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TheEngineer on Thursday, August 13, 2009 2:45:18 AM
Rich Muny
August 13, 2009
Evangelical group faces 'serious' shortfall
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...C02
By ERIC GORSKI
(AP)
DENVER — A "serious budget shortfall" at Focus on the Family has prompted the conservative Christian group to issue a special fundraising plea, and contributed to a decision to cede control of its contentious "Love Won Out" conferences about homosexuality to another religious organization, a spokesman said Tuesday.
Focus on the Family, founded by child psychologist James Dobson, is on pace to fall $6 million short of a $138 million budget for the fiscal year that began last October, spokesman Gary Schneeberger said.
Jim Daly, president and CEO of the Colorado Springs, Colo.-based evangelical ministry, explained the challenges in a letter to approximately 800,000 donors.....
Well, this is really something. Focus on the Family can afford luxuries like expensive lobbying to stop adults from choosing to play online
poker in their own homes with their own money, so surely FoF has enough for its core ministries. Perhaps they simply need to tighten their belts, like American families are right now, before asking for cash.
Here's my open letter to Focus on the Family
(their email form is at:
http://family.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/f...?p_faqid=14190):
Subject: Your request for donations
Dear Sir/Madam,
I read your request for donations to cover a "serious budget shortfall" with interest. I am surprised to hear that you feel your organization is having any
financial issues. After all, you have plenty of extra money to lobby for federal legislation to stop adults from choosing to play online
poker in their own homes with their own money.
If you have enough money to work to give the federal government even more power over our banks and our lives, I must wonder where you could possibly be running short.
May I recommend that you take a better look at your spending before seeking more money? That's what American families do every day.
Best regards,
Rich
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