{"id":6359,"date":"2006-08-22T13:09:10","date_gmt":"2006-08-22T13:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/08\/guerillasomething.html"},"modified":"2006-08-22T13:09:10","modified_gmt":"2006-08-22T13:09:10","slug":"guerillasomething","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/08\/guerillasomething.html","title":{"rendered":"Guerilla…something?"},"content":{"rendered":"

From an alt-paper in Seattle, advice for those who’d like to cripple the ministry of Focus on the Family.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Few people know that Focus on the Family\u2014the powerful evangelical Christian para-church based in Colorado Springs\u2014will give you, absolutely free of charge, books, CDs, and DVDs. Usually people pay for these products, and the millions of dollars raised helps Focus on the Family produce yet more books and CDs featuring Dr. James Dobson and other Focus "experts." (Focus on the Family’s experts, when they’re not chatting on the phone with Karl Rove, run around the country teaching people how to stop being so gay and when it’s appropriate to kick their kids’ asses.)<\/p>\n

Not only does ordering free stuff from Focus on the Family\u2014sent to myself or people I don’t like\u2014satisfy a deeply juvenile impulse, it has the added benefit of taking money directly out of homo-hater Dobson’s pocket. The one drawback is that getting free [stuff]<\/em> from Focus on the Family is a tad time consuming and a bit tricky, but it’s well worth the effort. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From an alt-paper in Seattle, advice for those who’d like to cripple the ministry of Focus on the Family. Few people know that Focus on the Family\u2014the powerful evangelical Christian para-church based in Colorado Springs\u2014will give you, absolutely free of charge, books, CDs, and DVDs. 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