Talking to people at Focus will accomplish nothing. If that were so, we would have resolved some issues with them long ago. FYI, however, Focus is paralyzed, for example, on the education issue because of the public school tares in the organization. Dobson himself a few years ago was very good on the need to get children out of government schools. His sound position, however, upset many of the people who worked at Focus and who wanted to believe that rendering your children to Caesar in Colorado Springs is just fine. Consequently, Focus is now effectively educationally antinomian. Focus’s approach to dealing with the issue of the homosexual lifestyle is questionable - trending toward trying to be seen to be “nice” and sensitive rather than standing firm on biblical truth.
Obviously, you have a more positive view of Focus, but I agree with Hutcherson that the Super Bowl ad was a travesty and that it is a reflection of a deeper problem.
I appreciate your reply.
I’m just not seeing what you’re saying, though. Focus on the Family is strongly pro-homeschooling. Here’s one set of articles published by Focus, for example:
http://www.focusonthefamily.com/parenting/schooling/effective_home_schooling.aspx
Dr. Dobson said here — http://family.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/family.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=822 — that “If Shirley and I were raising our children again, we would home school them at least for the first few years!” He, and the rest of Focus on the Family, strongly affirm homeschooling.
Regarding Focus on the Family’s approach on the homosexual lifestyle. They were criticized for giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to defend traditional marriage — how is that an indication that Focus is becoming weak in that area?
The Super Bowl ad was aimed at mothers, to encourage them to choose life. It was not a “political” ad meant to score political points. It has proven effective.