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Protestantism

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    Tim Tebow to become Times Square Tim in New York, says Focus on the Family

    After the Broncos traded Tim Tebow to the Jets, televangelist Pat Robertson accused Denver of treating Tebow shabbily. But a spokesman for Colorado Springs' Focus on the Family, for which Tebow made a 2010 Super Bowl ad, doesn't echo this claim. Instead, he believes the events that led the Broncos t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Rick Santorum blessed by Focus on the Family founder James Dobson pre-South Carolina vote

    Even though Rick Santorum kinda won the Iowa caucuses, he's a long shot to pass Mitt Romney and become the Republican pick for president. His last chance appears to be a strong showing in South Carolina tomorrow -- one that'll require evangelicals to get behind him (and not sinful Newt Gingrich). To ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    The Family Research Council's Tony Perkins serves with dishonor

    Tony Perkins.​Last week, Tony Perkins, the head of the Family Research Council in Colorado Springs, said that if the United States ends the "don't ask, don't tell" policy in the military, it could bring back the draft. His reasoning: strapping young recruits won't want to serve next to men and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    For Christ's sake: Local Evangelicals plan Civic Center Park rally for immigration reform

    A Flickr photo​Jeff Johnsen, the executive director of Mile High Ministries, a collaboration of urban churches in Denver, thinks its time that Evangelical Christians spoke up about immigration. "The way we've worked out our social concern is caring for the poor: helping the homeless, feeding ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Last Night: Evangelicals at the Hi-Dive

    Evangelicals​ Evangelicals, Holiday Shores, Candy Claws Monday, November 9 The Hi-Dive Better Than: (Sorry about this) The Broncos offense Maybe it's a low blow, but Josh Jones of Evangelicals was responsible for tingling more spines than Brandon Marshall on Monday night, despite the fact th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    Focus on the Family prepares for life without James Dobson

    James Dobson will be signing off in February. Sad?​Word that Focus on the Family founder James Dobson would stop producing his trademark radio show and cut the cord between him and the organization in February likely spurred cheers among people whose vehicles sport one of those "Focus on Your ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2008

    Group blames James Dobson honor for troubles at Museum of Broadcast Communications

    Our October 24 blog "Protesters Don't Want Focus on the Family's James Dobson in Radio Hall of Fame" told the tale of DumpDobson.com, a website that decried the planned induction of JD in the Chicago-based Museum of Broadcast Communications' National Radio Hall of Fame. These efforts failed, and D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2008

    Focus on the Family's nightmare scenario about an Obama victory

    Our October 24 blog "Protesters Don't Want Focus on the Family's James Dobson in Radio Hall of Fame" told the tale of DumpDobson.com, a website that decried the planned induction of JD in the Chicago-based Museum of Broadcast Communications' National Radio Hall of Fame. These efforts failed, and D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2008

    Shocker: Focus on the Family's James Dobson loves supporting McCain now

    Our October 24 blog "Protesters Don't Want Focus on the Family's James Dobson in Radio Hall of Fame" told the tale of DumpDobson.com, a website that decried the planned induction of JD in the Chicago-based Museum of Broadcast Communications' National Radio Hall of Fame. These efforts failed, and D ... More >>

  • News

    July 3, 2008

    Gospel Journey Teens Dare 2 Share

    Greg Stier is raising an army of adolescents to help save your soul.

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2008

    Wayne Laugesen Vs. Richard Baker: The Debate

    Greg Stier is raising an army of adolescents to help save your soul.

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2008

    Mathew Murray Shooting God’s Plan?

    Greg Stier is raising an army of adolescents to help save your soul.

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2007

    Vlog the Impaler Celebrates Ramahankwantetmas

    Greg Stier is raising an army of adolescents to help save your soul.

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2007

    The Focus Remains the Same

    Greg Stier is raising an army of adolescents to help save your soul.

  • Music

    November 30, 2006

    Evangelicals

    Wednesday, December 6, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

  • News

    November 16, 2006

    Sin City

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

  • News

    November 9, 2006

    On Call

    Mike Jones wasn't the only one to get regular visits from "Art."

  • News

    May 26, 2005

    The Message

    Prophetable

  • News

    May 5, 2005

    What's So Funny

    Prophetable

  • News

    April 14, 2005

    A House Divided

    When Reverend Benjamin Reynolds opened his church to gays, some called it a sin. He calls it a mission from God.

  • News

    July 15, 1999

    Off Limits

    When Reverend Benjamin Reynolds opened his church to gays, some called it a sin. He calls it a mission from God.

  • News

    July 1, 1999

    The Black Sheep

    Unitarian minister Joel Miller finds out it's hard to lead the wrong kind of church in southwest Jefferson County

  • News

    October 1, 1998

    Fact or Friction?

    The ex-gay movement has its straight man--but ex-ex-gays may have the last laugh.

  • News

    August 13, 1998

    Raising Holy Hell

    Love thy neighbor, the Bible says. But that's not easy in Golden these days.

  • News

    August 6, 1998

    Making Book on Bill Owens

    Questions about the religious right are this GOP candidate's cross to bear--or is that bare?

  • News

    December 4, 1997

    Slamming the Door on Kerry Dore

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

  • News

    October 30, 1997

    Preach for the Stars

    Meet Bill McCartney's good buddy, golfing pal and spiritual partner: Pastor James Ryle.

  • News

    October 9, 1997

    Out of Focus

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

  • News

    September 11, 1997

    The Princess and the Peons

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

  • News

    August 28, 1997

    Big Wheel

    Local Baptist preacher Acen Phillips has a passel of fancy cars and a devil of a history in court.

  • News

    August 14, 1997

    King James's Version

    James Dobson issues gender "guidelines" for the country's most popular Bible.

  • News

    May 1, 1997

    God's Own Party

    Everything's divine in Arvada, where the GOP has veered sharply to the religious right.

  • News

    August 15, 1996

    Sanctuary

    For a century this inner-city church has served as a refuge. But its most important mission has always been outside the walls.

  • News

    November 22, 1995

    COME TO JESUS

    THE LOVE THAT DARE NOT SPEAK ITS NAME...IN KEVIN TEBEDO'S PRESENCE.

  • News

    October 11, 1995

    FOCUS ON THE FRACAS

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

  • News

    March 22, 1995

    OUT TO LUNCH

    DEAR EDITOR: THANK YOU FOR HAVING DAVE SHIFLETT TELL HOW THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT CAN INFLUENCE THE MEDIA.

  • News

    May 4, 1994

    OFF LIMITS

    DEAR EDITOR: THANK YOU FOR HAVING DAVE SHIFLETT TELL HOW THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT CAN INFLUENCE THE MEDIA.

  • News

    February 16, 1994

    PASSING ON THE RIGHT

    CONSERVATIVE STRATEGISTS GEAR UP FOR THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY.RIGHT ON! EMPOWERMENT TO THE PEOPLE: CONSERVATIVES TUNE IN AND TURN ON.

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