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Focus on the Family CEO: "We're losing."

By JesusLovesSomeOfYou,  Newser User

Posted May 23, 2011 9:30 PM CDT

(User Submitted) – In an interview for the an upcoming issue of World Magazine, Jim Daly, the president and CEO of Focus on the Family, opens up with a rare moment of honesty about his group's battle against gay marriage. "We're losing on that one, especially among the 20- and 30-somethings: 65 to 70 percent of them favor same-sex marriage." A welcome and refreshing contrast to dusty old codgers like Michael Long, Chair of New York's Conservative Party, and their played out, "over my dead body" attitudes about issues like gay marriage.
Maybe with a few more moments of honesty like this, from unlikely sources like Jim Daly, coupled with polls like those released last week showing a majority of Americans in support of marriage for all, politicians will begin to realize that the young voters and future leaders of this nation don't align themselves with their antiquated morals. Maybe they can even begin to focus on issues that aren't obviously destined for failure, but instead on those that actually affect the lives of average Americans on a daily basis. Maybe... Read the full article.

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lvan
Jun 19, 2011 3:56 AM CDT
Really? Gay marriage? Feminism has nothing to do with declining family values.
kokuaguy
May 26, 2011 4:20 PM CDT
Popular Colorado bumper sticker: FOCUS ON YOUR OWN DAMN FAMILY !!!
rjm
May 25, 2011 5:35 PM CDT
How do you like them apples, Maggie Gallagher?
 

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