Focus on the Family

Reader: James Dobson is still worth being discriminated against by the IRS?

Yesterday, we posted about claims by Focus on the Family founder James Dobson that the IRS had discriminated against one of his other operations for political reasons. This alleged mistreatment put Dobson back in the public eye, and his reappearance took one of our readers by surprise.

James Dobson, Focus on the Family founder, claims IRS discrimination

Yesterday in this space, we noted that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder may not have time to weigh in on Colorado marijuana laws because of two mushrooming scandals -- one of them involving reports that the Internal Revenue Service placed extra scrutiny on Tea Party groups seeking nonprofit status. ... More >>

James Dobson is focusing on the fiction, not the family

Readers disagree about whether reparative therapy is gay cure or cruel hoax

Dr. Robert Spitzer's decision to repudiate his own study supporting reparative therapy -- in essence, a "cure" for being gay -- fired up disagreements in our post between Focus on the Family's Glenn Stanton and One Colorado's Brad Clark, as well as folks analyzing their views. Here's a provocative e ... More >>

Focus on the Family defends gay "cure" after past supporter rejects it

Update:In an interview on view below, One Colorado executive director Brad Clark predicted that Dr. Robert Spitzer's repudiation of his own 2001 study, which suggested that gays could be "cured," wouldn't dissuade Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family from continuing to support so-called repara ... More >>

Danilo Gallinari plots Nuggets return -- but will he get back in time?

Denver blog posts have the power. Our office doesn't. Denver Stiffs' Jeffrey Morton on Danilo Gallinari's hope to get back on the court for the Nuggets by Monday. And not a moment too soon. The Colorado Independent's John Tomasic taste-tests the so-called "religious freedom" ballot initiative back ... More >>

GLBT family values: Worship service at State Capitol "Standing on the Side of Love"

Rev. Mike Morran.​At 10 a.m. on Sunday, First Unitarian Denver and seven other Unitarian Universalist congregations will hold services at an unlikely venue: the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol building. The goal, says First Unitarian Denver Reverend Mike Morran, is to affirm family va ... More >>

Al Franken destroys Focus on the Family's Tom Minnery at same-sex marriage hearing

​It's good to know that Focus on the Family is still around to provide unintentional comedy when that organization's narrow-minded rhetoric slams head-first into reality. Case in point: On Wednesday during a Senate same-sex marriage hearing, Focus on the Family, represented by senior lobbyist ... More >>

Tim Tebow's Through My Eyes book tour stops include Hannity & The Daily Show! (VIDEO)

Video below.​Tim Tebow's book Through My Eyes is filled with stories about faith, football, faith, family and faith, in that order -- and he's promoting it with the same kind of pumped-up enthusiasm that marks his play. He's already appeared on an extended segment of Sean Hannity's Fox News pr ... More >>

Gays and porn big issues in Colorado Springs elections, according to Focus on the Family

​Are gays and porn really two of the biggest issues in the upcoming Colorado Springs municipal elections? According to Focus on the Family, they are. As noted by the Colorado Springs Gazette, FOTF has assembled a candidate survey in advance of the April 5 vote -- and three of its eight questi ... More >>

Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad wins NRB award (and continuing publicity) for Focus on the Family

Tim & mom.​The 2010 Super Bowl ad featuring Tim Tebow and his mom is the gift that keeps on giving for Focus on the Family. Next month at their convention in Nashville, the National Religious Broadcasters will reportedly name it the year's best -- and why not? The commercial, on view below, ce ... More >>

Glee features bread bag designed by Boulder studio Mighty Fudge... next to Grilled Cheesus!

Local bread bag and holy sandwich.​A cameo on the red-hot-high-school-musical-dark-comedy-Jane-Lynch-extravaganza Glee is nothing to sneeze at, even if that cameo involves nothing more than a glimpse of an unexceptional bread wrapper. That's why Boulder animation studio Mighty Fudge is all atw ... More >>

Gay teen suicides: Liberty Counsel, not Focus on the Family, claims GLBT exploitation of deaths

​In a post yesterday, GLBT Center's Hope Wisneski discussed the recent rash of gay teen suicides without attacking Focus on the Family, which recently criticized pro-gay anti-bullying programs as anti-Christian. But while Focus hasn't fanned flames since the national media picked up the suicid ... More >>

Gay teen suicides: GLBT Center tackles issue without attacking Focus on the Family

​Five recent high-profile suicides of gay teens have pushed this issue into the press mere weeks after Focus on the Family derided school anti-bullying programs promoting the so-called gay agenda. But Hope Wisneski, deputy executive director of the Colorado's GLBT Community Center, would rathe ... More >>

Pro-gay anti-bullying programs often attack Christians, says Focus on the Family

Candi Cushman.​Of late, Focus on the Family has been presenting its kinder, gentler side, via venues like Tim Tebow's Super Bowl ad. But this week, the organization dove back into the culture wars, declaring that anti-bullying programs presented by outfits like the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Ed ... More >>

Carmelo Anthony keeping quiet so he won't seem like bad guy for pushing Nuggets trade

​We begin a new week of Denver blog roundups with these three contestants... Roundball Mining Company's Jeremy tries to explain the contradictions in the latest Carmelo Anthony rumors. His conclusion: Melo wants out, but he's laying low to avoid coming across like a puppet master. 5280's Mic ... More >>

Focus on the Family: Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad not enough to prevent more layoffs

Tim Tebow and his mom.​This year, Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family got unprecedented publicity for a Super Bowl ad starring Tim Tebow and his mom. But the attention the soon-to-be-Broncos quarterback brought to the organization didn't attract enough dollars to prevent another round o ... More >>

Focus on the Family Action's rebranding as CitizenLink a bid to "minimize the confusion"

A CitizenLink graphic gives the two major parties equal time -- kind of.​Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family and Focus on the Family Action are not one and the same. The former is a 501(c)(3) founded in 1977 by the Reverend James Dobson to promote family values from a Christian perspect ... More >>

Focus on the Family still thinks gays can be cured despite Melissa Fryrear's departure

Melissa Fryrear has left Focus on the Family.​Yesterday on his TruthWinsOut.org website, Wayne Besen wrote that Focus on the Family's Melissa Fryrear, a former lesbian who frequently appeared at events designed to help transform unhappy homosexuals into heterosexuals, had left the Colorado Spr ... More >>

James Dobson's goodbye -- and why Focus on the Family doesn't see him as competition

Dr. James Dobson has a new focus.​On Friday, Dr. James Dobson delivered his final broadcast for Focus on the Family. But Focus spokesman Gary Schneeberger waited until today to comment to the public at large about Dobson's long-in-the-works departure from the Colorado Springs-based organizatio ... More >>

Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario: Sneak Peak at Focus on the Family Super Bowl commercial

To sell their anti-abortion pro-(one)-choice message, Focus on the Family will have to follow one of these three successful Super Bowl commercial formulas... ​ See two more options below!

Focus on the Family's Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad: Pro-lifers jumping on the bandwagon before they even see the commercial

Focus on the Family's decision to buy a Super Bowl ad featuring Florida QB Tim Tebow and his mom has generated a gusher of publicity due largely to protests from pro-choice groups presuming the spot will push an anti-abortion agenda. This extended segment from The O'Reilly Factor is a prime example ... More >>

Focus on the Family takes on critics of its Super Bowl ad: "This is a simple message celebrating life and family"

Tim Tebow, in a photo from his Wikipedia page, doesn't pass on Jesus.​This year's Super Bowl matchup between Peyton Manning's Indianapolis Colts and the feel-good New Orleans Saints promises to be among the most watched events of the year -- and that's wonderful news for Colorado Springs-based ... More >>

Denver Blogs: James Dobson's minions focus on another state's families

In the name of J.D., not necessarily J.C.​Our daily homage to local bloggage. Focus on the Family is spreading its hate in Maine. 5280's on the case. Rep. Jared Polis is speaking out against the what he calls a "sweep of terror" being done on illegal immigrants, Colorado Independent reports. ... More >>

Focus on the Family wants your latte money

Focus on the Family president and CEO Jim Daly.​The Colorado Springs Gazette's parent company may have declared bankruptcy this week, but the paper's still reporting the big news in its community, including details about layoffs at Springs-based Focus on the Family; 75 jobs, or about 8 percent ... More >>

Focus on the Family getting out of the fixing-gays biz

Focus on the Family's James Dobson.​"Focus on the Family: Gay People Can Still Be Fixed," a blog published last week, made the point that the Colorado Springs-based, James Dobson-founded evangelical organization continues to hold that homosexual proclivities can be "cured" through therapy desp ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, August 13 edition

Back when punks were punks....​Set the Waybac Machine for the Carter administration.... Today in Backbeat Online: • Denver punk reunion (1978-1988) changes venues. • Otis Taylor's latest record earns praise in Spin. • Q.Burse returns with Lenny Lenn-directed video "The Puzzle." • John ... More >>

Focus on the Family: Gay people still can be fixed

Focus on the Family's James Dobson.​The American Psychiatric Association's rejection of therapy intended to turn gay people straight, announced yesterday, is unlikely to change the views of Focus on the Family, the Colorado Springs-based organization, founded by James Dobson, that's made "reor ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, August 6 edition

​Would you like to sniff the cork? Today in Cafe Society: • Grapes and grilling tonight at Strings. • Guess where I'm drinking? • Martini Ranch and Hiccups III dry up. • And the new, New York Times restaurant critic is... • Tonight's shochu dinner at Elway's Cherry Creek could be th ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, July 1 edition

Photo by Kiernan MaletskyYou'll love these Meeses to pieces. Hotter than July? Or exactly as hot as July? Today in Backbeat Online: • Last Night's Show: Meese at Twist & Shout. • DJ Vajra announces new project, offers free mix for download. • Flier of the Week: Get Down at Beta Friday, July ... More >>

Focus on the Family launches more anti-gay tirades

Focus on the Family's Tom Minnery and Stuart Shepard. James Dobson's February decision to step down as chairman of Focus on the Family doesn't mean the organization is abandoning its ideological agenda. Indeed, his minions are as busy as ever attacking governmental actions that don't represent Focu ... More >>

Denver Blogs: Republicans find their savior in... Facebook?

We're carving up the mountains of the Colorogosphere in search of hidden trails that we can... ah, screw this metaphor. Here are a bunch of links. Send us more.Colorado Republicans: Coming to a Facebook page near you. (Face the State)If you stumbled on this while surfing the web for a new job, well. ... More >>

News Flash: No Rise in Trangender Bathroom Attacks

Go South

Make a break to Colorado Springs. No, you don't have to be religious.

The Focus Remains the Same

Sin City

Colorado Springs has a message for James Dobson: Let Ted moo!

What Was So Funny?

We laughed until it hurt in 2005.

The Message

Prophetable

What's So Funny

Humor High

Comedy returns to Aspen.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of February 12, 2004

Boob Tube

Janet gave Focus on the Family something to focus on. Too bad.

The Gay Nineties

Since Amendement 2 passed seven years ago, Colorado Springs has learned a lesson in Family Values.

Feature

Off Limits

Slamming the Door on Kerry Dore

A construction worker faces 32 years in prison after a hostage incident at Focus on the Family.

Out of Focus

Demons continue to haunt the injured ironworker who held up Focus on the Family--as well as his victims.

LETTERS

FOCUS ON THE FRACAS

JAMES DOBSON URGES A LETTER-WRITING CAMPAIGN AGAINST A DPS GAY-HEALTH POSTER.

OFF LIMITS