TUPELO, Miss. — American Family Association (AFA, www.AFA.net) is renewing its advocacy for free speech and sharing the Gospel following a recent survey showing a majority of Americans are now self-silencing because of deep fears about exercising their free speech rights for sharing personal religious and political views at work. The survey follows an appeal to the United States Supreme Court resulting from a benighted federal appeal ruling against a Christian mailman who requested to be off on Sundays.

The survey uncovered that three in five US employees said that even a respectful expression of “religious or political viewpoints would ‘likely or somewhat likely’ carry negative consequences at work.” AFA Executive Vice President Ed Vitagliano says Americans must get the message — speak now, or forever bemoan the loss of First Amendment rights.

“These survey results reveal the chilling effect of the soft totalitarianism being slowly imposed by the radical, secular left on our nation,” Vitagliano said. “When people are afraid of retaliation for merely speaking about their most cherished beliefs, we are no longer a free people. But that’s what the radicals have intended all along. Their hostility toward religious freedom and true free speech is actually rooted in a hatred for the Constitution itself — that bulwark against oppressive groupthink, centralized authority, and the all-powerful state.”

For over 40 years, AFA has operated within the mission to inform, equip, and activate individuals to strengthen the moral foundations of American culture and give aid to the church here and abroad in its task of fulfilling the Great Commission.  Founded in 1977, AFA has long been on the front lines of America’s culture war. Today, AFA is one of the largest and most effective pro-family organizations in the country, with nearly a million online supporters and approximately 110,000 subscribers to The Stand (formerly known as the AFA Journal), the ministry’s monthly magazine.  Find AFA Action Alerts here.  In addition, AFA owns and operates nearly 180 radio stations across the country under the American Family Radio banner. 

View the media page for AFA here. For more information on American Family Association, visit www.afa.net or follow AFA on Facebook or Twitter @AmericanFamAssc.       

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To interview an AFA spokesperson, contact [email protected], Beth Harrison, 610.584.1096, ext. 105, or Deborah Hamilton, ext. 102.  