rssFocus on Family Has Money to Fight Gay Marriage, But Not for Staff
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 2:00 pm
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The post-election panic on the right isn’t limited to the Republican Party’s identity crisis. As our sister site Colorado Independent has discovered, the right-wing advocacy group Focus on the Family laid off 20 percent of its staff yesterday, even after dumping more than a half-million dollars into passing California’s Proposition 8 gay-marriage ban.
The Colorado Springs-based ministry and media empire has been struggling to make ends meet in recent years, Cara DeGette writes, as it steadily lost market share for its line of evangelical books and movies to online outlets and the likes of Wal-Mart. But critics are holding up the most recent round of layoffs, as a sad commentary on the true priorities of the ministry.
Mark Lewis, a longtime Colorado Springs activist who helped organize Proposition 8 protests, put it succinctly: “I would imagine their supporters have got to be asking the question about whether their church is really practicing their theology,” he said.
9 Comments
Comment posted November 18, 2008 @ 12:53 pm
Perhaps they canned their webmaster. Focus on the Family’s web site seems to have crashed as well. If HRC or GLAAD crashed, they would probably call it an act of God; Well Hartline would.
Comment posted November 18, 2008 @ 1:07 pm
I feel that gay marriage is inevitable in the same way womens rights were inevitable, all we are doing is delaying that day. Why? Does anybody really believe that living near a same sex couple will turn the neighborhood sour? This is not a disease and it is not contagious. And who is to say that marriage is not already a failing system? I for one never plan to marry. Do not get me wrong there is a woman I want to spend my life with but we are not planning on “legally” marrying ever. The divorce rate is ridiculous and religions flawed and people believe in the craziest crap….like same sex marriage being wrong.
Thats my piece anyways this article says it all for me http://newstrain.com/2008/11/07/244/
Comment posted November 18, 2008 @ 2:16 pm
I unfortunately grew up in Colorado Springs and have a very deep dislike for Focus On The Family. I would like to see them investigated, like the Mormon church, for spending money to campaign against Prop 8. Hopefully there tax exempt status would be stripped away. Let's focus on protecting our theology, and putting 20 percent of our work force out of work. That family is sure going to have to learn to focus on how they are going to pay the bills now.
Comment posted November 18, 2008 @ 8:53 pm
Perhaps they canned their webmaster. Focus on the Family’s web site seems to have crashed as well. If HRC or GLAAD crashed, they would probably call it an act of God; Well Hartline would.
Comment posted November 18, 2008 @ 9:07 pm
I feel that gay marriage is inevitable in the same way womens rights were inevitable, all we are doing is delaying that day. Why? Does anybody really believe that living near a same sex couple will turn the neighborhood sour? This is not a disease and it is not contagious. And who is to say that marriage is not already a failing system? I for one never plan to marry. Do not get me wrong there is a woman I want to spend my life with but we are not planning on “legally” marrying ever. The divorce rate is ridiculous and religions flawed and people believe in the craziest crap….like same sex marriage being wrong.
Thats my piece anyways this article says it all for me http://newstrain.com/2008/11/07/244/
Comment posted November 18, 2008 @ 10:16 pm
I unfortunately grew up in Colorado Springs and have a very deep dislike for Focus On The Family. I would like to see them investigated, like the Mormon church, for spending money to campaign against Prop 8. Hopefully there tax exempt status would be stripped away. Let's focus on protecting our theology, and putting 20 percent of our work force out of work. That family is sure going to have to learn to focus on how they are going to pay the bills now.
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Comment posted September 30, 2010 @ 9:36 am
But critics are holding up the most recent round of layoffs, as a sad commentary on the true priorities of the ministry.
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