rssFocus on the Family Spent $100k on Prop 8, Then Laid Off One-Fifth of Its Workers
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 11:18 am
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The Mormon church was widely credited with bankrolling the Proposition 8 campaign to ban gay marriage in California last November. But Focus on the Family actually spent considerably more, including a $100,000 check just days before the Colorado Springs-based evangelical group laid off 20 percent of its employees, reports TWI’s sister site, The Colorado Independent.
In total, Focus on the Family spent $727,250 on the campaign, compared to the $189,000 donated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, according to records just released by the state of California.
A benefactor of Focus on the Family and an offshoot lobbying group also donated several hundred thousand dollars, bringing the total amount contributed by Focus on the Family and its associated organizations to $1.251 million — just shy of the leading donor, the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic organization based in New Haven, Conn.
Read the full story at The Colorado Independent.
Correction: This post initially misstated the amount contributed by Focus of the Family and its associated organizations. The total was $1.251 million, not $1.275 million, as originally stated. Apologies for the error.
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Comment posted February 11, 2009 @ 10:41 am
So it's a win-win for all the gays! Focus on the “Family” is out over a million dollars (because prop 8 will be overturned) and there are 20% less anti-family people getting paychecks. Yeah!!!!!
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Comment posted February 11, 2009 @ 4:26 pm
It's sad when we see this kind of obsession over others' marriages gets to the point where the organization itself has to off its own employees.
It's like saying “We'll stop those gays from marrying, even if it'll cost us our jobs to do it.”
It's sad.
Comment posted February 11, 2009 @ 6:09 pm
>> But Focus on the Family actually spent considerably more… Focus on the Family and its associated organizations to $1.251 million
Guess you forgot to mention the $20,000,000+ raised by the Mormon members and their groups – in addition to the $189,000 by the Mormon church?
Sounds like a lot more was done by the Mormons and their church.
Comment posted February 12, 2009 @ 11:22 am
What this really is, and Eric you hit the nail on the head, is that we will go to any cost to protect what we believe as the sanctity of marriage, even if that costs us thousands of dollars and in turn we have to lay off employees, who will no longer be able to provide for their families. But since that family doesn't promote homosexual activities, than we can justify it.
Comment posted February 16, 2009 @ 12:52 pm
If these Dobson, Focus on the Family, the Church of Later Day Saints, or any religious organization wants to fund political actions, they are free to do so. All that they have to do is give up their tax exempt status. It is ironic that these institutions give lip service to truth and integrity, unless it is not to their benefit.
Comment posted February 16, 2009 @ 8:52 pm
If these Dobson, Focus on the Family, the Church of Later Day Saints, or any religious organization wants to fund political actions, they are free to do so. All that they have to do is give up their tax exempt status. It is ironic that these institutions give lip service to truth and integrity, unless it is not to their benefit.
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