http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/focus_on_the_family This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Focus on the Family en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200806240007 On his radio show, James Dobson falsely suggested that Sen. Barack Obama claimed Dobson "wants to expel people who are not Christians" from the United States. Dobson was referring to a 2006 speech in which Obama actually asked: "And even if we did have only Christians in our midst, if we expelled every non-Christian from the United States of America, whose Christianity would we teach in the schools? Would it be James Dobson's, or Al Sharpton's?" http://mediamatters.org/items/200806240007 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:08:30 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200706110002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200706110002 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:53:38 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200706070007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200706070007 Thu, 7 Jun 2007 16:49:44 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200705220008 http://mediamatters.org/items/200705220008 Tue, 22 May 2007 19:06:12 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704060002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704060002 Fri, 6 Apr 2007 09:28:37 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200612150002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200612150002 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:24:26 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200611070008 During the November 6 broadcast of <em>Focus on the Family</em>, James Dobson and a group of allies did not mention one of the allegations surrounding Rev. Ted Haggard: that Haggard has admitted purchasing methamphetamines from self-described male prostitute Mike Jones. http://mediamatters.org/items/200611070008 Tue, 7 Nov 2006 09:44:23 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200610180018 http://mediamatters.org/items/200610180018 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 19:22:32 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200610120007 Focus on the Family's James C. Dobson baselessly claimed that <em>Media Matters for America</em> engaged in "sp[i]n" by quoting his on-air remark that Republican former Rep. Mark Foley's sexually explicit instant messages to a male former House page "turned out to be what some people are now saying was a -- sort of a joke by the boy and some of the other pages." But Dobson did not explain what the purported spin was. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610120007 Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:37:18 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200610060004 James Dobson and Daniel Henninger both echoed a claim previously made by Matt Drudge and Michael Savage that the sexually explicit communications that Rep. Mark Foley allegedly engaged in with former congressional pages were "sort of a joke" or a "prank[]" on the part of the former pages. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610060004 Fri, 6 Oct 2006 15:57:45 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200606300010 Focus on the Family's James Dobson accused "prominent Democrats" such as Rep. John P. Murtha (D-PA) of "implying we ought to cut and run" from Iraq, then compared Democrats' strategy for Iraq to "the last helicopter," referring to the helicopter evacuation of U.S. embassy employees from South Vietnam in 1975. http://mediamatters.org/items/200606300010 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 18:25:15 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200606080010 On the <em>Focus on the Family</em> radio show, FOF CEO James Dobson and president Jim Daly lambasted opponents of a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, comparing the amendment to civil rights legislation and the abolitionists' campaign to end slavery, and predicting that if it failed, "civilization will go down." http://mediamatters.org/items/200606080010 Thu, 8 Jun 2006 18:26:43 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200604030002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200604030002 Mon, 3 Apr 2006 12:12:50 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200603020007 On the February 17 broadcast of his radio program, Focus on the Family president James C. Dobson and Tom Minnery, the organization's vice president of public policy, sought to fend off questions arising from reports of their alleged collusion with convicted felon and former gambling industry lobbyist Jack Abramoff in a scheme to shut down competition to his clients' casinos. While both Dobson and Minnery deny working with Abramoff, email exchanges between Abramoff and associates Ralph Reed and Michael Scanlon appear to contradict Dobson and Minnery's claim that Focus on the Family's activities in opposition to the expansion of a Louisiana casino had nothing to do with requests from Abramoff or Reed. http://mediamatters.org/items/200603020007 Thu, 2 Mar 2006 13:24:38 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200601130010 On his radio program, James Dobson complained that the Republican Party has "very little ... to show for it" in terms of accomplishing the goals of "the pro-family agenda, the pro-moral agenda, [and] the sanctity of life." In response, Sen. Rick Santorum expressed his desire for Congress to vote on the Federal Marriage Amendment, describing the amendment's purpose as "protecting marriage ... between one man and one woman." http://mediamatters.org/items/200601130010 Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:14:18 EST