Evangelical leader Dobson leaving radio show
(Denver) James Dobson, the voice of conservative Christian group Focus on the Family, will no longer host its flagship radio broadcast and is cutting formal ties with the organization that he founded more than 30 years ago, the evangelical group said Friday.
Dobson, 73, and the board of directors both agreed …
Tags: Board Of Directors, Christian Group, Evangelical Group, Flagship, Focus On The Family, Formal Ties, Group Focus, James Dobson, Radio Broadcast, Radio ShowEvangelical group faces ’serious’ shortfall
(Denver) A “serious budget shortfall” at Focus on the Family has prompted the conservative Christian group to issue a special fundraising plea, and contributed to a decision to cede control of its contentious “Love Won Out” conferences about homosexuality to another religious organization, a spokesman said Tuesday.
Focus on the …
Tags: Budget Shortfall, Christian Group, Conferences, Evangelical Group, Faces, Focus On The Family, Fundraising, Homosexuality, love, Plea, Religious Organization, SpokesmanFury Over Obama’s Gay-Affirming Justice Picks
Social conservatives are calling on Congress to reject several of President Obama’s picks to the Department of Justice, including the No. 2 position of deputy attorney general, because they support gay and lesbian equality and the right of a woman to have an abortion.
Republicans on Capital Hill grilled David Ogden, nominated to be the deputy attorney general, at length about those issues at his Thursday confirmation hearing, reports The Associated Press.
Ogden filed a brief in support of the gay defendants at the center of the 2004 Supreme Court case Lawrence v. Texas which declared sodomy laws unconstitutional. Ogden has also defended organizations that support the right of a woman to seek an abortion.
“You’ve taken some very extraordinary positions, some left-leaning and unorthodox positions,” Senator Jon Kyl, a Republican from Arizona, told Ogden.
Evangelical groups, including the ardently anti-gay Focus on the Family and the American Family Association, have objected to Ogden’s nomination.
Similar concerns are being expressed over the nomination of Elena Kagan to Solicitor General. Kagan, who is openly gay, is being denounced for her support of open service for gay military personnel.
See Fury Over Obama’s Gay-Affirming Justice Picks
On Top Magazine, OH
| Published by |
 |
Original source : http://gay_blog.blogspot.com/2009/02/fury-over-oba…
Focus Action lobbies in Wyoming on gay marriage
A Colorado-based evangelical group has launched a telephone lobbying campaign trying to influence a gay-marriage bill in Wyoming. Focus on the Family Action of Colorado Springs has been making telephone calls to voters in key Wyoming senate districts. he group is trying to drum up support for legislation that would let Wyoming voters decide whether to amend the state constitution to specify that the state won’t recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere. See Focus Action lobbies in Wyoming on gay marriage
KRDO - Colorado Springs,CO,USA
| Published by |
|
Original source : http://gay_blog.blogspot.com/2009/01/focus-action-…
