Palmetto Family Council is a nonprofit public policy organization focused upon imposing conservative Christian ideas in South Carolina state law, especially concerning sexual morality.
Palmetto Family Council president Oran Smith authored South Carolina Amendment 1, a 2006 state constitutional ban of same-sex marriage.
[8] Henry McMaster led Palmetto Family Council's campaign to persuade voters to prohibit gay marriage while he was Attorney General of South Carolina.
[11] Clemson University coach Dabo Swinney was criticized by gay rights groups for planning to receive an award from Palmetto Family Council in 2015.
[6] After which he declined to receive the award and the Palmetto Family Council defended itself from allegations it is a hate group for supporting bigotry and homophobia.