Gayle Ruzicka is president of Utah Eagle Forum, which supports state legislation to necessitate parental permission for student participation in school clubs.

Toby Jenkins is the executive director of Oklahomans for Equality, based in Tulsa, Okla. The organization seeks equal rights for the LGBT community.

Phil Burress is president of Citizens for Community Values, which has offices in Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio. Read the CCV report “The Legal Liability Associated with Homosexuality Education in Public Schools.”

Kent Ostrander is executive director of the Family Foundation of Kentucky, a non-profit educational organization that focuses on public policy issues that affect the family.

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.

Kristian M. Mineau, president of the Massachusetts Family Institute, has been collecting reports from parents concerned about homosexuality being taught in public schools.

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).

Linda Harvey of Columbus, Ohio, is founder and president of Mission:America, which opposes homosexuality and is concerned about its promotion in public schools.