Radio Hall of Fame will not Bow to Homosexual Pressure to Dump Dobson

LifeSiteNews ^ | 8/1/08 | Hilary White

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CHICAGO, August 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The National Radio Hall of Fame in Chicago has drawn the wrath of homosexual activists who object to the induction of Dr. James Dobson, a major figure in the US Christian pro-life and family movement. Wayne Besen, a homosexual activist, organised a campaign against the Hall of Fame that resulted in several hundred emails demanding that Dr. Dobson be removed from the list of nominees. 

Dr. Dobson is the founder and head of Focus on the Family, one of the most prominent US Protestant evangelical organisations. According to homosexual activist Wayne Besen, Dr. Dobson is "an extremist who has built his empire on the backs of gays and lesbians" and "a bigot who distorts scientific research." Focus on the Family is one of Besen's favourite targets and he has set up a website meant to refute the medical and psychological research put forward by Focus on the nature and treatment of homosexuality as a disorder.

"It is an affront for the Radio Hall of Fame to honor James Dobson, a right wing demagogue," said Besen.

Since the late 1970s Focus has been a leading advocate of traditional Christian social values, those most derided and demonised by the homosexualist and feminist movements. Dobson broadcast his first Focus radio broadcast in 1977 and currently reaches about 220 million people in 164 countries. In the 1980s, Focus became a key player in the efforts to bring together a coalition of Christian denominations to fight the "Culture Wars" over abortion, the defence of natural marriage and the rights of Christians in the public square.

Gary Schneeberger, vice president for media and public relations (PR) at Focus on the Family, said that Besen's complaint is noisy and has generated a lot of media attention, but is lacking substance.

"The Focus on the Family broadcast was created as, and remains, a means of helping families thrive," Schneeberger said. "If you were to analyze the content of our 32 years of broadcasts, only a minuscule number deal with public-policy issues, and an infinitesimal number deal with homosexuality."

In a public statement, the chairman of the National Radio Hall of Fame (NRHF) showed no hint that it intends to bow to pressure to politicise its nomination. The nominations, he said, are based solely on the honouree's contributions to radio.

Bruce DuMont, NRHF chairman, said the selection is not based on the politics or religious beliefs of the candidates but solely on "tenures and accomplishments in the radio industry."

Once the nominations are made, voting includes members of the public and the selection of Dr. Dobson has been a popular one. "The very nature of radio," DuMont said, "often creates large numbers of fans devoted to their favourite personalities, and the number of votes cast in 2008 increased significantly."

The voting ended July 15 with more than 70,000 votes cast and with Focus on the Family having won the nationally syndicated broadcasters category, beating out Dr. Laura Schlessinger and "shock jock" Howard Stern.

[mkjessup]

I’m past the point of pussy-footing around the issue with “love the sinner, hate the sin”.
I think you're really not giving yourself enough credit. Ask yourself this: If the homo-radicals repented, stopped shoving their sin into everyone's faces, and began living wholesome, celibate lives would you feel the same about them? In this way, you might be able to see that it's really the sin you despise - a spiritually healthy attitude, really.

Loving the sinner doesn't mean being all sweet and sugary with them. Quite the contrary, it often means telling them the truth, often violently (figuratively.)

Amen to that! It is clear to me that the Lord brought forth those words from you Brother Dude, and I praise Him for it!

Well said FRiend!

And MrsMel?

Don't be so hard on yourself, that's the Devil beating up on your righteous indignation, for which you need not apologize. I'm certain that your best desires are to emulate our Saviour Jesus Christ, Who would tell these latter day sodomites not only that He loves them, but to "Go and sin no more".

[proudofthesouth]

Thanks! Exodus 20:3 is especially good!

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mrsmel.........we all need forgiveness! But we are called upon to discern good behavior from bad, and I do not believe that celebrating this destructive lifestyle is loving at all. We should never encourage behavior that is deadly and an abomination too.

This whole agenda is spreading all over the country. It is no longer just in MA and CA. In fact I recently went out to dinner while visiting family in KY, and while Matina McBride song was playing, (My baby loves me just the way that I am). The hostess sang, loud enough for everyone to hear above the music, her own words (I love a lesbian cuz that's what I am) In KY of all places!! Right smack in the middle of the Bible Belt. It did not go over well I assure you. This is exactly the type of in your face, totally inappropriate activism that this whole agenda partakes in.