Family Action Council of Tennessee

Our Mission

Securing the blessings of liberty by advocating for God's design for the family.

Our Issues

A Cause for All Tennesseans

God-Given Marriage

God-Given Marriage is a new initiative that challenges the way Tennessee’s elected officials have applied the “right to marry” holding in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision to Tennessee’s marriage licensing statutes.

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God Law & Liberty

Rights and Morality

Outside of authority, we discuss the origin of rights. How do rights play into morality? And if we have a right, then by law, someone must also have a duty to secure or protect that right. Rights carry duties. We also talk about inalienable rights. The truth? We have no inalienable rights if there is an ability to alienate them. We'll let you ponder on that a moment while you dig in to this next episode of God, Law and Liberty.

Commentary

David's Latest Commentary:

Tennessee Pastors Put Same-Sex 'Marriage' in the Crosshairs of Free Speech

Nov 8, 2019 by David Fowler

Yesterday, an organization representing a number of Christian pastors and churches raised the stakes a bit higher in litigation pending before the Tennessee Court of Appeals over the constitutionality of actions urged by the Haslam administration bac...

In the News

David Featured on Bott's Mid-South View Point

FACT President David Fowler talks with Byron Tyler about the God-Given Marriage initiative on Bott Radio Network's Mid-South View Point at 2:00 p.m. on 89.1 FM and 1160 AM in Nashville today. The show can also be heard via podcast at the follo...

News Snapshot

Liberals Decry Trump Rule Over Adoption Agencies’ Religious Liberty

Ever since Trump announced a change to the adoption process last Friday on the first day of National Adoption Month, liberals have been claiming that the administration is making it harder for homosexual parents to adopt. But is that really true? ...

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November 08

Yesterday, an organization representing a number of Christian pastors and churches raised the stakes a bit higher in litigation pending before the Tennessee Court of Appeals over the constitutionality of actions urged by the Haslam administration bac...

November 06

FACT President David Fowler talks with Byron Tyler about the God-Given Marriage initiative on Bott Radio Network's Mid-South View Point at 2:00 p.m. on 89.1 FM and 1160 AM in Nashville. https://www.factennessee.org/news-views/in-the-news/david-featur...

October 28

Thank you so much, Family Policy Alliance, for sending word out about our God-Given Marriage initiative! #fact

October 26

Thanks Bev for your support and a great article about God-Given Marriage. Let's get this message across the state of Tennessee! #fact

October 25

This week the organization of which I am a part launched a new initiative, God-Given Marriage. Some will say the U.S. Supreme Court settled the “issue” of marriage in 2015 in the decision known as Obergefell v. Hodges. To the contrary, I believe ...

October 25

FACT President David Fowler will be talking about God-Given Marriage with Michael DelGiorno on SuperTalk 99.7 WTN at 10:05 a.m. Join us at http://www.997wtn.com/ #fact

Our Allies

FACT is pleased to associate with the following national organizations in the course of its work on behalf of families in Tennessee: Alliance Defending Freedom, Family Policy Alliance, Family Research Council, and Focus on the Family.