The term's use remains confined mostly to anti-gay religious groups, but it is occasionally seen in the writings of their opponents, such as DignityUSA.

Mission America was designated as an active anti-gay group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

WinShape donations include $5 million to anti-gay groups since 2003.

Mr. King said the agenda of the anti-gay groups is to raise money based on the emotional pitch of these campaigns and to expand their political influence around the country.

Bob Moser, writing for the Southern Poverty Law Center, says the book was promoted by anti-gay groups and that historians agree its premise is "utterly false".

His planned title was Adam and Yves, a play on both Adam and Eve and a slogan used by some anti-gay groups.

While anti-gay groups say they simply oppose special class treatment for homosexuals, the proposals themselves would create a special class for political oblivion.

Watchmen on the Walls is listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which considers it "a virulently anti-gay group".