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Pro-family leader: Trent sabotaging Republicans © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com Dr. James Dobson WASHINGTON – Dr. James Dobson, the influential founder of Focus on the Family, has just about had it with former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, whom he accused of cutting a deal with Democrats in the upper house that would preserve their right to filibuster judicial nominees. Dobson told another pro-family leader, American Family Association's Don Wildmon, in a radio interview yesterday that he was "disgusted and alarmed" about the deal he heard about from a "totally reliable source." According to Dobson, the Lott deal with the Democrat leadership...

The man Newsweek's Howard Fineman calls the "most powerful social conservative" can't understand why TV and radio host Don Imus thinks he's a nut. In his latest column, Fineman begins: "When I flew to Colorado Springs recently to interview Dr. James Dobson, he had an urgent matter to interview ME about: why, he wondered, did Don Imus think that he (Dobson) was a nut? He was anything but, Dobson said." Fineman may have answered that question himself by the picture he painted of Dobson, who heads Focus on the Family. "In person, Dobson's voice is soothing, his manner careful, considerate,"...

Friday, May 6, 2005 Dr. James Dobson, 'evangelical devil'Posted: May 6, 20051:00 a.m. Eastern By Kevin McCullough © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com The elections of 2004 taught America some very clear lessons. The most obvious, perhaps, is just how much the American left hate people of faith – true faith, genuine faith. And the ones they hate most of all are evangelical Christians. And the one they hate most out of that group is Dr. James Dobson. Thursday's edition of the Denver Post was particularly ripe with quotes from the left as to their true feelings: "If one thing makes people uncomfortable, it...

Since the founding of the Moral Majority in the late 1970s, the Left has been obsessed with conservative Christians. This fixation is driven by fear, loathing, and old-fashioned opportunism. Hatred of traditional Christians is as old as H.L. Mencken (who, by the way, didn't have the warm fuzzies for blacks or Jews either). In recent decades, the Left has come to see evangelical Christians as the principal obstacle to the realization of its social agenda, hence the embodiment of evil. Correspondingly, attacks on "fundamentalists" have grown increasingly shrill. Even so, the rhetoric of the past two weeks has taken the...

An Open Letter, with Love and Respect, to Dr. James Dobson:

Salazar Backs Off 'Antichrist' Comment By JON SARCHE and COLLEEN SLEVIN, Associated Press Writers Wed Apr 27,11:39 PM ET DENVER - Colorado Democratic Sen. Ken Salazar, locked in a bitter tussle with a conservative Christian group over President Bush's judicial nominees, referred to the group as "the Antichrist." He backed off Wednesday, saying he regretted using the term. Salazar attacked Focus on the Family during an interview Tuesday with KKTV in Colorado Springs, saying, "From my point of view, they are the Antichrist of the world." In a statement Wednesday, Salazar said he has been relentlessly and unfairly attacked by...

Gays' families protest Focus *** On the second day of protests by gays, lesbians and their supporters at Focus on the Family headquarters Monday, the focus was on families of a different kind.

Two parents and their gay son were arrested Monday when they crossed a barricade and tried to hand-deliver a letter protesting Christian activist James Dobson’s campaign against gay rights and same-sex marriage.

Parents, gay son arrested at Dobson headquarters 2nd day of protest at Focus on Family By Judith Kohler The Associated Press AP / Ed Andrieski Jacob Reitan, 23, center, and his parents Phil and Randi Reitan, of Eden Prarie, Minn., are applauded by other protesters as they walk to the entrance of Focus on the Family in Colorado Springs today to deliver a letter criticizing founder James Dobson's stand against gay rights. The Reitans were arrested for trespassing. Colorado Springs - Two parents and their gay son were arrested today when they crossed a barricade at the Focus on the...

There's ample cause to criticize Sen. Ken Salazar for reneging on a key campaign promise. But the picketing of his wife's Dairy Queen restaurant by members of the Faith Bible Chapel who carried signs reading, "Salazar is anti-Christian" and "Salazar mocks God" is absurd. This dispute isn't about Salazar's religion; it's about his politics. === Correction Because of an editing error, this column misidentified those picketing a local restaurant as being associated with Faith Bible Chapel. The picketers were from Denver Bible Church. === On the other hand, Salazar's angry diatribe against Focus on the Family's advertising campaign targeting him...

Anti-Focus rally *** Nearly 1,000 gays, lesbians and their supporters gathered in freezing temperatures and spitting snow at Focus on the Family headquarters Sunday to declare it a "toxic religion zone" and its director James Dobson "a danger to himself and the country."

Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.) is making headlines for describing a conservative Christian group as the "antichrist," a comment he now says he regrets. During an interview with a Colorado Springs TV station on Tuesday, Salazar said, "From my point of view, they [Focus on the Family] are the antichrist of the world." Among other things, Salazar accused the group of organizing a protest at his family's Dairy Queen. But Focus on the Family said the protest was actually staged by a Denver church. On Wednesday, press reports quoted Salazar as saying that he meant to describe Focus on the Family's...

Colorado Springs, Colo. – Focus on the Family today dismissed as "overheated rhetoric" and "suspect theology" comments from U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar that the ministry is the "antichrist of the world." Salazar, a first-term Democrat from Colorado, made the comments during a Tuesday interview with a Colorado Springs television station, in a report reviewing his recent public disagreements with Focus, which has urged Coloradans to question the senator on his support of judicial filibusters. "In my view," Salazar said of the ministry, whose 1,400 employees he represents, "they are the antichrist of the world." Tom Minnery, Focus on the Family's...

Salazar has gone over the edge ... Referring to Focus on the Family: "They are the anti-christ of the world" Look at "War of Words" clip. http://www.kktv.com

I’m not really comfortable with speaking out. Last time I did was through George Burns, but that was only because of the trust I had in Larry Gelbart ("Oh, God" screenwriter) who pretty much made Me sound better than I could have done on My own. But with what’s happening with the whole judiciary thing, I really had no choice. To tell you the truth I wasn’t really paying that much attention to the matter. With America’s separation of church and state, something I had to get used to but found over time it bequeathed Me some sorely-needed downtime, I...

Senator Salazar's Duplicity In an article published April 23 Denver Rocky Mountain News reporter M.E. Sprengelmeyer suggests that objections to Senator Ken Salazar's duplicitous stand on judicial nominees came from evangelicals. He reports; "The senator ignited a firestorm at a news conference Wednesday, when he blasted ads from the political arm of Focus on the Family pressuring him to change U.S. Senate filibuster rules and allow up-or-down votes for seven stalled judicial nominations."

Taking on Focus on the Family's James Dobson is a precarious activity. There is always the risk that a horde of believers waving Dobson's classic tome of love and/or corporal punishment, "Dare to Discipline" will show up at your office to smack the holy fear of God into you. Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar is probably feeling some of that discipline about now. Why the fuss? While campaigning as a pretend moderate before the elections, Salazar maintained that he favored up-or-down votes on judicial candidates. On Wednesday, however, Salazar apparently changed his mind, held a press conference and proclaimed that he...

Florida Capitol is site for event to call attention to the plight of disabled Florida woman. Hundreds are expected to rally Sunday at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee to support a woman they've never met: Terri Schiavo. "Terri has become a silent spokesperson for hundreds of thousands of medically vulnerable people in the United States and in the state of Florida," said Carrie Gordon Earll, senior analyst for bioethics at Focus on the Family. Florida Circuit Court Judge George W. Greer has set March 18—just nine days from today—as the date for Schiavo's feeding tube to be removed. His ruling...

Thank you, Bette, for your e-mail to Focus on the Family. We appreciate your taking the time to write and express your concern about Terri Schiavo. Like you, we are deeply troubled over the possibility of the removal of a feeding tube from this severely disabled woman at her husband’s request. On that same note, we have been closely involved for the past few years in this situation and will continue to be so. During recent months, weeks and days, Focus on the Family staff have been in contact with Terri’s attorney, family members and officials in the state and...

Dr. Dobson Takes on Media over 'SpongeBob' Controversy by Gary Schneeberger, editor Focus on the Family founder did not criticize a cartoon character, as has been widely reported, but was warning parents that the group behind a "diversity" video may put material in teachers' hands that could prompt them to teach kids that homosexuality is equivalent to heterosexuality. Dr. James Dobson set the record straight today about the onslaught of media reports mocking him for comments he is alleged to have made about the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants. "I've been in the public eye for thirty-something years and I have...

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. --The biggest portrait in the office of Focus on the Family founder James Dobson--the best-known leader among America's 50 million-strong evangelical Christians--isn't of Jesus Christ. It's of Winston Churchill. "Churchill knew in '41 he could never beat Germany," says Dobson, rising to pull a biography of the master statesman from the bookshelf. "So his hope was to help the British people hang on until the Americans came." Dobson, helmsman of a multimedia empire--his radio show reaches nearly 2 million listeners daily and the volume of constituent mail to his organization requires a separate ZIP code--says it's a...

Dr. James C. Dobson, described by the New York Times as “the nation’s most influential evangelical leader,” has declared war on six top Democrats in the U.S. Senate.

Dobson Wary of Specter's Ascension Dr. James C. Dobson, founder and chairman of Focus on the Family Action, spoke out regarding the announcement that Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., will be raised to the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee early next year: "We are disappointed by the announcement that Sen. Specter will become the Judiciary chairman; however, he will assume his new position on a very short leash. "The senator will have ample opportunity in his new position to follow through on his pledged support for the values of the Bush administration, the Senate leadership and the majority of this...

In several states, women considering abortion are given government-issued brochures warning that the procedure could increase their chance of developing breast cancer, despite scientific findings to the contrary. More than a year ago, a panel of scientists convened by the National Cancer Institute reviewed available data and concluded there is no link. A scientific review in the Lancet, a British medical journal, came to the same conclusion, questioning the methodology in studies that suggested a link. The cancer information is distributed to women during mandatory waiting periods before abortions. In some cases, the information is on the states' Web sites....

Evolution Sticker on Trial by Terry Phillips, correspondent Warnings about Darwin's theory of man's origin challenged in court. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is challenging a Georgia law that requires science textbooks to have a warning sticker reminding students that the theory of evolution is just that, a theory. The argument presented in court by the ACLU claims the sticker—approved by Atlanta's Cobb County school board at the urging of 2,000 parents—discriminates against some religions, promotes creationism and restricts the teaching of evolution. Seth Cooper, an attorney who helped to file a friend of the court brief in defense...

To: National Desk Contact: Christopher Norfleet of Focus on the Family, 719-268-4890 or culturalissues@family.org COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Oct. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Focus on the Family Founder and Chairman Dr. James C. Dobson will interview Mel Gibson, director of the critically acclaimed "The Passion of the Christ," on his daily radio program Monday, Nov. 1, on the actor's outspoken opposition to California's Proposition 71. The initiative proposes to amend the state's constitution to foist $6 billion in public debt on Californians to fund the cloning of human embryos for destructive embryonic stem-cell research. "Why are we being misled into thinking...

Group pushes evangelical vote Focus on Family begins a national registration drive By Gwen Florio, Rocky Mountain News September 4, 2004 Concerned that not enough evangelical Christians are voting, Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family is launching a nationwide voter-registration drive this month. "There is a sense that this is a real pivotal election," said Jim Chapman, president of the Rocky Mountain Family Council, which is coordinating the effort involving hundreds of churches in Colorado. "People of faith need to be in the public square." Both Chapman and Jim Banks, voter-registration field representative for Focus on the Family, said studies...

OP-ED CONTRIBUTORS Last week Washington was the site of the biggest birthday party you never heard of. The occasion was the 40th anniversary of the American Conservative Union, and the guest list included all the grandees of right-wing America, from Senator Mitch McConnell to Phyllis Schlafly to Wayne LaPierre of the National Rifle Association to, of course, President Bush. In his speech, the President promised that "for our blessed land the best days lie ahead," and was greeted with several foot-stomping ovations and cries of "Four more years!" But the real flavor of the event was captured by what the...

LANCASTER, Pa., March 29 — Representative Patrick J. Toomey, Republican candidate for Senate in Pennsylvania, has been ripping his opponent for being a "Ted Kennedy" liberal, too fond of taxes and spending, too close to activist judges and trial lawyers, too supportive of abortion rights and the United Nations. Never mind that his opponent, Senator Arlen Specter, is a four-term Republican who has been endorsed by the nation's conservative-in-chief, President Bush. Party cleansing, not party unity, is Mr. Toomey's goal. "The problem we've got is a handful of Republican senators who never really bought into the idea of the Republican...

Agent allegedly ignores vandalism, threatens pastor instead.When vandals defaced a sign outside the First Baptist Church in Gravois Mills, Mo., because it read "Homosexuality is an abomination, there is forgiveness," Pastor Ted Haynes called local law enforcement and the FBI. The vandals actually did more than just spray paint the sign. They left obscene and intimidating messages on the church's answering machine and told a church member that if the sign wasn't removed, they would remove it. "What I wanted to do was just get it on record, in case our church got burned down, because there is that possibility,"...

<p>Adoption agencies are increasingly willing to place children with gay and lesbian couples, says a report out Wednesday. A majority of agencies (60%) accept applications from lesbians and gay men; 40% have placed children with gay or lesbian parents, says a study from the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, a non-profit organization that researches and promotes adoption.</p>

Want to know how to win the culture war? Watch The Laramie Project, a textbook, in dramatic form, of how homosexuals use emotionalism and the media to sway public opinion.Christians have a lot to learn from homosexuals about how to wage a culture war. Religious and cultural conservatives have concentrated on political activism — electing conservatives to positions of power, passing laws and exerting pressure on politicians — with some success. In the meantime, the gay-rights lobby has, in only a few years, turned around the culture’s attitude toward homosexuality in a way that is nothing short of revolutionary. Homosexuality...

Rep. Chip Pickering, R-Miss., introduces Safeguarding Our Religious Liberties Act to restrict federal courts from ruling on Commandments, Pledge and national motto. The fight against judicial tyranny picked up steam Thursday when a bill was introduced in the House of Representatives to prohibit federal courts from ruling on constitutional challenges to the display of the Ten Commandments, recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance and the mere existence of the national motto.U.S. Rep. Chip Pickering, R-Miss., is the chief sponsor of the Safeguarding Our Religious Liberties Act, the mirror image of a Senate bill introduced this summer by Sen. Wayne Allard,...

Are you confused about what "marriage" really means today? INTRODUCTION Many people, even Christians, are confused by the arguments they are hearing today on the subject of homosexual marriage. Superficially, what the advocates are saying may seem fair and logical. Scratch the surface, however, and you'll find that their assertions don't hold up. This booklet contains some of the frequently asked questions and often-heard statements about this important issue, along with the answers that will help you in the debate. This is a cataclysmic social battle, and it will be with us for some time to come. No Christian, no...

Top lawmakers publicly declare their support for the proposal to codify the legal definition of marriage as a union of one man and one woman.The eons-old understanding of what makes a marriage drew the spotlight Wednesday on Capitol Hill when senators, civil rights leaders and family advocates threw their support behind the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA).Erik Hotmire, press secretary to Kansas Republican Sam Brownback, one of the senators present at a news conference in support of the FMA, said the message was clear and unequivocal: Marriage "should be defined as between a man and a woman, simply put." "As Senator...

Focus on the Family Wins Appeal in Censorship Case; Federal Court Rules Fla. Bus Company Must Defend Its Refusal of Love Won Out Ads 9/15/03 1:47:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: David Gasak of Focus on the Family, 719-548-4570, 719-649-7568 (cell), or culturalissues@family.org COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Sept. 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Focus on the Family will get another day in court in its censorship case against a Florida bus company that refused to post advertisements for the ministry's Love Won Out conference, thanks to a federal appeals court ruling issued Friday. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...

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September 8, 2003 Anglican Divide Shows Signs of Deepening By Terry Phillips, correspondent Just how mad are Episcopalians over the ordination of a homosexual bishop? A meeting next month of the dissenters needs a bigger building. Evidence continues to mount that there is no end in sight to the controversy touched off this summer when the Episcopal Church of the U.S.A. (ECUSA) elected an openly homosexual man as a bishop. Proof of the deep divide within the denomination came most recently in the form of a change of location for the October 7-9 conference of the American Anglican Council (AAC)....

A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit by the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family against a public bus system that refused an advertisement for an anti-homosexuality conference. In a decision from the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Miami, made public Friday, the court ruled a federal judge in Tampa erred when he threw out the group's 2001 lawsuit against the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority. The appeals court said Focus on the Family can pursue its claim of First Amendment violations. The bus system had refused to allow the group to advertise its "Love Won Out"...

Pro-Lifers Ensure Pampered Chef Profits No Longer Support Abortion By Candi Cushman Pro-life moms working for The Pampered Chef — the nation's largest direct-sales kitchenware company — have scored a major victory against the abortion industry by stopping pro-abortion donations from one of the world's largest megacorporations, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Headed by billionaire Warren Buffett, one of the abortion industry's top financiers, Berkshire is a conglomerate of corporations including The Pampered Chef, Dairy Queen and Fruit of the Loom. For years, the company has funneled millions of its profits into The Buffett Foundation, which in turn bankrolls several "reproductive rights"...

Is it ever right to ignore a court order?Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore's Ten Commandments monument may be out of public sight, but the debate is not. One key question at the center of the controversy: When is it appropriate — or even necessary — for Christians to disobey a court order? There are several reasons why the situation Moore finds himself in demands defiance of a federal court order, according to former United Nations ambassador Alan Keyes."Roy Moore has an obligation under the Alabama Constitution, under his oath of office to the people of Alabama, but also under the...

Dobson to Attend and Speak at Ten Commandments Rally at Noon Thursday in Montgomery, Alabama 8/27/03 4:50:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: David Gasak of the Focus on the Family, 719-548-4570 gasakdp@fotf.org COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Aug. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Focus on the Family founder and chairman Dr. James Dobson will attend and speak at a Thursday rally at the Alabama state judicial center in Montgomery, where he will address fellow Christians about the controversy surrounding Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore -- and the right of the American people to acknowledge God in the public square. Dobson will...

American businesses continue to march in lock step with homosexual ideals.America's top corporations continue to take on policies pleasing to homosexual activists. A new ranking shows more companies than ever are rewriting employee manuals to include gay ideals. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation found that two out of every of three companies on the Fortune 500 list of America's top corporations now specifically protect sexual orientation in their employee codes. The group rated companies on seven criteria, such as offering domestic-partner benefits or diversity training. More than 20 companies scored a perfect 100, representing a 91 percent increase over last...

Evangelical leaders James Dobson and Pat Robertson came down on opposing sides of the Alabama Ten Commandments controversy Aug. 25, while a third evangelical, Richard Land, released a further elaboration of his position. Speaking on his daily Focus on the Family radio program, Dobson said he supports Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore and "strongly" disagrees with evangelicals who have criticized Moore's legal strategy. Robertson and Land both said that while they believe Moore's Ten Commandments display is constitutional, they think he should have obeyed a federal court order and removed the monument. Robertson made his comments on the "Jay Sekulow...

Dobson Joins Call to Montgomery; Backs Citizens Engaging in Civil Disobedience 8/25/03 11:00:00 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: Rev. Schenck of the National Clergy Council, 770-310-6663 or 703-447-7686 (on site in Montgomery, Ala.) MONTGOMERY, Ala., Aug. 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family, the most listened to religious radio show in the US, today interrupted his normal broadcast schedule to interview suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore and former US Ambassador Alan Keyes as they called Americans to travel to Montgomery, Alabama, to join in a public stand to preserve the display of...

Focus on the Family Ready to Respond to Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Ruling; Decision Could Dismantle Idea of Marriage 7/9/03 4:19:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: David Gasak of Focus on the Family, 719-548-4570 e-mail: culturalissues@family.org; web: http://www.family.org COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A ruling could come in the next few days -- legal experts expect the decision to be released on Friday or Monday -- in the Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health court case in Massachusetts. This historic decision has the potential to dismantle our culture's understanding of marriage by allowing same-sex couples...

Spurred on by the Supreme Court's landmark ruling decriminalizing gay sexual conduct, both sides in the debate over gay rights are vowing an intense state-by-state fight over deeply polarizing questions, foremost among them whether gays should be allowed to marry. Even with most legislatures out of session until early next year, lively debates are already taking shape across the country, from Hawaii to Connecticut, Oregon to Alabama to Massachusetts. Potentially fierce battles over marriage and other rights loom in dozens of statehouses and state courts, as social conservatives — including the Senate majority leader, Bill Frist of Tennessee — try...

Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com) - One of the country's largest pro-family ministries is taking the nation's largest retailer to task for equating homosexuality with immutable characteristics such as race and gender. Focus on the Family said Wednesday that it is "profoundly disappointed" that Wal-Mart will also force its more than one million employees to undergo so-called "sensitivity training." Wal-Mart spokesman Tom Williams told CNSNews.com Thursday that the company has, in fact, added "sexual orientation" to the list of protected classes in its equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination policies. "We felt it was the right thing to do at this time for...

Scientific researchers last week gathered at the National Cancer Institute to consider the possibility of a link between abortion and breast cancer. A report drafted at the workshop said no such link exists, but one of the scientists who was there, Dr. Joel Brind, said the fix is in. "Raw, brute, political force — period. That's what happened at the meeting," Brind said. He noted there's a mountain of evidence suggesting an abortion/breast cancer link, but it was essentially ignored. And the data claiming no link was never allowed to be challenged. "This recommendation comes from a meeting that was...

James Dobson: Flaming Liberal?July 28, 2002 Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women? -- Martin Luther I am not morally superior to you, but it is fair to say that I don't gamble. I have been in two casinos in my life, and was not thrilled. I might drop five bucks on a football game once every other year. However, I have never seen the allure of it all. It is a vice I have, on balance,...