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Miss California runner-up comments on fracas

The woman who would become Miss California if the current holder of that title is brought down by topless photos said there are no racy pictures in her closet.

Dobson resigns as chairman of Focus on the Family

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.

Christian right regroups after Obama victory

Pundits declared evangelicals among of Election Day's losers. Conservative Christian leader James Dobson confessed he was grieving. Barry Lynn of Americans United for Separation of Church and State said religious right leaders "kept their own flock in line, but the majority of Americans were unmoved."

Religion news in brief

A top Roman Catholic official said the country's draft constitution is incompatible with the faith because of its provisions on abortion and same-sex unions.

Dobson shifts positions, may endorse McCain

Conservative Christian leader James Dobson has softened his stance against Republican presidential hopeful John McCain, saying he could reverse his position and endorse the Arizona senator despite serious misgivings.

Obama dismisses Dobson criticism about Bible

Barack Obama said Tuesday that evangelical leader James Dobson was "making stuff up" when he accused the presumed Democratic presidential nominee of distorting the Bible.

Religion Today

James Dobson has become synonymous with the empire that is Focus on the Family. Tourists clamor for photos of the group's founder when he's not taping a radio show, talking about the presidential race on a TV news show or writing another child-rearing book.

Evangelical Leader: GOP Abandoned Voters

Conservative Christian leader James Dobson accused the Republican Party of abandoning values voters in the midterm elections — and paying the price by losing control of Congress. "What did they do with their power?" Dobson said in a statement. "Very little that values voters care about."

Dobson Quits Haggard Counseling Team

Citing a lack of time, Focus on the Family founder James Dobson withdrew Tuesday from the team overseeing counseling for the Rev. Ted Haggard, the evangelical pastor who was fired amid allegations of gay sex and drug use.

James Dobson Lends Support to Mel Gibson

Focus on the Family ministry founder James Dobson spoke in support Thursday of Mel Gibson and his film, "The Passion of the Christ," saying Gibson's drunken tirade during a traffic stop had nothing to do with "one of the finest films of this era."

Dobson Says Alito Sent Thank-You Note

Focus on the Family founder James Dobson said Wednesday that new Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito sent him a letter thanking him and his radio listeners for their support during his Senate confirmation hearings.

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Huckabee wins the wingnut straw poll
Source: Crooks and Liars

excerpt: "" Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee won the Values Voter Summit's 2012 presidential straw poll Saturday, grabbing nearly 29 percent of the vote in a crowded field. ""

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 …

Anti-gay 'Focus on the Family' faces dire financial straits
Source: Raw Story

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 …

Dobson's Successor Praises Obama, Looks for Common Ground (Based on February Interview)
Source: The Washington Post

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.

A Top Ten list for Letterman's conservative critics
Source: mediamatters.com

It is hard, however, to take conservatives seriously when one considers that each and every day, real players in the rudderless conservative movement -- powerful talk-radio hosts, cable-news hosts, pundits, columnists, and bloggers -- throw aside the reasonable boundaries of a ci …

Is The Right Suffering Collective Amnesia?
Source: rightwingwatch.org

You really have to hand it to the Right: when it comes to hypocrisy, they seemingly know no limit.

If gay marriage isn't such a big deal anymore, then maybe the religious right isn't, either.
Source: Slate

If a state legalizes gay marriage and nobody notices, can gay people still get married? What if four states do it in six weeks?

Miss California Now Claims Gay Marriage Question was Attempt by Satan to "Tempt" Her
Source: The Huffington Post

Dobson: Why did you give the answer you did with regard to the affirmation of marriage?

Stephen Colbert Calls Out Barack Obama for "Closet" Prayer Day
Source: Comedy Central

Stephen Colbert beautifully illustrates the real level of spiritual insight behind the religious right critics of Barack Obama. Because prayer is all about drawing attention to ourselves, right?

Top Religious Right Group: We Won't Oppose Gay SCOTUS Pick
Source:

n a move that will surprise gay activists and liberals, a spokesperson for Focus on the Family, a top religious right group, tells me that his organization has no problem with GOP Senator Jeff Sessions' claim today that he's open to a Supreme Court nominee with "gay tenden …

James Dobson: We Have "Lost" Culture Wars, US "Awash In Evil"
Source: The Huffington Post

Dr. Dobson's admission that rational thinking has triumphed over superstition and irrational attempts to impose his tyranny on the rest of us.

US religious Right concedes defeat
Source: Telegraph

Leading evangelicals have admitted that their association with George W. Bush has not only hurt the cause of social conservatives but contributed to the failure of the key objectives of their 30-year struggle.

Is Newt Preparing for a 2012 Run?---Using the Get out of Hell for Free Sacrament
Source: thedailybeast.com

When Catholic University announced in January 2005 that Newt Gingrich would deliver a speech on campus, a group of students rose up in protest, accusing the twice-divorced, admitted philanderer of violating the Catholic values that their school was founded upon.

Focus on the Family's James Dobson Announces Post-Retirement Project: Producing Films and Media for Men
Source: CAP News

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

The End of the Christian Right
Source: Guardian Unlimited

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

What Do I Think about these Fundamentalists?

Somebody asked me this on another seed: Writing Athena, what do you say to all these Christians who are ruining your religion by supporting Republicans and bigots like Dobson? So this was my answer:

"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 ....

Dobson resigns as board chair at Focus, will remain active - The Denver Post
Source: The Denver Post

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

Praise the Lord! Hatemeister James Dobson resigns as head of Focus on the Family
Source: Political Animal

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

Dobson resigns as chairman of Focus on the Family
Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

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.

Colorado: Land of James Dobson and GOP Hate Senators
Source: multi-medium.net

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

2,000 oppose civil unions
Source: The Honolulu Advertiser

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.

James Dobson and Texas evangelicals helped effort to stop Palin 'troopergate' probe
Source: McClatchy.com

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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