nancy schaefer - Schaefer and her husband were the parents of five children and moved to Habersham County in north Georgia, in Atlanta after having lived for 35 years. The daughter of a North Superior Court judge in Georgia and the granddaughter of a state legislator, Schaefer, 73, entered the public eye in 1985 when she organized a rally of constitutional liberties in Atlanta.

The following year he founded Schaefer family problems, Inc., a nonprofit foundation dedicated to issues such as the display of the Ten Commandments in public buildings and opposition to abortion.

It was the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in 1994. In 1998, he sought the Republican nomination for governor.