Three Arrested in Protest at Focus on the Family

Colorado Springs Gazette ^ | 5/2/05 | AP

[jebanks]

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.

[thoughtomator]

Grandstanders. The post office is sufficient for everyone else.

[TAdams8591]

"Jacob Reitan said Dobson’s teachings hurt families of gay or lesbian children.

“That destroys families. It breaks them apart,” he said."

The truth is precisely the opposite. It's homosexuality that destroys families.

[TAdams8591]

Ping!

[mollynme]

A Focus on the Family representative met the demonstrators outside the light metal barricades and accepted stacks of letters from Soulforce.

The Reitans said they wanted to deliver their own letter

I wonder what they thought getting arrested would do to advance their agenda?

[jebanks]

Apparently this isn't his first time to be arrested.

http://www.medill.northwestern.edu/studentwork/Fall2003/NUdiversity/ABT's%20of%20campus/sidebar.html

He has been arrested at least three times before for similar "protests".

[Ron in Acreage]

These are the same tactics liberal democrats used to try and silent MLK. Democrats always side with deviancy.

[Old Professer]

Cheap martyr trick.

[Doctor Raoul]

What really gets up their noses is FOF's teaching that you are not stuck being a homosexual. Liberals are OH SO TOLERANT of all kinds of opinions, but if you call yourself gay, it's like the mob, you can't leave, you can't change your mind.

Where's the tolerance in that?

[taxesareforever]

I can hear them now, "Is that a TV camera, awright, we're on TV".

[Windsong]

"Soulforce"?? Sounds like a terrorist group in Iran, where they FORCE you to worship Allah.

[Psycho_Bunny]

A Focus on the Family representative met the demonstrators outside the light metal barricades and accepted stacks of letters from Soulforce.

My father was a counselor at Focus for eight years.....he was one of the people who actually made the move from California to Colorado Springs with Focus.

Based on what I learned about Focus during that time, I suspect those letters were actually read and Focus will probably end up communicating with some of the families in an attempt to help them.

No organization is perfect but Focus has a lot of good people working for them.

[This Just In]

They are the definition of "deviancy."

[madprof98]

From the Northwestern write-up:

After college, Reitan would like to take one year off to work for gay rights before attending divinity and law school. Eventually, he hopes to work in politics for the Democratic Party.

[mollynme]

Except for the "gay" part, doesn't this sound like Al Gore's career path?

[azhenfud]

Their success rate by far exceeds that of doing nothing.

[azhenfud]

"Cheap martyr trick."

Kinda reminds me of the Dodo birds in "Ice Age" after a melon.

[polymuser]

After college, Reitan would like to take one year off to work for gay rights before attending divinity and law school. Eventually, he hopes to work in politics for the Democratic Party.

Well, that pretty blatantly IDs the major targets of the pro-gay movement. Looks like he plans to help bring religion to the Democrats, too.

[AppyPappy]

A group called SoulForce is trying to do the same thing with Jerry Falwell. The leader moved into a house across the street from Falwell's church and claims to be a pastor.

Note: The leader of Soulforce abandonded his wife and children for his lover.