Monthly Archives: February 2009

James Dobson not out the door yet

Six years ago he stepped down as President of Focus on the Family, CEO of Focus on the Family, and finally James Dobson is stepping down as Chairman of Focus on the Family. Since the 1970′s it’s been his company, … Continue reading

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NAR establishes base in Kurdistan

From Religious Dispatches:What in the Name of the Crusades are Tennessee Evangelicals Doing in Kurdish Iraq? New Apostolic Reformation under a group called Servant Leadership  Group International (a C Peter Wagner offshoot out of Belmont Church) have settled in and … Continue reading

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Argentina won’t be crying for Williamson

Bishop Williamson has left Argentina, after the government gave him 10 days to leave the country. According to the Argentina Government, Bishop Williamson’s beliefs “deeply shocked Argentine society, the Jewish people and all of humanity, to deny a proven historical truth”. … Continue reading

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Army of God webmaster Donald Spitz stops by BDBO

Seriously. The Army of God. Anyone following domestic militancy in the US are familiar with this group. I’ve had a member of the Phelp clan stop by over the years and put in a cut and paste comment that had … Continue reading

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Phelps clan barred from Britain

Fred Phelps and his daughter Shirley Phelps-Roper won’t be allowed into the UK to protest a play. LONDON, Feb. 20 (UPI) — Two U.S. anti-gay preachers have been banned from entering England, officials said.  Fred Phelps and his daughter Shirley … Continue reading

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Power to the Tweeple – New Zealand government listens

New Zealand did it! On February 28th a law was to come into effect (Section 92A) that essentially would have had a citizen have their internet disconnected just because of an accusation of copyright infringement. It worked. The New Zealand … Continue reading

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Focus on the Family in the Canadian government

This is depressing. Not only depressing, Reed’s movement within government is something to keep an eye on. Anyone who knows Focus on the Family, knows this self-serving dominionist organization has an agenda which is not good for the rest of … Continue reading

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Bloggers take action – support New Zealanders against S92A of the Copyright Act

From Scoop: “On Monday morning bloggers from across the political spectrum will be taking their blogs down in a “blog out” to protest the coming into force on the 28th of S92A of the Copyright Act. Scores and scores of … Continue reading

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