Recession Hits Fundie Freakland

[marmar]

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Budget woes force Focus on the Family layoffs
By The Associated Press (AP) – 2 days ago

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Focus on the Family announced Wednesday it is laying off 8 percent of its work force, casualties of the latest budget shortfall at the influential conservative Christian group.

Seventy-five employees will lose their jobs and an additional 57 vacant positions will remain unfilled, said Gary Schneeberger, spokesman for the evangelical ministry founded by child psychologist James Dobson.

The cutbacks are necessary because projections show the group will fall 5 percent short of a $138 million budget for the fiscal year ending this month, Schneeberger said.

Focus on the Family president and CEO Jim Daly wrote to donors in July asking for help in addressing a "serious budget shortfall." Schneeberger said a decline in giving from large donors was the primary culprit.

The cutbacks include a staffer at "Love Won Out," a conference series about "overcoming" same-sex attractions that Focus on the Family announced last month would be ceded to another religious organization. ........(more)

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[givemebackmycountry]

1. dupe - delete

DU hiccup.

[givemebackmycountry]

2. mmm, I wonder...

If the good Dr. James Dobson will pick up the health-care costs for the 8% of his godly workforce that he's laying off.
Even the staffer who worked for "Love Won Out".

I say yes.
How could he not?
He LOVES family, shit he focuses on them!
How could he not?

:sarcasm:

[butterfly77]

6. Remember how the rightwing always says...

that we don need no stinking govumint,let the churches take care of all of the people of this country's needs.

[valerief]

3. I wonder how much $$$ the US govt gives Focus on the Family.

Since it's religious, it must get money in addition to tax exemptions. They still give out all that faith-based money, don't they?

[jeffbr]

4. This is gonna hurt the sex workers

who service them

[stevedeshazer]

5. And they don't even pay taxes.

You know it's tough when a tax-free foundation like Focus On Your Family Not Mine can't make it. Perhaps Jeezus can give back some of the billion$ they've collected and feed their hungry, clothe their naked and all that.

[troubledamerican]

7. Think they'll blame Bush? Are you kidding?