FairMormon, a nonprofit organization founded by defenders of the faith, holds a conference each year featuring presentations by top experts in Mormonism and focused on a range of issues facing the LDS.

Joseph Nicolosi is founder and former president of the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality, based in Encino, Calif. His books include, as co-author with wife Linda Ames Nicolosi, A Parent’s Guide to Preventing Homosexuality (Intervarsity Press, 2002).

Mark Yarhouse is a psychology professor at Regent University, an evangelical Christian school in Virginia Beach, Va., where he is the director of the Institute for the Study of Sexual Identity. He has written widely about same-sex attraction and church counseling, including “ex-gay” ministries, and about transgender identity. He is currently involved in a study of pastors […]

MassResistance (formerly Article 8 Alliance and Parents’ Rights Coalition) opposes same-sex marriage and is concerned about teaching about and promotion of homosexuality in public schools. The organization is based in Waltham, Mass.

Judith A. Reisman is president of the Institute for Media Education, based in Scottsdale, Ariz., and is critical of Alfred Kinsey’s research on sexuality, including its influence on school sex education.

Monica Rodriguez is president and CEO of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, based in New York City.

Randy Thomasson is founder and president of SaveCalifornia.com, formerly titled Campaign for Children and Families. It is an extremely anti-gay group.

Rick Scarborough is founder and head of Vision America, based in Lufkin, Texas, which encourages pastors and congregations to promote Judeo-Christian values in local, state and national issues. He favors overturning tolerance policies in public schools that require acceptance and protection of gays and lesbians. He wrote Liberalism Kills Kids (21st Century Press, 2006).