Budget woes force Focus on the Family layoffs

Focus on the Family announced Wednesday it is laying off 8 percent of its work force, casualties of the latest budget shortfall at the influential conservative Christian group.

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Just three weeks before Christmas Eve, the Christian right's annual campaign to stop the "war on Christmas" had sputtered to a virtual halt.

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The debate over financing of abortions -- the basis for the offensive Stupak amendment -- is all about money being fungible.

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The Right's Nonexistent Predictive Power Regarding Gay Marriage

This is only the beginning, if we allow this [ same sex marriage ] to happen we will, in effect, have destabilized the basic institution of our society, which is marriage between a man and a woman - Brian Camenker, President of the Parents' Rights Coalition, as quoted by MassNews …

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excerpt: "" [James] Dobson is a fascinating figure, because although he's leading what is widely considered a religious movement, he's not a religious leader. He has no theological credentials. He's not a preacher. What is he? He's a child psychologist.

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Focus on the Family announced a reorganization Wednesday that will eliminate 75 jobs — an 8 percent reduction in a workforce that already has been cut twice since September 2008.

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Conservatives Boycott, Too

I've been involved in two of the discussions regarding the remarks by John Mackey, the CEO of Whole Foods.

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A "serious budget shortfall" at Focus on the Family has prompted the conservative Christian group to issue a special fundraising plea, and contributed to a decision to cede control of its contentious "Love Won Out" conferences about homosexuality to another religious organization …

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Many conservative evangelical Christians seem to be making a renewed commitment to "civility."

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I hope this interview of Focus on the Family leader Jim Daly will help many to understand him and the ministry better. Too often I think the media portrays Focus on the Family in a misleading way.

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THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT'S 'WALL OF SILENCE'.... Most of the relevant players have weighed in on South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's (R) personal and professional difficulties, but Dan Gilgoff reports there's one group whose silence stands out.

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Focus on the Family has a new look - or at least its employees do.

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Two articles: James Dobson Inconsolable Over Loss of Religious Freedom of Bigotry

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"Do you like older guys?" a 42-year-old Colorado Springs man who listed his employer as evangelical ministry Focus on the Family asked 11 minutes after initiating contact in an Internet chat room with a girl he believed to be younger than 15, according to an arrest affidavit  …

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"Juan Alberto Ovalle, 42, thought he was corresponding with a girl under the age of 15, but instead it was undercover officers with the Jefferson County district attorney's office, according to court documents.

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Ultra-conservative Christian talk-radio hosts are taking a new approach to get their message out — ambushing right-wing pundit Ann Coulter for supporting 2008 GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

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COLORADO SPRINGS (CAP) - James Dobson, the influential evangelical leader of Focus on the Family Inc.

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James Dobson's retirement as head of Focus on the Family signals the death of the Christian conservative movement. [...]

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"Ding! Dong! James Dobson's Gone!" - Sing Along!

Ding dong, the jerk is gone! Which old jerk? The jowly jerk! Ding dong, the jowly jerk is gone. Get lost, you hypocrite! You're a Pharisee and you're full of ....

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Local coverage of the Dobson resignation -- see especially the reader comments at the bottom of the article.

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James Dobson has resigned as chairman of the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family.

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Conservative evangelical leader James Dobson has resigned as chairman of Focus on the Family but will continue to play a prominent role at the organization he founded more than three decades ago.

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Colorado, Land Of James Dobson, has some truly warped and hateful Republican state senators.

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In a turnout that surprised even event organizers, more than 2,000 people representing dozens of local churches, temples, synagogues and mosques descended on the state Capitol yesterday to protest a bill that would establish civil unions between same-sex partners.

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That's right, Focus on the Family — the same evangelical media empire that laid off 20 percent of its employees while pouring more than $725,000 into California's anti-gay marriage Proposition 8 campaign last fall — is advising lawmakers on budget policy in a tough econom …

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New state gift disclosures show it cost Liberty Legal Institute and the two law firms working with it $185,000 to represent six Alaska legislators in an unsuccessful lawsuit to halt their colleagues' "troopergate" investigation into whether Gov.

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