Tag Archives: Focus On The Family

Citing the recent spate of suicides among LGBT youth, the “ex-gays” at Exodus International announced yesterday that they were ending their opposition to the Day Of Silence, an annual student-led protest of the bullying of queer kids. “All the recent attention to bullying helped us realize that we need to equip kids to live out biblical tolerance and grace while …

“The religious right is seeing the fruit of their efforts: DEAD CHILDREN.” Watch every second of this. Dan says to gay kids: “Don’t believe the lies of the bigoted children of bigoted adults.”

JMG reader Jeff points us to this satirical website, which reads: Due to the media attention being given to suicides by bullied gay and lesbian youth, we have decided to create a list of straight kids who have been bullied by gays and lesbians until they were driven to take their own lives. Check back later to see if we’ve …

“We blame the anti-gay industry for fighting measures to end bullying in schools, and school officials who turn a blind eye to brutality. We are fed up with what amounts to anti-gay schoolyard muggings that are foolishly dismissed as ‘boys being boys’. In reality, it is ‘boys beating boys’, and these bullies receive tacit approval for their violent, homophobic behavior …

This morning I noted Focus On The Family’s repulsive attempt to prevent schools from teaching that it’s wrong to beat up gay kids. Over at Alternet blogger Alvin McEwen has discovered that Focus is actually citing Dr. George “Lift My Luggage” Rekers in their anti-gay materials. You read that right. Our “beloved” solicitor of “luggage lifters,” George Rekers. Even after …

The bigots at Focus On The Family are worried that their “God-given, constitutionally protected” right to have their kids beat up queers is being thwarted by the rising number of anti-bullying programs around the nation. Therefore they have launched the misnamed hate site True Tolerance, where parents can get tips on how to stop any anti-bullying education that includes the …

The anti-gay Christian group Focus On The Family, which has laid off hundreds of employees in recent years, is about to go through another round of cutbacks. According to the Colorado Gazette, another 100 bigots get their pink slips today. “We are still working out the details of fitting our FY ‘11 budget to the figure our board of directors …

“I’m not fearful that change will happen in America. It will happen. I don’t know what will happen with same-sex marriage, but I’m not going to be discouraged if we lose some of those battles. It’s going to be difficult in this culture and the way the demographics are going right now. You look at the under-35 age group. I …

The nation’s hate groups were noticeably silent about last week’s hospital visitation directive from President Obama. Until now.Focus On The Family: “What complicated this memo — and is a concern to us — is the third point, [in which] the president directs Health and Human Services to investigate and to look for ways to perhaps give even more rights to …

As the president considers the list of potential replacements for retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, anti-gay groups are issuing hysterical warnings that he better not pick a goddamn queer. Focus On The Family: Our concern at the Supreme Court is judicial philosophy. Sexual orientation only becomes an issue if it effects their judging. If someone says, `I don’t …

“James Dobson has assisted millions of Americans in bringing up children in more positive and constructive homes and communities. By doing so, he has created wealth by helping people thrive. If his work has spared even one child a life of drugs or criminality, he has improved the human condition. There is no limit to the market for those who …

Focus On The Family is furious that the NCAA was pressured into removing their display ad from its website. This Focus on the Family ad, believe it or not, has been yanked off the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) website for one simple reason: Focus on the Family supports natural marriage, believing that marriage is the union of one man …

Remember how Matt Barber, Focus On The Family, and the Liberty Counsel stomped their feet and said they would boycott CPAC if those dirty GOProud queers were allowed to attend? So much for THAT. CPAC ignored the threat, essentially calling the evangelicals’ bluff. This gave the social conservatives a choice. They could pull out of CPAC, which holds an informal …

The New York Times notes the rising popularly of Christian groups sponsoring violent mixed martial arts bouts, a trend brought about by attempts to bring “real men” back into the gentle nellie church. And don’t you know Focus On The Family has shoved their claws into this. Recruitment efforts at the churches, which are predominantly white, involve fight night television …

Colorado Springs, world headquarters for Focus On The Family and home to the Air Force Academy and numerous defense industry factories, is going through the kind of budget crisis that some say is on its way to many other American cities. More than a third of the streetlights in Colorado Springs will go dark Monday. The police helicopters are for …