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BREAKING: Daddy D resigns from Focus On the Family board

by: Pam Spaulding

Fri Feb 27, 2009 at 13:00:00 PM EST


UPDATE: Reaction from Truth Wins Out and GLAAD are below the fold.

The old man who has spent his adult life trying to turn the U.S. into a theocracy is finally throwing in the towel. I guess after blowing the coffers on Prop 8 and having to lay off staff, it's time to exit. It's just a part of the "succession plan" they say. (AP):

Dobson notified the board of his decision Wednesday, and the 950 employees of the Colorado Springs, Colo.-based ministry were informed Friday morning at a weekly worship service, said Jim Daly, the group's president and chief executive officer.

Dobson, 72, will continue to host Focus on the Family's flagship radio program, write a monthly newsletter and speak out on moral issues, Daly said. Dobson's resignation as board chairman "lessens his administrative burden" and is the latest step in a succession plan, the group said. Dobson began relinquishing control six years ago by stepping down as president and CEO.

...Dobson has a devoted following. His radio broadcast reaches an estimated 1.5 million U.S. listeners daily. Yet critics say his influence is waning, pointing to evangelicals pushing to broaden the movement's agenda beyond abortion, gay marriage and other issues Dobson views as most vital.

...That will likely mean not one person behind the microphone but several speaking on their respective areas of expertise, Daly said. The organization, anticipating a post-Dobson era, for several years has tried out different voices on the broadcast and in giving media interviews on hot-button social issues.

At the same time, Focus officials have acknowledged difficulties in raising money from younger families critical to its future. The economy also has hurt. Last fall Focus on the Family eliminated more than 200 staff positions, its largest employee cutbacks ever.

Daly said the group is now "right on track" with a revised annual budget of $138 million.

His wife Shirley is also stepping down from the board.
Pam Spaulding :: BREAKING: Daddy D resigns from Focus On the Family board
Truth Wins Out:
"James Dobson's legacy of lies has caused significant pain for gay and lesbian people and their families," said Wayne Besen, Executive Director of Truth Wins Out. "We hope his departure will eventually signal a shift in tone and end Focus on the Family's destructive attacks against gay and lesbian Americans."

...In Nov. 2008, Truth Wins Out protested Dobson's selection into the Radio Hall of Fame. In the past two years, TWO has found eight researchers in three countries who say that Dobson has distorted their work. Videos and letters that these scientists sent to Dobson can be viewed at www.Respectmyresearch.org.

Dobson's rhetoric is so divisive that former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX) said that, "Dobson and his gang of thugs are real nasty bullies." Focus on the Family co-founder Gil Alexander Moegerle said that, "I believe Dobson-style politics have been inept, simplistic, exclusionary, divisive and alarmingly sectarian...James Dobson's political style has been one of relentlessly demonizing his adversaries."

Dobson told The Daily Oklahoman on Oct. 23, 2004 that, "Homosexuals are not monogamous. They want to destroy the institution of marriage. It will destroy marriage. It will destroy the Earth." Dobson also told the Daily Oklahoman that Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) is "a God's people hater. I don't know if he hates God, but he hates God's people."

GLAAD:
"For more than 20 years, James Dobson has used his expansive, well-funded media platform to promote defamatory and false information about the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people," said Neil G. Giuliano, President of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). "As Dobson resigns from his role as chairman, it is important to remember his history of false and defamatory claims about our community. GLAAD urges the media to not allow Dobson to turn today's news into yet another media platform for him to advance his intolerant divisive attacks on gay and lesbian Americans and their families."
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Maybe
there IS a "God" after all...

So who's the lucky replacement? Are they having a Hate-A-Thon to decide? Rock-Paper-Scissors?

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Potential candidates compete twice...
once in evening gown and once in swimsuit.

Cynic, n.  A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.  
-Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary


[ Parent ]
Thank you for the imagery!
Next up: Fred Phelps, BamBam Barber, and The Peter in bikinis...

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[ Parent ]
Passing out the clorox bleach
Something to get THAT lovely image out of our minds...(SHUDDER)

Dalhyp


[ Parent ]
Hay hay hay ... good -bye
Maybe he's leaving to spend more time to actually ... focus on his family?  rim shot

"Why Martha!  Your Sunday chapel dress!"

Time for a Bananaramaroll


When you look for the bad in mankind, expecting to find it, you surely will.

- Abraham Lincoln.


[ Parent ]
Ding Dong
The Wicked Witch Is Dead!

Now watch the newest batch of Flying Monkeys get released...

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[ Parent ]
Please
let the door hit you on the way out.us

Difficulty raising money?
Awwww! How sad. I guess there is a downside to wanting to revert to a system of "justice" that is over two thousand years old.

He knows they're finished..
And he's getting out before Focus goes down like the Titanic.  

[ Parent ]
I only hope that with a lower profile Dobson...

...the organization will continue its downward slide at a quicker pace.

-----
~~Autumn~~

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.
--Henry David Thoreau


That's typically what happens to this type or organizations
Once their founder dies or retires, they fade away.  The exception is those ministries or organizations who found an enterprise, usually a college or university - examples:  Regent University (Pat Robertson's brainchild), or Liberty University - (Jerry Falwell's brainchild).  I don't believe FoF has any such thing.

Another clue is listed above.

"Focus officials have acknowledged difficulties in raising money from younger families critical to its future."


[ Parent ]
I hope they take that family busting piece of crap organization, the ADF,
Down with them.!!!

[ Parent ]
Wow.
The old guard is becoming less and less relevant. This is good news.  

SusanGabriel
www.susangabriel.com


One bad thing....
One bad thing about this is the fact that Daddy D will be able to spout off and endorse politicians without possible legal issues because of FOtF's nonprofit status. Unfortunately, it sets him free to be even more of a wingnut.

why unfortunately?
I don't mind the world seeing more of the "true Dobson" and laughing at him with the rest.

[ Parent ]
Good
Riddance!

On a side note, if anyone wants to help vote AGAINST the marriage discrimination amendment in this online poll, I'd appreciate it.
http://www.wral.com/news/local...


Jake, I voted.

...and I am in California, please in your posts tell us what state you are from

By the way folks it stands 73% for M&W only, and only 24% against...get on it. 



It's the Hammer of JUSTICE,
It's the Bell of FREEDOM,
It's the Song about LOVE between,
my Brothers and my Sisters
...All over this Land.


[ Parent ]
IMPORTANT NOTE
Apparently one can vote more than once- I just voted 3 times!

Just sayin'... ;)

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[ Parent ]
A fine American tradition, Louise.


Cynic, n.  A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.  
-Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary


[ Parent ]
It looks like that poll has been Freeped
Even in Texas, the vote wasn't nearly that lopsided.

[ Parent ]
Did my part, Jake...
...sadly the bigots won't stop at nothing until this is passed.

On a much happier note, the thought of Dr. Dobson resigning from FofTF, not to mention the thought of the organization going belly-up in the near future makes me smile.


[ Parent ]
Well...
I guess he hated all the money he could out of people.  O' sure, there probably still is more out there, but not enough to keep up his "lifestyle".  

I wonder if others will follow or try to fill the void.


The sad thing is,
that there will be others to take his place and other organizations that fill the vacuum when FOF dies.  For example, Falwell died and Dobson fades, but Rick Warren has the ear and the buttsucking of the president.  The actors change, but the play does seem to go on and on and on.

Sorry to be a downer, but I heard Obama's Camp Lejune speech today and got so depressed contemplating the fact that the families of LGBT soldiers will be excluded from all the great support programs he talked up.

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Exactly, but it's a more moderate brand
My guess, it's going to be Rick Warren.  He's probably at his zenith now.  Hybels at Willow Creek is another contender.  Others may also be lurking in the wings.  Neither one is as extreme and shrill as their ideological predecessors (Falwell, Robertson, et al).

TV ministries come and go, so do magazines and books.  All any of these people do is capitalize on an idea (they try to market it as a new idea, a new theology, a new brand).  

When people get tired of it they move on.


[ Parent ]
Dynasty??
  Dobson has a son, Ryan who currently runs his own outfit,
"KOR Ministries." Both Robertson and Falwell have groomed their sons to take the business over when the time comes. Gordon Robertson works in the CBN/Regent University combine. Jerry Falwell, Jr. runs Liberty Univeristy while brother Jonathan runs Thomas Road Baptist Church. Ali Kerim Bey, the MI 6 station chief in the James Bond Film From Russia with Love told Bond while they were in the streets of Istanbul, blood is the best form of security. Given the examples of Robertson and Falwell, Daddy D is rather likely to do the same.  

[ Parent ]
Have you gotten a load of Jonathan Falwell?
The guy sets off my gaydar detector at about 150 decibels.

Cynic, n.  A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.  
-Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary


[ Parent ]
If you think Warren is a moderate,
you're only listening to the sound of his voice, not the words he speaks or, most importantly, watching what he does.  He's a dog as rabid as Dobson, and in fact says so himself.

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[ Parent ]
I don't doubt for a minute he's rabid.
But he doesn't have the mass media resources that his predecesors had and will never likely have them.  He also doesn't use hyperbole, as they did.  He's shrewd and knows that outrageous claims like those of Falwell and Robertson don't have any credibility anymore, because people are beginning (just beginning) to see through that BS.

As time goes by, Warren will be viewed as a nutcase too.  Society is moving to the left on this issue, as a result of the Religious Right losing the culture war (which they started).  There will always be the Fred Phelpses and Peter LaBarberas of the world, but they are beginning to be viewed for what they are - kooks.


[ Parent ]
I think you grossly underestimate Warren's reach
and the staying power of the religious right.  They're not losing the culture war.  They continue to rack up lots of wins.  Didn't 4 more anti-LGBT constitutional amendments in November make an impression on you?  Do you know how many states have anti-marriage laws or amendments now?  45.  And we know that the next amendment wave is starting: depriving LGBT people of the ability to adopt or foster children.  And our "liberal" president strung along but ultimately sacrificed the LGBTs during the election in favor of looking good to the religious right.  Yeah, some people see the religious right as kooks.  But a voting majority in most states AGREE WITH THEM ON LGBT ISSUES.

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[ Parent ]
Dammit, Lurleen
I just came back from the reenlistment of one of my old Master Chiefs, and was all sentimental and happy and proud to have served honorably...then you reminded me that I'm not a "real" veteran.

God save ornery old queens! - kevinchi

[ Parent ]
Oh you're a real veteran alright.
It's just your family that doesn't exist and you're not a real citizen.

Another thing Obama was talking about was funding more research on treating brain injuries, etc.  All I could think of was some poor gay soldier lying there almost head-dead and her wife and kids can't come to comfort her without her being chucked out.  I don't think people understand how soul-ripping DADT is.

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[ Parent ]
**sigh**
/snuggles up to you and is deeply depressed

Beloved was at the reenlistment today, too. I was good and followed the rule: no eye contact, no talking, I don't even know her. It punches me in the gut every time.

I hate religious people. Why do they have to make everyone else around them as miserable as they are?

God save ornery old queens! - kevinchi


[ Parent ]
I don't know how you manage it.
But maybe that's part of the personality of people who choose the military - a willingness to put up with unpleasant things for a very long time?  You all deserve a purple star for serving under these conditions of unrelenting friendly fire.

I have this daydream about all the LGBT soldiers and their allies coming out publicly on the same day.  You know, call the pentagon's bluff.  I can't see active duty personnel doing this type of civil disobedience, but wouldn't it be great to see it happening at reenlistment time at recruiting centers?

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[ Parent ]
So wrong-headed
You should NEVER have to hide your feelings or commitment; I'm so sorry that you and Beloved are in this situation.

Bigs hugs to you both- hopefully VERY soon, DADT will be a bad memory.

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[ Parent ]
As far as a successor
Does Daddy D have any evil spawn?

Gotta have a relative to take over the ministry/family busine$$.

Dena

Cisgender. Because "Genetic" (or non) is so 2006.


Watch the old codger get a HUGE golden parachute, that takes every cent they had


"race, taste. and History finally overcome....and you ain't there"
by Tony Kushner


Um..really?!
That will likely mean not one person behind the microphone but several speaking on their respective areas of expertise

These people have expertise?!?!?!

Cynic, n.  A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.  
-Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary


More like "prevert-tise".


[ Parent ]
Dear James - we will out-last and out-live your "hate for money"
schemes. It may take the generation after mine to do it, but we will. Take that to your grave as you contemplate the harm you've caused others in your quest for fame, power and fortune. One more fucking pharisee I wouldn't piss on if you had the courage of your convictions like the Tibetan monks who set them selves on fire (in order to bring about good for others vs you trying to forment hate).

I wish you a long and slow, painful demise - with many, many doubts in your veneer of certainty - and that's simply for one child who heard your voice and decided they couldn't live like that anymore. Now multiply that by the unnamed thousands. Enjoy your retirement - I know that I will.


Focus on the Anus isn't the pride of Colorado anymore,
  This organization, Focus on the Anus is becoming the visible pimple on Colorado's Ass.  The same with the likes of Scott Renfroe.  They are embarassing people who spew hate.  As I have posted that I am personally challenfing Mr. Renfroe. I have also pointed out to other legslatures that Colorado could benefit greatly as it is by being LGBT friendly.  Snow boarding is the younger generaton's sport as Colorado can attract many younger travelers by being more open to LGBT people, plus it is the right thing to do. Young folks are more accepting of LGBT folks and have attitudes towards religious pukes like Dobson, Bam-Bam and LeBarbera.  And I can proudly saw I let my daughters use the term, 'FUCK THEM' especially when they equate LGBT folks to murderers and terrorists.

If I make sense? it was quite by accident.

We moms
are SUPPOSED to teach our kids to observe the niceties like this, Happy! ;)

Joking aside, you're right- I'm absolutely convinced that the reason Mike Heath quietly switched the name of his gang from "Christian Civic League" to "Maine Family Policy Council" last year was because the first had become so tainted... he also complained about an interview that he had done with the local media that never aired. My guess is that the interview was done to shut him TFU, with no intention of airing any more of his spew.

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[ Parent ]
Tax Exempt Status
Look for a link between FoF laying off workers at the same time as spending on Prop 8, and possible loss of tax exemption.

Americans United has a press release out now.

The Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, issued the following statement:

"James Dobson's decision to resign as chairman of Focus on the Family is unlikely to make much of a difference in the day-to-day operations of that organization. Dobson intends to continue his daily radio program and monthly mailings. He has also said he will keep handing out political endorsements. Many who listen to Dobson's daily radio broadcast may not even be aware of this change.

"Focus on the Family is merely rearranging the deck chairs on its big, intolerant ship.



Pam,
J'aime ma Peau



Dobson is gone, it's safe to go back into a shower


"race, taste. and History finally overcome....and you ain't there"
by Tony Kushner


They'll be lining up like pigs at the trough to replace him.
There's never a shortage opportunist hustlers and sky pilots trying to make a killing off someone's back.

People like Dobson are as much our enemies as those as who say 'gawwds in the mix.' Just not as powerful.

The looter rich much prefer working with Democrats like Obama and the Clintons - they're greedier, they fool more people and they're able to get away with a lot more than Republicans.  


Dobson
As a Gay White male who is also a CHRISTIAN, I find it sad that Mr. Dobson who gereally has a good message for families never could get over his own HATE for gays so in which people of ALL races, genders and chrisitans could truly hear his message. Mr. Dobson I sure hope when you grace your presence someday in front of Jesus as I will that you can share with him your hate for my christian heart as well. Certainly I hope you get plenty of rest, your gonna need it to chase all those hating demons you has casted away. Oh and for all you gay christians who have fallen to his hate message, GOD does in fact love you!

Dear James
Enjoy your retirement. I hope you live long enough to see the complete failure of your culture-war army as the country continues to urbanize, liberalize, and de-mythologize. That would be justice.

HTH. HAND.

KoSC


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