Battling for America’s Soul
by Bill Berkowitz / July 2nd, 2008

The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property leaps headlong into the showdown over same-sex marriage in California.

They’ve been around for more than 30 years; trace their roots to a Brazilian anti-communist dissident Catholic; wear colorful outfits during their protests on college campuses; and apparently have enough spare change to fund three 4,000+ word simultaneously-placed advertisements in three national dailies.

Of all the conservative organizations that will be getting involved in the same-sex marriage showdown in California, one of the least known is a Catholic outfit called the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property …

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