Posted on 06/16/2009 7:09:29 PM PDT by markomalley
Imagine you're at Focus on the Family to watch founder James Dobson formally step down from the board after three decades. The newly powerful ministry president—the micro-managerial Dobson is now officially powerless—steps to the mic and says: "What we want to see are more families like Barack Obama's." Would never happen, right? Well, it already has. The Denver Post reports on Focus's newish CEO, Jim Daly, who wants to trade Focus's image as a Christian right group in for one of as a family-focused ministry. After all, apolitical, family-focused work still absorbs the vast majority of Focus's resources. A few key graphs on how Daly plans to drastically change Focus's approach to politics and public policy:
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Yes. Everyone needs a Larry Sinclair in their life.
bad idea....wrong direction.
Focus on the family was James and Shirley Dobson. All good things must come to an end.
It depends what he means, if he only means that the mother (woman) and father (male) are married, living together, and raising their children....then he is right in that respect. The Obama family is a good example of the traditional two-parent family.
Sounds like the Commies have sunk their meathooks into “Focus on the Family.”
I don’t think this guy Daly will have that job very long ... for being “results-oriented” he certainly has a weak composition, and a very superficial understanding of history.
We need more angry parasites?
OK so lets get it straight Focus on the Family wants to see Family’s where the Fathers believe in their soul that their Daughters pregnancy is viewed as a punishment? Where the Father figure supports laws where if an innoncent baby somehow survives the abortionists cruel instruments then that baby born free and alive into this world should be immediately Murdered that Life stamped out all because the Mother and society should not be PUNISHED with that baby.
We are in the end times for sure.
Either that, or Focus may not be around very long...
He's probably talking about the positive signal of an intact two-parent black family unit.
Compromisers, I imagine Dobson isn’t happy about this: and if I were long time members I wouldn’t be either (since you can’t separate faith & culture (which is what it primarily is conservative on, anyway).
I hope this guy gets ‘fired’! (or has some..spanin’ to do)
I think you may be right; and what blind fool could ever wish that. I don’t even think the Obamas like each other.
LOL! The freakin’ world has gone mad.
I doubt he means to promote leftist ideologies, but stating the obvious that Obama was raised by a stable, married couple in direct opposition to his mother's leftist lifestyle and his father's Islamist hedonism certainly places Barack in a trick bag.
I can see that. Mom and Dad married and they do seem to care very much for their daughters.
If more families followed that example we would be better off.
Of course daddy is a con-man and mommy has a major bitterness problem but they do have a intact nuclear family.
What the hell did they blackmail Dobson over?
Read a teleprompter?
Shred the Constitution?
Attend a race-baiting church for 20 years?
They think if only they were nice enough everyone would love Christians. I pity this naive man. I do agree that we do need to reach out to minorities but this doesn’t sound like that it sounds like surrender.
But we NEED more panderers!!!
A family that has its kids baptized in the church of a vicious racist spouting hate-American and hate-whitey week after week? A family that doesn’t give birthday or Christmas presents to the kids in accordance with Muslim tradition? A family with deep rooted contempt for the white race and Western Civilization?
Yes, we need many more families like this.
Exactly! 70% of black babies are currently born out of wedlock. If black men are inspired to marry and remain married because the first black president is married then I say hurray!
The only conservatives with balls lately is Sarah Palin and Jim Demint. Por que?
You make great points. He is such a role model (Obozo)..He can teach the “shelf method” to his family. If it (the thing) breathes, put it on the shelf until it quits. Daly, just for starters, puts his foot in mouth.
My jaw dropped too. I’m sure obama is relishing this quote, figuring he can use it in the future to bring Christians into his fold. After all if Focus approves of his family, why doesn’t everyone else? Way to go Jim Daly, giving obama an opening.
>> Sounds like the Commies have sunk their meathooks into “Focus on the Family.”
Or maybe the RINOs.
I remember the million man march. I thought too. If the men would just go back to their girl friends, marry them,and be a father to their children that would have done a great good. I think it came apart because of the laws against polygamy. Afterall, how many girl friends can you legally marry?
Personally, I could care less if 0 was married or divorced. I’m FAR more concerned about his imposing socialism on the U.S. and actively doing EVERYTHING he can to destroy the country.
Dobson and his gay friends always struck me as phony. The way he bashed Fred Thompson in favor of more liberal candidates was inexcusable. This is only more confirmation.
American Right to Life Protestors Chose Principle over Pragmatism
Challenge to Christians – “Stop funding Focus on the Family!”
Denver, June 11, 2009 Two protestors charged by Focus on the Family of trespass, were in court June 10, 2009 for sentencing resulting from their peaceful sit-in last September 4, 2008.
Judge Spencer A. Gresham imposed fines of $450 and $550 respectively. Bob Enyart and Ken Scott refused to pay the fines, stating that they wouldn’t support a system, which allows for the killing of innocent babies in the womb. After they refused to pay the fine, Judge Gresham offered them the opportunity to do community service. Ken Scott again replied, “I refuse to do public service for a system that is killing innocent babies.”
A Focus on the Family representative, Lisa Anderson, asked for restitution in the amount of $400, which was supposedly the amount that Focus spent on dealing with the protestors. The judge refused the FOTF request, noting that the organization had paid security on duty during the protest. Pastor Enyart reminded the judge that while FOTF was asking for $400 in restitution, they were fraudulently raising funds with Dr. Dobson’s pledge to never again “support a candidate that would kill one innocent child.”
Scott and Enyart had made numerous requests to work toward meeting with FOTF in order to ask Dr. Dobson about violating his pledge to never vote again for a candidate who would allow for a single innocent life to be taken.
A video of James Dobson, making his 1990 pledge to a huge Washington, D.C. audience, in which he states, “As long God lets me live,” plays continuously in the FOTF Welcome Center. http://artlaction.com/release/20080825/james-dobson-violates-pledge-made-invoking-god
When James Dobson endorsed embryonic stem cell research supporter, John McCain for President, American RTL was compelled to confront Focus on the Family leaders about their fraudulent fundraising, based on James Dobson’s claim to be uncompromising in his defense of innocent life.
Focus on the Family recently interviewed Priests for Life’s Father Pavone, criticizing Notre Dame for arresting peaceful protestors at recent graduation exercises. It appears Focus on the Family has overlooked the plank in their own eye, by their actions against American RTL’s peaceful protest.
Angry, bitter, power-mad victims. Yes, we need more families like that.
barf.
My recommendation is not to donate to them or support what they do since they obviously are changing.
Jim Daly: “Hey! How come nobody is donating to the ministry anymore?”
**’More Families Like Obama’s’ (BARF ALERT)**
Say what???? A Barf Alert indeed.
A “make believe” POTUS!
This is a huge mistake. It may get them dollars from the liberal crowd but Christians, real Christians, will flee.
Hell HAS frozen over. For the love of G-d. In fact....well, never mind. My faith is wavering these days.
Focus on the Family nose dives from 35,000 feet, right into the ground.
Which is a minority among that minority.
HOWEVER, the stable family life is the ONLY thing to be admired about them.
Best I recall they weren’t too impressed with Fred Thompson’s family...painted them as infidels when Fred wouldn’t discuss faith or worship habits to the degree they wanted.
What about Barry and Michelle’s church attendance with their children and the things their “reverend” was preaching when they did attend?
Faith in man - perhaps, but, never faith in God.
Thanks for the reminder, Jo. :-)
I knew what you meant. : )
Dobson has been meddling in state and national politics for years.shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiachHe has set himself up as the arbiter of other peoples morals & values.
He stood by his old buddy Ted Haggard during his drug and perverted sex scandels.
He, Dobson really needs to seek the face of G-d and reject his massive pride.
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This guy will be gone by the end of the week.
I’ll have to watch carefully but my first inclination is to toss this organization on the dung heap.
Can I use your posts in an email to FOF? We are (now used to be) long time supporters of FOF, not anymore if this is the direction they are taking!
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