Yet more FRC amusements.

The FRC have an entry on their main page titled 'The Twelve Yays of Christmas' - the twelve greatest achievements they have made this year. Perhaps we should see how much they really achieved.

Led the opposition to the President's radical social agenda for the military by helping to pass key amendments to the Defense Authorization bill that protect marriage, chaplains, and the military bans on sodomy and bestiality.

I know of the amendments in question. The first one states that military chaplins cannot be compelled to perform same-sex marriages, which they could not be compelled to perform anyway, and the second clarifies that bestiality is still illegal after it was accidentially sort-of-legalised under a very dubious interpretation of the law - the section of the UCMJ banning it happened to be in the same paragraph as the one about homosexuality, so they were removed together.

So, achievement number one: Successfully lobby to ban two things already illegal. In both these cases, the FRC defeated evil liberal schemes that existed only in their own imagination.

Initiated the first permanent pro-life provision ("rider") in recent memory. FRC encouraged House leadership to draft and add a permanent ban on patenting human organisms and embryos in the America Invents Act.

Again, the FRC successfully lobbied for a law to ban... something already banned. I see a pattern here.

Helped block the Obama administration from overturning the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

Given that the Obama administration didn't actually try to overturn DOMA, that isn't a hard goal to achieve.

Worked with House members to pass the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 3), the "Cut, Cap, and Balance" Act, and a ban on the government funding of D.C. abortions.

Finally, an achievement that actually changed something! So they havn't been complete failures.

Exposed and overturned the Walter Reed Military Medical Center Bible ban.

By 'exposed' they mean 'exposed that one over-concerned employee wrote a memo.' There never was an effective ban for them to overturn.

Impacted 460 bills in 48 states, resulting in the passage of 40 new pro-life laws. FRC also supported state marriage efforts in Maryland, North Carolina, and Minnesota.

Can't comment on this - not unless they can name specific bills.

Helped to drive public debate in the media with a record 14,500 television, print, and radio hits.

What is a 'hit' in this context? Yes, they ran an effective media blitz at times, but did anyone listen?

Provided the most sought-after expert opinion on pro-life topics, including stem cell research, ObamaCare, over-the-counter sales of the "morning after" pill Plan B and "emergency contraceptive" ELLA, which can abort implanted embryos.

'Experts?' I wouldn't trust the FRC to be truthful or informed on any of those issues, any more than they would trust a representative from Planned Parenthood. What they mean is that they provided someone with a 'Dr' before their name whenever Fox News wanted an expert ready to support the Republican party position.

Authored an amicus brief on ObamaCare that heavily influenced Judge Roger Vinson's decision to declare the law "unconstitutional." FRC also helped lead the legal strategy on the Utah religious liberty case, defending roadside crosses honoring fallen officers.

Vinson's ruling was overturned on appeal, apart from one narrow section. Not much of an achievement there. The roadside crosses, like most church-state cases, are really just symbolic.

Logged 10,000 miles on the Values Bus.

Now they are just getting desperate. Driving a bus is not impressive.

Hosted 3,100 activists, 371 media outlets, and seven Republican presidential candidates in D.C. for FRC Action's sixth Values Voter Summit.

The FRC claims to be a nonparitsan organisation, yet every single one of the attendees at their summit was a Republican. Given that no-one actually bothered to watch it, not much of an achievement there.

Equipped 43,000 pastors to transform the culture through pulpit-specific materials and videos, national and regional briefings, and a powerful website.

They are now down to listing 'we have a website' as an achievement.

It has been a very poor year for the FRC. They achieved a lot (unfortunatly) when Bush was in office - an administration sympathetic to their policies. This year, the best they have been able to achieve is wasting money and slowing their opponents down.