[3][a] Evangelical preacher Lou Sheldon was the California executive director of Anita Bryant's 1977 anti-gay Save Our Children campaign.

[12] In 1984 TVC organized parents to oppose Project 10, a Los Angeles School District stay-in-school program for LGBT youth.

Sheldon complained that LGBT acceptance was "raising doubts in children's minds about religious prohibitions of homosexuality" and organized opposition to protecting Colorado school students from homophobic bullying.

Lamm moved away from California, to Nebraska, in 1988 because TVC was unsuccessful in opposing LGBT rights in Los Angeles Schools.

It did not provide formal position statements but outlined the traditional values it was fighting for as follows:[27][better source needed] The group then explained in paragraphs titled "Discrimination and Tolerance" and "Love and Hate" how it aimed to deal with accusations that its activities were based on hatred of those not following similar beliefs.

However, the TVC's stances against homosexuality and the LGBT rights movement were, comparatively, more confrontational than those of many groups with similar views.

There were a number of smaller groups that take a harder line, most notably Westboro Baptist Church, which the TVC criticized for many years,[28] likening it to a false flag operation.

[31] By comparison, Jerry Falwell stated in his later years, "Civil rights for all Americans...gay, straight, et cetera, is not a liberal or a conservative value.

"[32] The TVC suggested that homosexuals posed a threat of child molestation; claiming they "have long sought unrestricted access to children for recruitment purposes"[33] and are more willing than others on the right to use the word sodomy in reference to gay men.

[34][35][36] Historically, the group at one time called for "cities of refuge" to keep AIDS patients from infecting the general population.

Lafferty's response to a Gallup poll suggesting a tilt in public opinion towards gay rights was this: "Jesus didn't ask for a 'show of hands' at the Sermon on the Mount.

"[38] The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) enumerated false statements made by TVC, including the claim that gay people travel door-to-door to steal American children and transform them into homosexuals.

The Denver Post reported that the TVC paid the $13,000 travel bill for the trip organized by Abramoff's lobbying firm.