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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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Focus on the Family stories: 10 news summaries

(Newser) - Anti-abortion groups are launching a full-scale assault on health reform plans, contending that current proposals include an “abortion mandate” and would spend taxpayer money on the procedure, Politico reports. The first claim is based on a plan to federally mandate a basic set of procedures insurers must offer. Abortion... More »

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health care • abortion • health insurance • Focus on the Family • health care reform • insurance providers • House Democrats • anti-abortion activists

 Prejean: 
 'Satan Set 
 Gay Trap 
 for Me' 

She rejected devil and 'stood up for God' on gay marriage, Prejean tells Dobson

May 12, 09 4:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Miss California has told a Christian radio program that "Satan tried to tempt me" with the gay marriage pageant question that rocketed her into controversy. "I wanted to sound politically correct" and win the Miss USA pageant, Carrie Prejean told evangelical leader James Dobson yesterday. "Then God... More »

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radio • gay marriage • James Dobson • God • Focus on the Family • Perez Hilton • Christian right • evangelicals • Satan • devil • Carrie Prejean • Miss California

Focus on the Family Chair Dobson Resigns

Promises to continue preaching conservative views on his own

Feb 27, 09 2:53 PM CST
(Newser) - James Dobson is stepping down from his perch atop Focus on the Family, the AP reports, saying he wants to “lessen his administrative burden.” The conservative evangelist said he’ll keep playing a big role in the organization he founded, and will keep pushing his political agenda. Though... More »

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James Dobson • Focus on the Family • Republican evangelicals • Christian conservatives • evangelicals


 Evangelical
 Dobson
 Slams 
 Obama 

Focus on the Family head blasts 'fruitcake' Constitution interpretation

Jun 24, 08 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - One of the country's most prominent evangelical leaders says Barack Obama is "distorting the traditional understanding of the Bible to fit his own world view," the AP reports. Focus on the Family head James Dobson recorded an 18-minute screed that was released ahead of his radio show today,... More »

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Barack Obama • radio • abortion • James Dobson • Focus on the Family • Constitution • Bible • evangelicals

Key Evangelical Leader
to Endorse Huckabee

First primary endorsement ever for Focus on Family founder

Feb 8, 08 4:41 AM CST
(Newser) - One of the most influential Evangelical Christian leaders in the nation is expected today to endorse Mike Huckabee, providing a major boost to his campaign among conservatives, AP reports. James Dobson, founder of Colorado's Focus on the Family organization, has never before endorsed a Republican presidential candidate during a primary... More »

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Mitt Romney • James Dobson • Mike Huckabee • Focus on the Family • evangelicals • Republican candidate • endorsement • Election 2008

Norris Credited With Huck Boost

Action star a multi-generational icon, but also a true Christian conservative

Dec 5, 07 1:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Like the last shrewd Arkansas politician before him, Mike Huckabee isn't discounting the punch of star power—particularly when it's coming from martial arts tough guy Chuck Norris. Seriously, says Newsweek’s Howard Fineman. Not only did the action hero provide needed publicity, but he’s a known born-again Christian... More »

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James Dobson • Mike Huckabee • Focus on the Family • Conan O'Brien • Christian conservatives • Chuck Norris • Iowa caucus • Walker, Texas Ranger • endorsement

Blackwater CEO Thick as Thieves With Bush, Christian Right

Prince's ties date to White House internship

Oct 2, 07 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The CEO of embattled Blackwater USA has deep ties to the GOP and the religious right, beginning with a college internship in the first Bush White House. Erik Prince’s security firm's federal contracts have grown from under $1 million in 2001 to over $1 billion today, and he's made... More »

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religious right • Dick Cheney • Donald Rumsfeld • Jerry Falwell • James Dobson • Blackwater • Focus on the Family • George HW Bush • Erik Prince • Family Research Council • Council for National Policy

Thompson Losing Evangelicals

Balk at endorsing candidate who won't talk about his religion, doesn't back gay marriage ban

Sep 27, 07 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fred Thompson, once the longed-for alternative to a field of uninspiring GOP candidates, didn't get through his campaign's first official month before the religious right started jumping ship, Politico reports. Thompson's refusal to back a gay marriage ban, past lobbying for an abortion-rights group, and refusal to talk religion has... More »

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religious right • gay marriage • Republican • Fred Thompson • James Dobson • religion • Focus on the Family • Republican voters • Republican evangelicals • evangelicals

Anti-abortion Groups Split by Late-Term Ban

Purists rip Dobson
for praising limits,
not full prohibition

Jun 4, 07 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The recent Supreme Court ruling against partial-birth abortions has ignited a battle among anti-abortion groups, the Washington Post reports. The bickering highlights a divide between groups working for a wholesale ban and those seeking limits. In newspaper ads, a religious coalition ripped the ruling as "wicked" and slammed longtime... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • James Dobson • pro life • pro choice • Focus on the Family • Tom Minnery • US Supreme Court

Giuliani Loses Dobson's Vote

Focus on the Family founder cites
abortion support, "moral concerns"

May 18, 07 6:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Christian evangelist James Dobson came out swinging against Rudy Giuliani after the former mayor admitted last week that he supports abortion rights and same-sex domestic partnerships. Dobson says he won't vote for Rudy if he wins the GOP nomination, citing those issues and "moral concerns"  over his marital... More »

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John McCain • gay rights • Rudy Giuliani • abortion • gay marriage • Republican • James Dobson • Focus on the Family • evangelicals • Election 2008

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