Family Policy Alliance of Kansas is a conservative Christian

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group and the state affiliate of

Family Policy Alliance Family Policy Alliance (FPA), formerly CitizenLink and Focus on the Family Action, is an American conservative Christian organization that acts as the lobbying arm of Focus on the Family at the level of state government politics. It is an umbr ...

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. The affiliate was previously known as Kansas Family Research Institute.

Policies

President

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named a Kansas

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legislation to exclude

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individuals from restrooms which conform to their gender identity the organization's "number one policy priority" in 2017. Teetsel provided the Kansas legislature with a

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to "oppose all efforts to validate a transgender identity." The organization has also advocated against legal

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, and believes that business owners should be allowed to decline service to LGBT customers. Teetsel describes these policies as "an important way we demonstrate love for our neighbors."

References

{{reflist Religion in Kansas Politics of Kansas Organizations that oppose LGBT rights in the United States