Chicago, Ill., Aug 7, 2008 / 02:55 am
The National Radio Hall of Fame (NRHF) has refused to remove Dr. James Dobson from its list of Hall of Fame nominees despite pressure from a group of homosexual activists.
Dobson heads Focus on the Family, one of the United States’ most prominent Protestant evangelical groups. He made his first Focus on the Family broadcast in 1977 and now reaches about 220 million people in 164 countries. The organization played a key role in the so-called “Culture Wars” of the 1980s, which included controversies over abortion, sexual ethics, and secularism.
According to LifeSiteNews, Wayne Besen organized a campaign against the Hall of Fame that sent hundreds of e-mails to the organization, demanding Dobson’s removal from the nominee list because of his views on homosexuality.
Besen claimed that Dobson is “an extremist who has built his empire on the backs of gays and lesbians" and "a bigot who distorts scientific research.”