Tag: Focus On The Family
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Focus on the Family responds after SPLC adds it to hate group list
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Initial reaction after finding out that Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family made the Southern Poverty Law Center’s list of “hate and anti-government extremist” groups for the first time was a tongue-in-cheek, “What took them so long?” “Since Focus’ inception 48 years ago in 1977,…
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Colorado law bans ‘conversion therapy’ for those under 18, but debate continues
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jeff Johnston felt a sexual attraction to other boys in adolescence and also found himself fascinated with pornography. “I struggled with my identity — who am I, what does this mean about me if I have some of these feelings,” he said. “I asked God to…
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Abortion: A great religious divide that also unites faithful opponents and supporters
When anyone seeks counsel regarding abortion from Rabbi Jay Sherwood, leader of Temple Shalom, Colorado Springs’ largest Jewish synagogue, he cites Jewish law, which, he maintains, subscribes to an undisputed rabbinical conclusion that life begins at birth, not at conception. Sherwood points to the Talmud, the main source of Jewish religious law and theology, referencing the unborn…
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Colorado activists on both sides of abortion debate gear up for big fight
Activists on both sides of the abortion debate are gearing up for a prolonged fight they expect to wage if the U.S. Supreme Court, indeed, strikes down Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that legalized abortion in the United States. A leaked draft opinion, first reported by Politico, indicated a majority of justices on the…
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Abortion foes gear up for potential overturning of Roe v. Wade
This is the 49th year for people who oppose abortion to gather for rallies and marches recognizing the January anniversary of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion in all states. It’s a pivotal time, anti-abortion advocates say, with the possibility of the nation’s highest court overturning Roe v. Wade this year and…
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Focus on the Family, James Dobson Family Institute among Colorado Springs ministries pushing to reelect Trump
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Pikes Peak region is home to numerous Christian organizations that help needy children around the world, minister to youth, evangelize nonbelievers, publish books, distribute Bibles and support churches in other nations. Most of these…