The “Focus on the Family” radio program, founded by prominent conservative Dr. James Dobson, will be inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame despite efforts by homosexual activists to keep it out.
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(Photo: Focus on the Family / File)
Heard on more than 1,000 stations across the United States by millions of listeners weekly, the 30-minute program is one of the largest and most respected resources for practical, emotional and spiritual support for families in the world.
Its election into the Hall of Fame is the result of online balloting that began in May and ran through July 15 following its nomination earlier this year. The program won in the “national active” category, which includes “active broadcasters who have made at least 10 years of significant contributions to the industry on a national level.”
At a staff assembly Friday morning, Dobson said he was “especially pleased” by the news of the program’s election to the Hall of Fame “because the wonderful people at Focus on the Family deserve it.”
“Our radio program has not been a solo effort,” he said, according to a released statement. “It has been a symphony performed by more than 10,000 people over the past 32 years. I am indebted to them all.”
Jim Daly, president and CEO of the Focus on the Family ministry, added: “To have Focus on the Family honored in this manner means we've made a difference in families all over the world.
“That Dr. Dobson’s listeners recognized the excellence and relevance of the content of the daily broadcast and voted to give him a much-deserved win shows Dr. Dobson’s influence is as strong as ever in the hearts of his fans, as well as in the culture,” he stated.
Not all, however, were pleased by the announcement last week by the National Radio Hall of Fame & Museum Steering Committee, whose principal responsibility is to nominate individuals worthy of the honor for induction.
“It is an affront for the Radio Hall of Fame to honor James Dobson, a right wing demagogue, who built his radio empire on the backs of gay and lesbian people,” stated Wayne Besen, executive director of the group Truth Wins Out (TWO), the gay community’s response to Dobson’s Love Won Out ministry.
“We vow to stand up and protest this outrageous insult and let the world know that Dobson is a dishonest, hatemongering ideologue,” he added in his released statement.
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) also decried the announcement, claiming that Dobson “has used his expansive, well funded media platform to perpetuate false and misleading information which contribute to putting gay and lesbian families in harms way.”
“GLAAD urges the media to scrutinize and shed light on Dobson’s record of inaccurate claims about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and include an in-depth analysis of his distorted and defamatory statements,” the group expressed in a released statement Friday.
Although Focus on the Family is dedicated to serving, strengthening and defending families worldwide, the Christian nonprofit organization has often received criticism from the homosexual community over its biblical view of marriage, which it holds as between one man and one woman, and over its Love Won Out ministry, which sets out to offer hope to those who struggle with unwanted same-sex attractions. Continue >>
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What can I say about those who voted in Dobson? They are extremely intelligent and have a great sense of morals.
daniel, that'll preach brother!!!
"apparently have absolutely no capacity to integrate their social lives with their spiritual?"
Now that's an example of the greatest point possible. The basis of the Christian faith is an exchange...our sinful lives for the life Christ has for us. It becomes the basis of our physical and social life...not just the spiritual. People who view their spiritual life as just one part of their lives do not understand the Gospel. Being Christian is having Christ at the heart. It is the processor which controls our social lives and all other aspects of our lives. It is the operating system by which all components run.
Ignorance is poison. You seem to have enough to share there daverly....
daverly, could it be that mike2685 is still searching for answers to this very important issue in his life. And could you elaborate with what you mean by poisonous people?
oh yeah daverly - more than likely you haven't read through ALL the interactions that have taken place on this article. There have been tough talk as well as some lightheartedness. So rather then pulling the ignorant plug, get informed.
DP -
Thanks for the 6 thingy. Gotta love it!!
Daverly-
Unless you're going to provide some examples of our disaffectedness, get lost. Oh, you probably are lost... well, then... GET SAVED!
Mike's been hanging tough I have to admit, but he's also got a sense of humor unlike a lot of you looney left lunatics.
Mike - I can appreciate how steadfast and patient you've been with the others on this site, (especially rolln4him), but I think you should question your own motives for doing so. What is the gain in engaging in a dialog with such people who are obviously so disaffected, angry, and apparently have absolutely no capacity to integrate their social lives with their spiritual?
You've obviously been able to do so. Why bother with such poisonous people?
"I've been married for several years and my wife is just now starting to realize that I'm actually OK!"
LOL. There's an old example in premaritial counseling. At every wedding there are 6 people getting married!
1. The person you think you are
2. The person they think you are
3. The person you actuallly are
4. The person they think they are
5. The person you think they are
6. The person they actually are
Guess how many are left after a few years! It's amazing how 1,2,4 and 5 disappear! No matter what your goal is in marriage...make sure you understand 1,2,4 and 5 won't be there for the whole trip. Eventually, you'll be left with who the two of you actually are. It's one of those "where ever you go...there you are" sort of things.
Mike-
Now hold your fudge brownies mister. Did I say anything about fights?
I said knowing someone 6 months isn't sufficient time to get to know someone from squat. This is the case for any relationship, not just yours.
I've been married for several years and my wife is just now starting to realize that I'm actually OK! Seriously, there are incalculable factors that go into a relationship: Family members, religion, pasts from both sides and on and on. 6 months is simply very surface. I mean verryyyy surface.
The unfortunate part about some relationships is that they're doing it to prove a point, which I have sense is what's going on with gay marriage. They're out to prove something. Is this your case? I don't know, but time may or may not tell.
As with your partner leaving the church because of the "know it alls" is unfortunate.
"has been completely turned off to church thanks to know it all christians."
I know what you mean. This isn't just an issue with your friend or just with homosexuals. In any love relationship you want to do what is best for your partner. In my case, Jesus takes first priority. What he says is to take place over what I want or what my wife wants. In fact, we conform what we want to what He wants.
What He wants is written in the Bible. It's clear. It doesn't matter if the relationship is gay or straight. When one or both people what Jesus wants in second place to either of the other...disaster happens. Maybe not now. Maybe not on this side of judgement. Still, the Bible says that's the way it is.
So, Mike...here's the tough question. If Jesus himself appeared to you in a vision and told you to stop being a homosexual and leave your relationship...would you?
Rolln, you don't know our relationship for diddle, so I'd appreciate you not telling me if there will or will not be fights, our communication is actually quite excellent. He believes in God, but has been completely turned off to church thanks to know it all christians.
I also knew a woman who fell in love with a man who was not a Christian, even though he attended church. She broke it off with him. there are things the Bible is clear about, even if we do not like it or understand why.
Love is one of those things. We should not be yoked with unbelievers, and we should not seek our own, and we should not sin just because we are in love.
Just because you love someone does not mean you should pursue it.
Mike,
For all we know, the wife would have been pleased to share her husband or to let him go without being hurt. The point is that there are appropriate times/situations to pursue love and appropriate times/situations not to.
Just because you love someone does not mean you should pursue it.
If God said to avoid certain sexual activities (and He did) and you engage in them, then you are doing something harmful to you and the person you claim to love. Double sins - going against what God said, and causing someone else to do so.
Hey Mike-
There is something wrong with you having the kind of relationship with your partner, you're just not willing to hear the vast majority of us Christians telling you that it's not right.
You've only been with him 6 months according to a previous posts and that's hardly long enough to know diddle. If in fact you're seeking God's will through this; trust me there will be clashing of serious proportions in this relationship. By the way, what's your partner's belief in relation to God?
Side note: Those brownies had better not be gone! 400 killories a serving!!!!
OK, but your friend going after a married man may have been in live, however it would have ended up in someone being hurt, so that wasn't love with the best of intentions. I love my partner and there isn't anything wrong with it, it isn't hurting anybody, so its fine and dandy to go ahead and "pursue."