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Focus on the Family president: Being gay ‘is not a super sin’
In a radio segment published online Monday, Focus on the Family president Jim Daly insisted that being gay “is not a super sin,” saying that parents should not condone it, but they also shouldn’t completely reject their children over it either. “I don’t mean this controversially but it may sound…
Conservative icon James Dobson links Newtown shooting to same sex marriage
The tragic elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut is a symptom of the general moral decline of the United States, according to James Dobson, the founder of the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family. On his radio program Monday morning, Dobson said the country was facing judgment after turning…
Rights groups skeptical of Focus on the Family about-face on LGBT rights, abortion
Some rights groups are skeptical of a supposed recent shift in priorities by Focus on the Family, the powerful evangelical Christian group, which is attempting to distance itself from its anti-LGBT, anti-abortion “culture warrior” past. According to an article at Huffington Post, the group’s President and CEO Jim Daly, said…
Maher to conservative Christians: ‘Is Jesus just dicking you around?’
Friday night on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” host Bill Maher dedicated the final part of his weekly “New Rules” segment to the group Focus on the Family and other conservative Christians, asking them, “Is Jesus just dicking you around?” “If you’re doing God’s work and God is perfect,…
Conservatives wanting it both ways, always
A lot less of my life is spent gazing at magazine racks while waiting in line lately, so I would have totally missed this Life & Style cover if Bitch Blog hadn’t covered it: I don’t know about the calling her “John” thing—according Andi, all the info they have appears…
Just A Thought On Focus On The Family’s Totally Mainstream Positions
Given that the Focus on the Family ad which appeared during the Super Bowl was so bland, vague and disconnected to any actual point (except that tackling your mom in an incredibly Oedipal gesture is totally cool), there’s no egg on the faces of any of the people who were…
Focus on the Family falls on hard times…can anyone spare a dime, er, $6 million?
Bring out the tiny violin…Joe at Amplify received a letter from a desperate Focus On Your Family begging for cash: “Right now we’re facing a serious budget shortfall that threatens our ability to reach out to parents, families and married couples who count on our help. Income is down nearly…
Focus on the Family Christian CD narrator busted for soliciting teen for sex over Internet
Here’s proof that fundie repression can turn into perversion. My, my, those family values out there in the pious part of Colorado Springs. You can’t make this stuff up — this dude narrated the Bible for Christian CDs. (Denver Post): Juan Alberto Ovalle, 42, thought he was corresponding with a…
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