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A new article in Time Magazine reports on the weakening of conservative icon James Dobson and how his organization, Focus on the Family, is losing steam. Consider:
In 1994 Dobson's monthly newsletter had a circulation of 2.4 million copies. Today, that circulation is about 1.1 million.
The ministry's expenses have exceeded its revenues for two years -- what Daly calls a "drawdown from reserves" -- by $4.1 million in fiscal year 2006 and by $9.9 million in 2005.
In the 1990s, Dobson was drawing audiences of 15,000 or more to his speeches; but in the lead-up to the 2006 mid-term election, only about 1,000 people heard his anti-abortion speech at the 2,500-seat Mt. Rushmore National Monument amphitheatre.
According to news accounts and audited financial reports posted online for potential donors, the organization's staffing is down - 30 layoffs last September (Any worthless "ex-gays"?)
There are many more exciting tidbits in this story. However, Dobson's decline is a result of a loss in credibility due to an allergy to the truth. Dobson repeatedly got humiliated by his ex-gays getting photographed in gay bars, co-hosts sleeping around and flat out distorting the work of university professors. Apparently, honesty is not only the best policy - but it makes the most economic sense. Too bad it took "Double Talk" Dobson so long to realize that his dearth of morality would affect the bottom line. 0 Comments
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Dobson and Pat Robertson both need to be reunited with their brother in hate, greed and ignorance--Jerry Falwell. Dante's inner circle of hell awaits you!
posted by Anonymous, at
1/26/2008 11:27 AM
You can tell no gay guy was involved in creating that stupid looking logo. What the fuck is it? It looks like a victorian guy coming out of a cornfield to have his way with some unsuspecting wench. Is she supposed to be looking down at a baby? Why are they surrounded by weeds? The guy looks grouchy and constipated (Dobson himself), maybe he's wondering if the kid is his or from one of the ministers at FoF! Red V
posted by Anonymous, at
1/26/2008 4:43 PM
This is why they are pouring so much more money and effort into their "ex-gay" industry. Their latest push to get 10,000 churches to sell their Love Won Out snake oil is a desparate move to balance the books on the backs of gays.
When times get tough they dip deeper and deeper into the homophobia well to raise fundamentalist fear and funds.
