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Dear Friends, I very seldom make political endorsements, but it is with a sense of great urgency that I announce my endorsement of Rep. Pat Toomey in the all-important April 27th primary election for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania. It is imperative that Rep. Toomey win this election. He has taken on Sen. Arlen Specter, who now holds the seat, and who is opposed to nearly everything we hold dear. Specter has been a one-man roadblock to the confirmation of conservative, pro-family judges on the federal courts. Incredibly for a Republican, Specter helped to defeat one of the strongest conservative...

When the movie industry gives a film an R-rating, it's generally considered to be a red flag warning that it shouldn't be viewed by young adults and children. But Focus on the Family founder Dr. James Dobson is urging family audiences not to be dissuaded by the R-rating attached to Mel Gibson's, "The Passion of the Christ," which garnered the warning label because of its violence. "I've never recommended an R-rated movie before in my life," Dobson told Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes" Thursday night. The family values leader, who said he's personally viewed the film three times so...

Dr. James Dobson, founder and Chairman of the Board of Focus on the Family , is scheduled to appear Thursday, March 4, on FOX News' "Hannity & Colmes." Hannity & Colmes." airs at 9 p.m. Eastern on FOX New s. For more information, consult your local listings, or visit the "Hannity & Colmes" Web site.

Dr. Dobson's Newsletter: February, 2004The Greatest Story Ever Told <![if !vml]><![endif]>Dear Friends: It isn't often that I find myself speaking favorably about a modern movie, but there is a film being released this month that I believe is among the most powerful and important ever made. I'm talking about The Passion of the Christ, a dramatic recounting of our Savior's final hours on earth, including His crucifixion and resurrection. You've probably already heard something about this movie, as it has received a great deal of press (much of it negative) in recent months. I'll address the controversy surrounding The...

Mel Gibson on the Passion Controversial. Miraculous. Unforgettable. Those are just a few of the words used to describe Mel Gibson’s film The Passion of the Christ. Mel Gibson joins Dr. James Dobson for a candid discussion of his new movie — and the affect it is already having on lives. Find out why it’s the film you don’t want to miss! Go Here For The Interview

Recent developments on both U.S. coasts have pushed the issue of marriage between two people of the same sex into American headlines. Authorities in San Francisco have officially married hundreds of gay and lesbian couples since Thursday. At the same time, lawmakers in Massachusetts failed to agree on an amendment to the state constitution that would have defined marriage exclusively as a union between a man and a woman. Drivers honking their support added to the party atmosphere in front of San Francisco's City Hall - where for the past few days, hundreds of same-sex couples have waited in line...

The Talk Shows Sunday, February 15th, 2004 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean; Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass.; Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.; Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie. FACE THE NATION (CBS): James Dobson, founder, Focus on the Family. THIS WEEK (ABC): L. Paul Bremer, U.S. administrator for Iraq; Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.; Carla Hills, former U.S. trade representative.LATE EDITION (CNN) : Bremer; Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards; Sens. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Chris Dodd, D-Conn.;...

Sundays Face the Nation program was put in its place by the honorable Doctor James Dobson of Focus on the Family. Host Bob Sheefer could not force any of his pre-arranged "trapdoor" questions in an interview with Dr. Dobson.

'Killer Culture': A call to the churches Posted: January 26, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern Editor's note: Early in 2003, while preparing our February Whistleblower issue (titled "Taking America Back") on restoring the nation's political, cultural and spiritual heritage, our editors asked WorldNetDaily columnist, veteran talk-show host and media expert Bob Just to write on what role America's churches should play in taking America back. The issues he addressed in that story – centered around today's neo-pagan and highly sexualized youth culture – were so potent that we decided not to publish it in that edition, but instead to produce an...

Conservative Episcopalian bishops and church leaders are organizing a network of socially conservative parishes in order to stem the tide of liberalism within the Episcopal Church USA. Frank Griswold, the leader of the movement, emphasizes that the members of the new network will remain Episcopalian and that their mission is both religious and political. The new group, The Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes, joins the diverse group of religious conservatives commonly known as "The Religious Right." In "The Orthodox Alliance" (November/December 1995), Fred Barnes discusses how theological conservatives of Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant churches, who now have more...

Chatterbox thinks the best bet for a third-party candidacy would be someone like the Dr. James Dobson*, founder and chairman of Focus on the Family. Christian fundamentalists have the funding base to sustain a third-party candidacy, while at the same time they aren't so numerous as to risk actually putting a Dobson in the Oval Office. And it's laughably easy to stoke their alienation from the mainstream culture. One tack might be to get them even more riled up than they already are about gay marriage. Democrats could campaign more overtly for repeal of the idiotic and bigoted Defense of...

Dobson Praises President's Support for Marriage; Pro-Family Leader Calls for Renewed Efforts to Protect Marriage COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Jan. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Dr. James Dobson, founder and chairman of Focus on the Family, issued the following statement Tuesday in response to President Bush's State of the Union address: "I am immensely encouraged by President Bush's unequivocal support for the sanctity of marriage. The President believes, as does the overwhelming majority of Americans, that marriage is the exclusive union of one man and one woman. "Marriage is under attack today, not because the American people are eager to intentionally deny...

Man of the Year: Roy Moore by Ann Coulter Posted Dec 19, 2003 Uttering the standard liberal cliché a few years ago, Richard Reeves described "representatives of the new South" as "Republicans of old Puritan definition, righteous folk afraid that someone, somewhere, is having fun." (I'll skip the context of Reeves' insight, except to note that apparently aging liberals view sodomy with the chubby intern in the back office as "having fun.") Like all beliefs universally held by liberals, Reeves's aphorism is the precise opposite of the truth. It's the blue states that are constantly sending lawyers to the red...

MEDIA MATTERS'Focus on the Family' too political?Radio station manager complains show makes some uncomfortable Posted: December 18, 20031:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Producers of the widely popular daily radio program "Focus on the Family" have pulled the show from a Columbia, S.C., Christian station after its general manager refused to air an episode he thought was too political. After airing on WMHK-FM for 24 years, the radio program hosted by author and psychologist Dr. James Dobson has been pulled effective Jan. 2, reports the Columbia State newspaper. "'Focus on the Family' seems to think the political agenda is intertwined with the...

Focus on the Family's founder and chairman talks at length about the Terri Schiavo case — and the extraordinary efforts of Americans to help save her life. It was a momentous day in Florida yesterday, when the Sunshine State's Legislature passed "Terri's Bill — legislation giving Gov. Jeb Bush the authority to rescue Terri Schiavo from the court-ordered dehydration she's been suffering through since last week. As of this moment, Schiavo is receiving the nourishment she needs to live. Dr. James Dobson, founder and chairman of Focus on the Family, told a national listening audience on his daily "Focus on...

Radio Ad: Hello everyone, this is Dr. James Dobson, I very rarely get involved in partisan politics, but the campaign for California governor is too important for any of us to just sit on the sidelines. You have a wonderful candidate in Tom McClintock. He is a principled, pro-life defender of the family. Tom McClintock has the courage to stand and fight the left-wingers who have overrun the State Legislature. They have made California a laboratory for disaster for families, and it will take a strong hand to steer California back on course. Tom McClintock and I have discussed what...

<p>By Jan Fletcher, Faith Correspondent A seven-hour drive to Montgomery, Ala., Monday, brought one Campbellsville man to the very center of the national controversy over public display of the Ten Commandments.</p> <p>Ricky Cox, a dentist and former state representative, made the decision Monday morning to leave for the showdown at the Alabama Judicial Building after his office closed at 5 p.m. He was back at work at 10 a.m. Tuesday, after participating in a vigil for three hours -- from midnight to 3 a.m. -- alongside 150 protesting citizens. Protesters vowed peaceful resistance to stop a court order to remove a 5,300-pound monument to the Ten Commandments.</p>

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Christian radio host James Dobson said federal judges are "determined to shove their beliefs down our throats" by removing a Ten Commandments monument from the state judicial building's rotunda. The internationally syndicated talk show host joined more than a thousand supporters of suspended Chief Justice Roy Moore on Thursday to pray and rally for the return of the justice's monument. Dobson said the fight is about "an unelected, non-accountable, arrogant, imperialistic judiciary determined to shove their beliefs down our throats." A group that sued to have the monument removed said Dobson and other religious leaders were...

Focus on the Family founder and chairman Dr. James Dobson has urged Christians to support Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore in his fight to display the Ten Commandments. Here are five ways you can do that.• Ask Congress to preserve constitutional rights.Dr. Dobson has written a letter to Focus supporters that spotlights the real issue of the Ten Commandments crisis -- the destruction of constitutional rights by the federal judiciary. Read that letter here, and then contact your congressman and senators and urge them to act now to stop runaway federal judges.You can tailor your comments along these lines: "I...

Dr. James Dobson, a well-known and respected national Christian leader in speaking at a rally in front of the Alabama Courthouse containing the disputed monument of the Ten Commandments compared the ongoing struggle with that of the Black equal rights movement of the 1950's. Dr. Dobson described the irony of how in 1955 when Rosa Parks refused to "Go to the back of the bus." by racially-driven bigots sparked a national equal rights movment and said that another national "movement" was now underway to protect the rights of Christians. Dr. Dobson declared, "We are not going to the back of...