james dobson

Dobson picks Jenna Ellis to lead new conservative policy center

Jul 6, 2018

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JOEY BUNCH

James Dobson is stepping up the advocacy work at the James Dobson Family Institute in Colorado Springs, and Jenna Ellis will lead the charge as director of his newly formed Public Policy Center. Ellis is a constitutional law attorney, who, like Dobson, has a big media footprint. She is a regular contributor to the Washington…
Sessions’ move to protect churches gets James Dobson’s applause

Jun 14, 2018

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JOEY BUNCH

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was in Denver last week talking about religious liberty. Wednesday he made a move applauded by two top religious leaders in Colorado. Dr. James Dobson and Dr. Tim Clinton issued a statement Wednesday evening praising Sessions for the Place to Worship Initiative to protect religious buildings from potentially discriminatory zoning…
Lamborn to present James Dobson congressional recognition for work at Focus on the Family

Oct 19, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, a Republican from Colorado Springs, is set to present Dr. James Dobson a congressional commemoration that honors 40 years of service from Focus on the Family. Lamborn delivered remarks about Dobson and the El Paso County-based ministry on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on June 20. “The speech…
Buoyed by 2016 senate bid that fell short, Darryl Glenn back in the running

Sep 22, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Congressional candidate Darryl Glenn likes to tell a story about a woman he met at a farmer’s market earlier this summer. “She was an older black lady, independent,” he says. “I stopped by and introduced myself, and she was like, ‘You’re a – Republican?’” He scowled like he was sniffing a carton of milk…
Conservative Centennial honors founder of like-minded Focus on the Family

Jul 3, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Focus on the Family founder James Dobson – revered by the religious right, reviled by the secular left and influential for years in national politics – will be recognized by the Centennial Institute for his advocacy of bedrock conservative stands on some of the country’s most hotly debated issues. The institute, based at Colorado Christian…
Protesters clad in ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ outfits turn out to welcome Mike Pence to Colorado Springs

Jun 24, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Protesters cloaked in red robes and wearing white bonnets like characters in the novel and TV series “The Handmaid’s Tale” greeted Vice President Mike Pence on Friday when he spoke at Focus on the Family headquarters in Colorado Springs. The 1985 Margaret Atwood novel depicts a dystopian society under fundamentalist rule where women are treated…
Protesters plan to greet Mike Pence in ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ garb at Focus on the Family speech in Colorado Springs

Jun 23, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Some of the protesters planning to welcome Vice President Mike Pence to Colorado Springs on Friday will be wearing red robes and white bonnets from the dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale,” which depicts a fundamentalist society that treats women as property, organizers told Colorado Politics. “It’s our way of making kind of a shocking statement,”…
The Hot Sheet, August 4, 2016

Aug 4, 2016

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Jared Wright

VOL. 01 NO. 145 | AUGUST 04, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016By TCS Editor and Publisher Jared Wright DENVER – Another dawn, a new Hot Sheet prepared just for you. If you’re reading this, you made it through to a new day, presumably healthy and happy. If, however, you are reading this from a hospital…