The organization was founded by the Reverend [[Donald E. Wildmon]] in 1977 as the National Federation for Decency before changing its name in 1988, and has many umbrella groups that were formed that have different functions and reach different needs. Although they regularly prune their list of supports to only include active members, they still have over 2.5 million names.<ref>http://afa.net/ (current membership figure in upper right)</ref> During their last campaign to stop the [[Hate crime]]s legislation, 365,000 of their supporters responded by contacting their [[Congress]]men - a very high rate of response for organizations based upon values or political themes. | The organization was founded by the Reverend [[Donald E. Wildmon]] in 1977 as the National Federation for Decency before changing its name in 1988, and has many umbrella groups that were formed that have different functions and reach different needs. Although they regularly prune their list of supports to only include active members, they still have over 2.5 million names.<ref>http://afa.net/ (current membership figure in upper right)</ref> During their last campaign to stop the [[Hate crime]]s legislation, 365,000 of their supporters responded by contacting their [[Congress]]men - a very high rate of response for organizations based upon values or political themes. |