American Vision is a United States nonprofit organization founded in 1978 by Steve Schiffman.
American Vision trains parents, teachers, pastors and activists "in developing family-oriented biblical worldviews.
The group maintains that the First Amendment does not prohibit members of Congress from making laws that are in submission to the Bible.
"[7][8] In 2010, the Southern Poverty Law Center designated American Vision as an anti-gay hate group because of its purported support of the "death penalty for practicing homosexuals.
"[7][9] However, Joel McDurmon, the former president of American Vision, moved the organization away from this position, stating that "Biblical law has transferred First Table punishments from earthly civil governments to the throne of heaven", and that right now only the moral principles are still binding.