gazette: Focus in the wrong to fight civil unions

Colorado Springs is home to Focus on the Family, the ubber-Christian advocacy network. And now it’s home town newspaper is calling foul on Focus’ lobby arm. The organization, Citizen Link, said yesterday they will fight Denver’s Sen. Pat Steadman’s bill forming civil unions for gay and lesbian couples when he introduces it in January. After [...]

Daily Briefs: Sunday, August 29, 2010

Here’s what’s happening in Denver and around the world: Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally at the Lincoln Memorial yesterday drew between 300,000 and 500,000 people.  Beck said, “America today begins to turn back to God”.  Sarah Palin was also a speaker, handing out awards to soldiers.  The New York Times said it was, “part religious [...]

Daily Briefs: Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Here’s what’s happening in Denver and around the world: Colorado Democrat Senate incumbent Michael Bennet loaned his campaign $300,000 of his own money to advertise in the last days leading up to the August 10th primary against Andrew Romanoff.  Romanoff has pulled even with Bennet in the polls and sold his Washington Park home to [...]

Daily Briefs: Thursday, July 22, 2010

Here’s what’s happening in Denver and around the world: Former Congressman Tom Tancredo is considering running for Governor of Colorado as a third party candidate.  This comes after the McInnis and Maes campaigns have pretty much imploded.  Tancredo is best known for his fierce opposition to illegal immigration. It’s not a good election year to [...]

DocuWest to view local activists’ film “SoleJourney”

The names Sheila Schroeder or Kate Burns probably don’t ring a bell. But it may click when you’ve have heard of some of the things they’ve done. Like in September 2007 when the Denver couple were arrested  after refusing to leave the City Clerk’s Office when they were denied a marriage license. Or when Burns, [...]

160 Attend Ted Haggard’s New Church

Apparently, if you start a church, they will come.  Ted Haggard had the first official Sunday service for his new St. James Church in Colorado Springs and 160 people showed up!   Focus on the Family must be in serious damage control mode.  Considering his former ultra-mega New Life Church started with a handful of [...]

Controversial Hottie Joins Broncos Line-Up

Many love him.  Many hate him.  We just think he is hot.  Tim Tebow has been drafted by our beloved Broncos and we can’t wait to see him and his perfect butt playing on all the screens during Beer Bust next season!  Hopefully the altitude will give him a new perspective on social issues.  Another Focus on the [...]

Dobson Resigns Chairmanship At Focus On The Faggot

So reports the AP. Calm down tho, it’s part of a sucesson plan he put in motion six years ago.  Focus is very aware Dobson is key to their brand and they’re working very hard to make sure people still care about Focus after he’s gone.

149 crazy people, jobless

Heads up to all HR departments in Colorado! Siting the economy and a drop in donations; Colorado Springs based Focus on the Family Homosexuals, says it has eliminated 200 positions. 149 crazy people will be laid off by the end of the month! What great news, who says a shitty economy is all bad!

Here’s an updated poster for this weekend’s activist event in The Springs

Focus Holding Conference For Parents Who Want To Turn Their Gay Kids Straight This Saturday

Focus’ event is called Love Won Out. (warning, clicking that link will take you to Focus’ site) Don’t worry, your activist friends down in The Springs are on the case. As someone who went through an ex-gay program when I was 18 I’m joining them to speak out about the harm and ineffectiveness of these [...]

In case you weren’t already convinced Dobson Et. Al. are delusional

In the CO Springs Gazette: “[Sarah Palin] is smart, articulate and has a Christian testimony, so we can see why the national media is out to get her,” Minnery said Monday. Hat tip PamsHouseBlend

Focus Fixated On Gays

Check out yesterday’s Citizenlink “news” site (it’s a part of Focus On The Family).  Every single story has something to do with gay people. Graphic via GoodAsYou

Pray for this guy to get hit by lightening!

We’re not asking that he gets hailed on. Or even hit by a bus. Just good old fashion lightening. Not the kind that will kill him. Just, the kind that will, you know, paralyze him for a few days. Oh and let’s pray for world peace. Back story: This is a “satire” video produced by [...]

Focus On The Family Asks You To Pray For What?

I’ll give you a hint, it involves a meteorological event of Biblical proportions and Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at Mile High Stadium.   via GoodAsYou

Colage acts against Daily News

Colage, a national movement of children, youth, and adults with one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer (LGBTQ) parents, is asking all to write The Denver Daily News after it’s Tuesday cover story reporting on an article stating gay parents would raise gay children. While, we at COLAGE know, that youth with LGBTQ [...]

UPDATE! News: Gay parents = gay kids?

The Denver Daily News reports this morning on an article by Dr. Tracyce L. Hansen that reports … children raised by gay parents are between four and 10 times more likely to develop a “non-heterosexual preference” than other children. “There are a number of non-genetic mechanisms through which homosexuality could be transmitted from one generation [...]

Family Association’s big “homosexual” oops!

A lot of us aren’t sports fans. However, this one is too good not to pass up! Turns out the news arm of the American Family Association (a religious group similar to Focus on The Family) has this auto-replace tool. And well… In addition to blocking traffic from websites they don’t like, it looks like [...]

Dobson: I hate fruitcake!

For being the head honcho of the Religious Right, you’d think James Dobson of Focus on The Family, would love the sacred dessert of Christmas: fruitcake. But nay! He even has gone as far as linking the dessert to his new arch-enemy Barack Obama. As Barack Obama broadens his outreach to evangelical voters, one of [...]

Faster than a speeding train…

Focus on the Family has finally pulled Tivo’s logo from it’s SuperDad contest. This is sort of a big deal. Click here to find out why.