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While John MacArthur and Jimmy Swaggart welcome James Dobson to hell, their bigoted legacy on Earth lives on

Opinion: Three devils of the pulpit are gone, but their venom still fuels Trump’s pastors, politics, and power, writes John Casey.

James Dobson: Be a Man, Shoot a Trans Woman Peeing

In a new column, the Christian right leader promotes the "bathroom predator" myth in a big way and suggests a violent reponse. 

James Dobson Doesn’t Know What Bisexuality Is: 'Orgies'?

The infamous founder of Focus on the Family is at it again.

Radio Honor for Antigay James Dobson Causing Uproar

Four organizations are demanding that the Museum of Broadcast Communications retract its decision to induct Focus on the Family founder James Dobson into its hall of fame. The groups are urging supporters to contact the museum to share their disapproval, and to participate in a protest against the induction.

James Dobson, the homophobic leader of Focus on the Family, dead at 89

Dobson was notoriously anti-LGBTQ+ and helped catalyze the religious right movement.

Donald Trump Is Now 'Born Again,' Says James Dobson

The extremely antigay figure assures evangelicals that Trump has accepted Jesus as savior.

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James Dobson and Co Blame Shooting on Gays and Lack of God

The religious right leader said acceptance of gays contributed to the tragedy, while the likes of Mike Huckabee and Bryan Fischer said it's due to America's abandonment of God.

Oped The Big Queer Bus Pulls into Focus on the Family

Post-James Dobson, Focus on the Family is meeting with groups that don't share their viewpoints.

Dobson Departs Focus on the Family

Focus on the Family founder James C. Dobson will end his 32-year tenure as the voice of the conservative Christian ministry.

Focus on the Family Founder: 'We Lost the Culture War'

Now that same-sex couples can legally marry nationwide, evangelical leader James Dobson says he and his anti-LGBT contemporaries have officially lost the 'culture war' they started.

Web site launched to fight distortion of research on LGBT families

While James Dobson's Focus on the Family continues to cherry-pick and distort research on LGBT families, Soulforce and Truth Wins Out are raising the stakes to expose what they call a harmful and alarming disinformation campaign discriminating against LGBT families.

U.S. social conservatives take their message to Poland

Many prominent U.S. conservative groups--including Focus on the Family, founded by James Dobson (pictured)--are shifting their attention overseas this week, attending a conference in Poland that will decry Europe's liberal social policies and portray the host nation as a valiant holdout bucking those trends.

Dobson defends limited protections for same-sex couples

James Dobson, founder of the Colorado Springs, Colo.-based antigay religious group Focus on the Family (pictured), has found himself the target of other far-right leaders after voicing support for a Colorado measure that would provide limited rights to same-sex couples.

Bully pulpit

On Saturday, July 22, at 8:30 p.m., Broadway star Billy Porter will protest in song outside Focus on the Family as Soulforce completes its 1,000-watt March, Vigil, and Concert, confronting the antigay bigotry of James Dobson. As Porter prepares for the demonstration, he looks back at how Christianity affected his younger self.

Focus on the Family Lays Off 202 Workers

Focus on the Family will eliminate 202 jobs, making it the biggest layoff in the history of James Dobson's Christian ministry, based in Colorado Springs, Colo. The nonprofit's budget has been adjusted from $160 million in the 2008 fiscal year to $138 million, according to The Gazette of Colorado Springs. Focus on the Family was one of the major donors to California's Proposition 8.

With 'Duck Dynasty' Cast in Tow, Anti-LGBTQ+ Group Opens Bookstore

Focus on the Family, a prominent Christian right group, opened the shop this week in Holland, Mich.