Gary Bauer | |
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.jpg) Bauer in 1987 | |
| Member of theUnited States Commission on International Religious Freedom | |
| In office May 2018 – May 2021 | |
| Appointed by | Donald Trump |
| 2nd President of theFamily Research Council | |
| In office 1988–1999 | |
| Preceded by | Gerald P. Regier[1] |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth L. Connor[1] |
| Assistant to the President for Policy Development | |
| In office 1987–1988 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | John A. Svahn[2] |
| Succeeded by | Franmarie Kennedy-Keel[3] |
| United States Under Secretary of Education | |
| In office 1985–1987 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Gary L. Jones[4] |
| Succeeded by | Linus D. Wright[5] |
| United States Deputy Under Secretary of Education for Planning and Budget | |
| In office 1982–1985 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Gary L. Jones[6] |
| Succeeded by | Bruce M. Carnes[7] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gary Lee Bauer (1946-05-04)May 4, 1946 (age 79) Covington, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Georgetown College (BA)[8] Georgetown University (JD) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Gary Lee Bauer (born May 4, 1946)[9] is an American civil servant, activist, and former political candidate. He served in PresidentRonald Reagan's administration asUnder Secretary of Education and Chief Domestic Policy Advisor, and later became president of theFamily Research Council and a senior vice president ofFocus on the Family, both conservative Christian organizations. Bauer was a candidate in the2000 Republican Party presidential primaries and participated in five national debates. He is known for his advocacy of religious liberty, support for Israel, and his dedication to electing conservative candidates to Congress.
Currently, Bauer is president of the advocacy organizationAmerican Values. In May 2018, PresidentDonald Trump appointed him to theUnited States Commission on International Religious Freedom.[10]
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Gary Bauer was born inCovington, Kentucky, and was reared inNewport, Kentucky, in a working-class family, the son of Elizabeth "Betty" (Gossett) and Stanley Rynolds Bauer, a laborer.[11][12][13][14] He was reared in theSouthern Baptist faith.[15][16] Of his hometown, Bauer has said, "in the years I grew up there, the town was literally under the control of anorganized crime syndicate out ofToledo, Ohio. And when I say under the control of it, literally the mayor, the city council, even the police department were all being paid handsomely." Bauer cited the community's efforts to oppose this corruption as a significant influence on his political conservatism.[17]
Bauer received a bachelor's degree fromGeorgetown College inGeorgetown, Kentucky, in 1968 and aJ.D. degree fromGeorgetown University inWashington, D.C., in 1973. While attending law school, he worked as the assistant director of Opposition Research at theRepublican National Committee[18] from 1969 to 1973. He then took a position as the director of government relations for theDirect Mail Marketing Association,[18] from 1973 to 1980. He served as a Deputy Under Secretary for Planning and Budget in the United States Department of Education,[18] from 1982 to 1987, and as an advisor on domestic policy from 1987 to 1988.[9] While serving under Reagan, he was named Chairman of President Reagan's Special Working Group on the Family. His report, "The Family: Preserving America's Future," was presented to the President in December 1986.[19]
Bauer served as the president of theFamily Research Council from 1988 to 1999. He resigned from this position to run for theRepublican Party nomination forPresident of the United States. He left the race after the primaries in February 2000. In 1996, he founded the Campaign for Working Families (CWF), apolitical action committee dedicated to electing "pro-family,pro-life and pro-free enterprise" candidates to federal and state offices. In addition to serving as the chairman of CWF, Bauer is also the president ofAmerican Values, a non-profit organization "committed to defending life, traditional marriage, and equipping our children with" conservative values. He also serves on the executive board ofChristians United for Israel, a lobby group headed byJohn Hagee.[20] Gary Bauer was one of the signers of the Statement of Principles ofProject for the New American Century (PNAC) on June 3, 1997. He also serves on the board of theEmergency Committee for Israel.[21]
Bauer currently serves as the president ofAmerican Values (conservative values advocacy organization).At the end of May 2018, Bauer was appointed byPresident Trump to theUnited States Commission on International Religious Freedom.[22]
Bauer is married to the former Carol Hoke, and lives in Virginia. Gary and Carol have three adult children.
Bauer has been described as a "politically conservative Baptist with strong commitments to preserving the traditional family and the Judeo-Christian values he believes are the foundation of American society."[23] Bauer isanti-abortion. He is in support of repealing laws that allow abortion. He advocates for theSupreme Court's overturn ofRoe v. Wade as the first step in theanti-abortion cause.[24] He wants to cut funding forPlanned Parenthood and do away with any U.S. aid for organizations that provide or advise abortions. Bauer also says that he would counsel raped family members against abortion.[25] He points to theConstitution and the Christian view of human life as reasons for not supporting euthanasia, stating that, "all people have immeasurable value because they have been created in the image and likeness of God." He is a supporter of the death penalty fordeath row inmates.[26] Bauer opposescloning and embryonicstem cell research, but supports adult stem cell research. He supports aConstitutionalamendment to bansame-sex marriage, and prefersabstinence programs tocomprehensive sex education programs. Bauer wants to remove from the tax code all economic disincentives to marry.[26]
On foreign policy issues, Bauer supports strong ties withIsrael, would not trade withChina until the country improves itshuman rights record, and supported full funding for theIraq War. Bauer believes that America should advance and protect freedom worldwide and "bring the message of freedom to the Arab world".[25] He is a critic of Islam.[27][28]
Bauer supports enforcing all laws againstillegal immigration and that all immigrants should learn English and U.S. traditions.[25]
On economic issues, Bauer supportsincome tax cuts and decreased regulation of small businesses. He thinks that government should not set aminimum wage. He has stated that corporations should serve the U.S. as well as their shareholders, and has occasionally been critical of theWorld Trade Organization.
Bauer announced his presidential campaign in April 1999, running on a platform built mostly upon social issues such asabortion.[29] Bauer received over 8% of the vote in theIowa Republican caucuses,[30] and less than 1% of the vote in the New Hampshire Republican primary[31] before withdrawing from the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Bauer endorsedJohn McCain when he pulled out of the race in February 2000.[32] In the fall of 1999, two senior members of Bauer's campaign staff raised questions about closed-door meetings between Bauer and a female campaign aide. Bauer's denial of any impropriety prompted two campaign workers to resign.[33] There was never any actual evidence of infidelity brought against Bauer.[34]
His presidential campaign is mostly remembered for an incident at theBisquick Pancake Presidential Primary Flip-Off on 31 January 2000. The candidates each took a turn to mount a four-foot stage, make, flip and catch a pancake in a pan. When Bauer took his turn, he tossed his pancake too high and, trying to follow it, fell off the back of the stage, disappearing through a blue curtain. He emerged, unhurt, with no pancake and no pan. He then flipped and caught a pancake without falling on his second attempt. Bauer joked that it might be the best thing to happen to his campaign and said that he was "theKen Griffey of the presidential candidates. I dove into the dugout to catch my pancake."[35][36][37] Years later, Bauer recalled that as he toppled off the stage and through the curtain, fellow candidateGeorge W. Bush, who was standing backstage having already successfully completed his pancake toss, shouted "here comes Bauer!"[38]
Bauer co-hosted a talk radio show with formerJerusalem Post CEO and President Tom Rose from March 2006 to March 2007 onWMET, a Washington, D.C. metropolitan area radio station. Bauer is also a frequent guest on many conservative talk-radio programs across the country. Gary and Tom were co-hosts on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125 Bauer and Rose Show for 9 years and their popular show ended April 9, 2017 with Tom Rose taking a position in the White House as assistant and adviser to Vice President Pence.
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In November 2009, Bauer signed an ecumenical statement known as the "Manhattan Declaration" calling on evangelical, Catholic and Orthodox Christians not to comply with rules and laws which they claim would compel participation in or blessing of abortion, same-sex marriage and other matters that go against their religious consciences.
Bauer is the author of several books, including:
raised in a blue-collar family in northern Kentucky, Bauer joined a Baptist church as a teenager
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