Transnational, Conservative, Catholic, and Anti-Communist: Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP)

Abstract

On June 5, 2009, a two-page ad titled “Battling for America’s Soul, How Homosexual ‘Marriage’ Threatens Our Nation and Faith” appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post. The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) sponsored the ads in response to (and in support of) the Supreme Court of California’s ruling opposing gay marriage. Most Americans who looked at these ads might well have asked themselves, “What is TFP?”1 This chapter addresses that question and explores the history, beliefs, activities, and transnational practices and influences of TFP.