Focus on the Family shrinking.
Spending forces layoffs
James Dobson's Focus on the Family, which supported California's Proposition 8 to the tune of $539,000 in cash and another $83,000 worth of non-monetary support, is poised to announce major layoffs to its Colorado Springs-based ministry and media empire today, according to the Colorado Springs Independent. The group was the seventh largest donor supporting the initiatve to eliminate same-sex marriages. Focus on the Family boardmember Elsa Prince donated an additional $450,000 to Yes on 8.
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James Dobson has never drawn a salary from the organization, but uses it to promote his related books and publications, yielding him royalties only for sales through other venues. As Wal-Mart and other online retailers have cut into its product market, Focus announced in September were going to lay off 46 employees from its distribution department.
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Spending over half a million dollars--equal to the salaries of 19 Coloradans earning the 2008 per capita income of $29,133--to destroy the family lives of millions of people you don't know in another state is an effective use of donor money. But jobs to help your local families who are your fellow Christians, providing them with the means to stay intact as families is no.
By their fruits, you shall know them.
James Dobson's Focus on the Family, which supported California's Proposition 8 to the tune of $539,000 in cash and another $83,000 worth of non-monetary support, is poised to announce major layoffs to its Colorado Springs-based ministry and media empire today, according to the Colorado Springs Independent. The group was the seventh largest donor supporting the initiatve to eliminate same-sex marriages. Focus on the Family boardmember Elsa Prince donated an additional $450,000 to Yes on 8.
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James Dobson has never drawn a salary from the organization, but uses it to promote his related books and publications, yielding him royalties only for sales through other venues. As Wal-Mart and other online retailers have cut into its product market, Focus announced in September were going to lay off 46 employees from its distribution department.
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Spending over half a million dollars--equal to the salaries of 19 Coloradans earning the 2008 per capita income of $29,133--to destroy the family lives of millions of people you don't know in another state is an effective use of donor money. But jobs to help your local families who are your fellow Christians, providing them with the means to stay intact as families is no.
By their fruits, you shall know them.