Focus on the Family's complete track record of anti-LGBTQ+ hate

Focus on the Family is a Christian ministry founded by James Dobson and built around evangelical messaging that links secularism to societal decline. Dobson launched the organization in 1977 and used a weekly radio show to spread its views, later expanding broadcasts to hundreds of outlets. The ministry grew into a large nonprofit with substantial annual revenue. Dobson’s broader beliefs about authority and biblical principles shaped its approach to social issues. The organization also aligned with other Christian Right figures to oppose policies affecting religious schools, while broader political efforts targeted LGBTQ-related issues through fundraising and electoral advocacy.

"Focus on the Family (FOTF) is a Christian ministry with a half-century history of anti-LGBTQ advocacy. Through the years, they have worked with the biggest American politicians and lawmakers to pass or maintain laws that treat LGBTQ people as second-class citizens. The nonprofit, which today amasses more than $100 million a year in revenue, was founded by James Dobson, who believed secularism was the cause of the rapid decay of American society. Here is the organization's complete track record on LGBTQ issues."

"Dobson launches FOTF in Arcadia, California. As the president and sole employee at the time, he hosts a weekly radio show on 34 stations where he mixes his background in psychology and in working with children with his evangelical principles. On the show, Dobson says secularism has led to the " rapid decay " of American society and that biblical principles are the cure."

"FOTF's radio show grows to broadcast every day on more than 200 outlets. Around this time, Dobson joins fellow evangelical Rev. Jerry Falwell Sr. in opposing IRS regulations that bar private religious schools from refusing to enroll Black students. Falwell is founder of the Moral Majority, a national effort to elect Christian Right politicians and whose early fundraising appeals used a "Declaration of War" on homosexuality."

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