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September 1, 1996 11:21 am
Dobson’s Choice: Religious Right Leader Becomes Political Power Broker
…Introduction Focus on the Family founder and chairman James Dobson is perhaps the most influential right-wing Christian leader in the country, with a huge and loyal following that…
April 20, 2012 1:00 pm
Big Bullies: The Right Wing’s Anti- Anti-Bullying Strategies
…real victims. Last year, many conservative political organizations, including Focus on the Family, the Family Research Council, the American Family Association, Liberty Counsel and Concerned Women for America vocally opposed…
July 15, 2009 2:59 pm
As Senate Prepares to Take Up Hate Crimes Bill, Far Right’s Inflammatory Claims Should Not Be Taken Seriously
…on their propaganda campaign. Emblematic is a May 6 diatribe by Focus on the Family’s James Dobson: As I’m recording this video greeting, there’s a so-called hate crimes bill that’s…
February 18, 2015 12:00 am
The Libre Initiative: The Koch Brothers’ Focus on Latino Voters
In September 2011, the Center for Public Integrity reported that former Bush administration official Daniel Garza had launched the Libre Initiative, a new group dedicated to bringing Latino…
July 31, 2009 3:54 pm
To Hell with Health Care Reform: Religious Right Leaders Attack Obama, Spout GOP Dogma about “Socialism” While Fanning Flames on Abortion
…falsely claiming that reform constitutes a socialist government takeover of the entire health care industry. Focus on the Family’s James Dobson, on a recent conference call for anti-choice activists, sounded…
November 4, 2010 5:16 pm
The Tea Party and Religious Right Movements: Frenemies with Benefits
…lead to taxpayer funding of abortions to fully embrace the Tea Party’s anti-government talking points. For example, when Focus on the Family’s James Dobson took part in a conference call…
June 23, 2021 12:05 pm
Unsportsmanlike: The Right-Wing Attack on Transgender Women and Children — PART I
…also been the focus of far-right activists and media, many of whom have targeted trans athletes in their ongoing cultural warfare. Trump Signs on to the Trans-Bashing At the Conservative…
June 29, 2021 5:02 pm
Unsportsmanlike: The Right-Wing Attack on Transgender Women and Children — PART II
…by state legislators—60 of which focus on excluding trans youth from sports. Central to this effort is Alliance Defending Freedom, an anti-LGBTQ organization that helped draft the 2016 “bathroom bills.”…
April 21, 2011 5:16 pm
The ‘Green Dragon’ Slayers: How the Religious Right and the Corporate Right are Joining Forces to Fight Environmental Protection
…over creation” and promote “erroneous theological and anthropological positions.” Among its signatories were Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, Chuck Colson of the Colson Center, D. James Kennedy of…
April 22, 2015 1:33 pm
The Personhood Movement: Where It Comes From and What It Means For the Future of Choice
…a more sweeping victory look unfeasible: “By identifying the … procedure and giving it the provocative label ‘partial-birth abortion,’ the movement turned the public focus of the abortion debate from…