Louis P. Sheldon is an American Presbyterian pastor and chairman of the social conservative organization, the Traditional Values Coalition

Traditional Values Coalition

The Traditional Values Coalition is a conservative Christian organization that represents, by its estimate, over 43,000 Christian churches throughout the United States of America...

. He primarily speaks and writes about social issues such as abortion

Abortion

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, religious liberty, and public acceptance of homosexuality

Homosexuality

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 and same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriage in the United States

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.

Sheldon was born and raised in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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, the son of a Jewish mother and a Protestant father. He earned a B.S. in History from Michigan State University

Michigan State University

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 in 1957 and a M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary

Princeton Theological Seminary

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 in 1960. Sheldon founded the Traditional Values Coalition

Traditional Values Coalition

The Traditional Values Coalition is a conservative Christian organization that represents, by its estimate, over 43,000 Christian churches throughout the United States of America...

 in 1980 as a non-denominational, grassroots church lobby. The Southern Poverty Law Center

Southern Poverty Law Center

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 lists TVC as a hate group

Hate group

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. http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/ideology/anti-gay/active_hate_groups

He has appeared as a guest commentator on the Fox News Channel

Fox News Channel

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, on programs such as Cavuto on Business

Cavuto on Business

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, Hannity & Colmes

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, and The O'Reilly Factor

The O'Reilly Factor

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. He has also appeared on CNBC

CNBC

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, MSNBC

MSNBC

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, CNN

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, and PBS, and has also been featured in newspapers such as The New York Times

The New York Times

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, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal

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, as well as on numerous national radio talk shows.

Sheldon was married on August 24, 1957 and has four children.