James Dobson

Actor Matthew Marsden Hides Right-Wing Political Views

Jackson Williams | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics


Jackson Williams

If Matthew Marsden is really honored to hang out with anti-gay, religious-right hate mongers -- and that's who he flew halfway across the country to be with in private -- then he should do it in the light of day.

Focus On The Family's James Dobson Leaving Radio Show

AP | ERIC GORSKI | Posted 11.02.2009 | Denver


DENVER — James Dobson, the voice of conservative Christian group Focus on the Family, will no longer host its flagship radio broadcast and is cu...

Focus On The Family Donates Nearly $100,000 To Maine Gay Marriage Ban Movement

The Colorado Springs Gazette | Mark Barna | Posted 10.21.2009 | Denver


Last year, Focus on the Family donated nearly $450,000 to support a California proposition outlawing gay marriage. This year, the Colorado Springs-ba...

Juan Alberto Ovalle, Former Focus On The Family Employee Sentenced For Sex Crimes

The Denver Post | Howard Pankratz | Posted 10.20.2009 | Denver


A former Focus on the Family radio-ministry employee has been sentenced to five years of intensive probation for attempting to lure an underage teen i...

When Freedom Is a Dirty Word

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics


Frank Schaeffer

The religious right, the gun-carrying paranoids all have one thing in common: they are taking a libertarian/religious view to an extreme that will unhinge this country.

The Religious Right is Swiftboating Same Sex Marriage in Maine

Karen Ocamb | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


Karen Ocamb

Religious right professionals are using religion as an excuse to perpetrate lies and deception. That's what happened in California and that's what is now underway in Maine.

Health Care Reform Debate A Boon To Focus On The Family And The Christian Right

The Washington Post | Jacqueline L. Salmon | Posted 11.09.2009 | Denver


The Christian right, facing questions before the presidential election about its continuing potency as a force for cultural and political change, has ...

Max Blumenthal vs. The Far Right "God" Of Dumb Hate

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 11.08.2009 | Media


Frank Schaeffer

Once in a while a book comes along about which one can say: If you love our country read this! Blumenthal's Republican Gomorrah is one such book.

Stanley Kurtz Tries to Tie Gay Marriage to Divorce, Accidentally Proves Opposite

Barrett Brown | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics


Barrett Brown

Ten years after Denmark began allowing for gay civil unions, heterosexual marriage rate had increased by 10.7 percent. Ten years after Norway did, the rate increased by 12.7 percent. For Sweden, 28.7 percent.

Divorce Rate in Gay Marriage-Legal MA Drops To Pre-WWII Level

Bruce Wilson | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics


Bruce Wilson

After four years, legalized gay marriage in Massachusetts appears to have no effect on the Massachusetts divorce rate, posing a big problem for highbrow critics of gay marriage.

Focus On The Family Drops Ex-Gay Program Due To Budget Shortfall

Minnesota Independent | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics


Focus on the Family, James Dobson's anti-LGBT empire and the largest organization in the religious right, announced earlier this week that it would be...

Anti-Abortion Leaders Jailed Protesting Focus On The Family

Colorado Independant | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics


The longstanding feud between hard-line abortion foes American Right to Life Action and Focus on the Family founder James Dobson came to a head in a C...

James Dobson Gives Up: "We Can't Stop Them"

U.S. News And World Report | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics


Politically, James Dobson has surrendered. At least for the time being. Today, the Focus on the Family founder devotes his typically family-focused ra...

Carrie Prejean: 'Satan Was Trying To Tempt Me,' Plus New Pics With Michael Phelps

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 06.11.2009 | Entertainment


As Miss California Carrie Prejean's fate is being decided by Miss USA pageant owner Donald Trump, who has called a Tuesday morning press conference to...

Ryan Grim

Conservative Movement Throws Full Weight Against Sebelius

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics


Several key conservative movement leaders, in an attempt to jack up pressure against Kathleen Sebelius Wednesday, sent a memo to the Senate urging mem...

James Dobson: We Have "Lost" Culture Wars, US "Awash In Evil"

Washington Monthly | Steve Benen | Posted 05.13.2009 | Politics


James Dobson delivered a farewell speech to the Focus on the Family staff, and conceded that the culture war he helped start hasn't turned out well fo...

Keep Religion out of Military

Wayne Besen | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics


Wayne Besen

Sadly, powerful military leaders are behaving more like missionaries than soldiers entrusted with fulfilling military missions.

No New Dobson: Retirement Leaves Evangelical Power Vacuum

Washington Times | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics


The long-expected resignation of Focus on the Family's James Dobson highlights an open secret among America's roughly 70 million evangelicals: There a...

Dobson Resigns As Chairman Of Focus On The Family

AP | ERIC GORSKI | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics


DENVER — Conservative evangelical leader James Dobson has resigned as chairman of Focus on the Family but will continue to play a prominent role...

Texas Evangelicals Funded Attempt To Stop Palin Troopergate Probe

Anchorage Daily News | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics


New state gift disclosures show it cost Liberty Legal Institute and the two law firms working with it $185,000 to represent six Alaska legislators in ...

"I Hope Obama Fails" -- Limbaugh and Al-Qaeda Agree on Obama

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 02.27.2009 | Media


Frank Schaeffer

American success terrifies some on the right. They know America's success and President Obama's success is, for now, one and the same.

Disgraced Rove Aide Named Top Lobbyist For Focus On The Family

Colorado Independent | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics


Being a serial plagiarist may no longer be the professional equivalent of a hair shirt. Look at Vice President Joe Biden. Good thing for ex-Bush admin...

Right Message, Wrong Messenger

Charles J. Brown | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics


Charles J. Brown

Obama said that he chose Rick Warren to make his inauguration a celebration of inclusiveness. Inviting an evangelical pastor was the right idea, through the wrong messenger.

Rick Warren and the Power of Prayer

Renita Weems | Posted 01.20.2009 | Politics


Renita Weems

Sure, Barack Obama's choice of Rick Warren for the inaugural prayer proves nothing more probably than that Obama is a consummate politician. Obama wil...

After Prop 8, James Dobson Asks Who Would Jesus Fire?

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 12.19.2008 | Entertainment


Matthew Filipowicz

The truth is, spreading hate and intolerance is a business just like anything else. And in business, sometimes you're forced to make tough choices.