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Gary Bauer

Gary currently serves as senior vice president of Public Policy and Culture at JDFI, president of American Values, and chairman of Campaign for Working Families PAC. Previously, he served in the Reagan administration as Under Secretary of Education and Head of the Office of Policy Development. Gary became president of the Family Research Council, senior vice president of Focus on the Family, and was appointed by President Trump to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.

Content By Gary Bauer

Defending Faith, Family, and Freedom Podcast

Satan in the Heartland

The battle over faith and freedom rages on even in the American heartland. Find out why Kansas made a mistake allowing satanists to hate on Jesus on the grounds of their capitol.

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Broadcasts

Iggy and Mr. Kirk: How a Brand-New Children’s Television Series is Mirroring America’s Spiritual Comeback, Part 1

Gary Bauer welcomes actor Kirk Cameron to discuss Adventures with Iggy and Mr. Kirk, a new children's series where a lovable iguana learns biblical values through engaging adventures.

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Policy & Culture

Activist Judges’ Power Grab

District courts are the lowest on the federal judiciary ladder. But, despite their modest place in our system of government, the three district judges and other such activists have decided they have the right to stop President Trump from implementing the agenda he ran on in the 2024 election

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Policy & Culture

A Moment in the Oval Office

The group was asked to meet with the White House Faith Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, part of the White House complex.

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Defending Faith, Family, and Freedom Podcast

Praying with the President

Gary Bauer and other faith leaders go to the White House to talk policy and pray with President Trump.

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Policy & Culture

Parental Rights and the Supreme Court

As he and I agreed in our book Children at Risk (1992), the battle for the hearts and minds of our children will determine whether America survives as a free nation.

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Policy & Culture

Liberty University Under Legal Attack

Liberty University (in Lynchburg, Virginia) finds itself on the front lines again in the battle to preserve religious liberty. A federal judge has ruled against the university in a dispute with an employee who claims to have “transitioned” to a woman.

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Policy & Culture

Protecting Our Children

The transgender issue continues to stoke controversy across America. But increasingly, public opinion is moving solidly against radical trans ideology.

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Policy & Culture

Fighting Campus Antisemitism

Another wave of vicious hatred directed toward Jews has erupted at Columbia University and other schools in recent weeks. The country was shocked when the same thing happened in 2024. Several “Ivy League” school presidents lost their jobs that year for failing to take serious action to hold students responsible.

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Defending Faith, Family, and Freedom Podcast

Trump’s “State of the Union”

An analysis of President Trump’s historic address to Congress and how the reaction to it shows the real divide in America.

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