 2004, ISBN 1-932792-04-X , pp. 19 (English, "... to counteract what he saw as" anti-Christian bigotry "in American society.").
  3. ^ American Center for Law and Justice. ACLJ, archived from the original on January 9, 2012 ; accessed on January 9, 2012 .
  4. ↑ a b Randall Herbert Balmer: Sekulow, Jay (1957 -) . In: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism . Baylor University Press, Waco 2004, ISBN 1-932792-04-X , pp. 615 (English).
  5. ^ European Center for Law and Justice. ECLJ, accessed November 17, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Kapya Kaoma: Major Christian Right Actors Seek to Criminalize Homosexuality in Africa. In: Political Research Associates. November 5, 2012, accessed October 6, 2015 .