James Dobson founded Focus on the Family after beginning a radio show counseling Christians on parenting. The organization grew to over 1,000 employees and provided a platform to influence legislation and advise five presidents. Dobson became a prominent force in the 1980s pushing conservative Christian ideals and helped bring religious conservatives into the political mainstream. He advised and supported Donald Trump and celebrated the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade. Dobson left Focus on the Family in 2010, founded the Dr. James Dobson Family Institute, and continued the nationally syndicated Family Talk radio show. He died at age 89.
James Dobson, a child psychologist who founded the conservative ministry Focus on the Family and was a politically influential campaigner against abortion and LGBTQ+ rights, died on Thursday. He was 89. His death was confirmed by the Dr. James Dobson Family Institute. Born in 1936 in Shreveport, Louisiana, Dobson started a radio show counseling Christians on how to be good parents and in 1977 founded Focus on the Family.
He became a force in the 1980s for pushing conservative Christian ideals in American politics alongside fundamentalist giants like Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. He campaigned for bringing religious conservatives into the political mainstream, and in 1989, Falwell called Dobson a rising star. Decades later, he served on a board of evangelical leaders that advised President Donald Trump in 2016. He supported Trump in all three of his presidential campaigns.
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