Vision Forum institutionalized Reconstructionist patriarchy via the homeschool network.

Evidence

Doug was the son of Howard Phillips, a Gothard supporter and behind-the-scenes architect of the Moral Majority. Having attended the Reconstructionist Fairfax Christian School, the younger Phillips put his learning to use as an attorney for the HSLDA. Given his pedigree, Doug was like royalty in the Christian homeschool community. In 1998 he founded Vision Forum, a Texas-based organization devoted to promoting biblical patriarchy within the homeschool movement, churches, and in the Christian film industry. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 430

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to earlier chapters’ account of Rushdoony and Reconstructionism; shows the generational transmission of that project into the homeschooling apparatus.
• DEFINE: Establishes Vision Forum and its role in the patriarchy/reconstruction nexus — needed to name the cultural apparatus in question.