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(4,930 posts) Thu Aug 21, 2025, 10:20 AM 17 hrs ago

James Dobson, Influential Leader of the Religious Right, Dies at 89 [View all]

Source: NYT (gift article)

James Dobson, the evangelical Christian broadcaster who waged war on homosexuality and championed “family values” in a long crusade that made him one of the nation’s most influential leaders of the religious right, died on Thursday at his home in Colorado Springs. He was 89.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/us/politics/james-dobson-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.f08.fP_D.ULPeCQgGfRjR&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Finally that dangerous fuck meets his own mortality!

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James Dobson, Influential Leader of the Religious Right, Dies at 89 [View all] LearnedHand 17 hrs ago OP

And the world is a better place!! hatrack 17 hrs ago #1

good. keroro gunsou 17 hrs ago #2

I think he was the "Focus on the Family" founder BumRushDaShow 17 hrs ago #3

I think he was too LearnedHand 17 hrs ago #7

Yeppers JustAnotherGen 17 hrs ago #8

I always enjoyed that retaliation "Focus on your own damn family" Blue Owl 16 hrs ago #23

... BumRushDaShow 16 hrs ago #25

LOL! Never heard that one! Great retort. 👍 electric_blue68 16 hrs ago #29

ding. btw . quit shoving your mortality down my throat , not u personallhy blue owl. AllaN01Bear 16 hrs ago #37

We here refer to that tax-free group as either "fungus on the family", or, niyad 15 hrs ago #55

Focus on the Family SpankMe 15 hrs ago #45

Focus facility lakercub 11 hrs ago #71

Focus on the fetus? What it really was. Grins 15 hrs ago #56

Focus on the family as another hater mountain grammy 17 hrs ago #4

Hocus Focus Blue Owl 16 hrs ago #24

Perfect! mountain grammy 16 hrs ago #32

Woo hoooooo! JustAnotherGen 17 hrs ago #5

Roast him slowly Satan!!🔥 Hey Joe 14 hrs ago #59

Hope that scares the s... out of TSF! LakeVermilion 17 hrs ago #6

Good riddance. Paladin 17 hrs ago #9

All I can do is UpInArms 17 hrs ago #10

The air is a little fresher orangecrush 16 hrs ago #11

I can't think of anything nice to say. yardwork 16 hrs ago #12

I'm with you. There is nothing positive I can think of to say. Arkansas Granny 16 hrs ago #15

Come sit next to me and we'll continue saying nothing nice. yardwork 16 hrs ago #17

You do realize that it could take some time to exhaust all of the Arkansas Granny 12 hrs ago #69

Great idea! And a beach! yardwork 11 hrs ago #72

You should say something good rurallib 16 hrs ago #28

We're taught never to speak ill of the dead, only good. So.... YodaMom2 14 hrs ago #58

To quote the movie "Razor's Edge" - "He will not be missed." n/t the nelm 16 hrs ago #13

swaggart, dobson who will make 3? rampartd 16 hrs ago #14

Here's an honest obituary for Dobson AverageOldGuy 16 hrs ago #16

That's an excellent obituary. hunter 9 hrs ago #77

I am so happy to learn this! tonekat 16 hrs ago #18

Unfortunately his father failed to pull out in time. NT cstanleytech 16 hrs ago #19

Only just now learned of you and looks like best moment, RIP! Brainfodder 16 hrs ago #20

Where the P stands for "perdition"? LearnedHand 16 hrs ago #31

The world is a better place today Stuckinthebush 16 hrs ago #21

I thought the air smelled a bit fresher this morning. -nt CrispyQ 16 hrs ago #22

John MacArthur keeled over too..in july Demovictory9 16 hrs ago #26

The Devil Awaits ZDU 16 hrs ago #27

Look folks, when someone dies you're supposed to say something good. underpants 16 hrs ago #30

There will be someone to take his place. The Grand Illuminist 16 hrs ago #33

Or hopefully he may be a total corrupt incompetent fuckup. Crowman2009 16 hrs ago #36

"No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up." Lily Tomlin twodogsbarking 16 hrs ago #39

There are already many to take his place. valleyrogue 16 hrs ago #40

Luckily due to MAGA a lot of them are grifters. Crowman2009 14 hrs ago #61

Good riddance to this christo-fascist pigman wolfie001 16 hrs ago #34

Child abuse advocate Freddie 16 hrs ago #35

Some good news for a change. Crowman2009 16 hrs ago #38

No heaven for you James Clouds Passing 16 hrs ago #41

You should always say something good about the dead. Ray Bruns 15 hrs ago #42

Excellent. sinkingfeeling 15 hrs ago #43

took too long pfitz59 15 hrs ago #44

The fires of hell are burning brighter today. Oopsie Daisy 15 hrs ago #46

My mother taught me Pototan 15 hrs ago #47

HAH! I thought... GiqueCee 15 hrs ago #48

Nice to wake up to this PlanetBev 15 hrs ago #49

Not the obituary I was looking for... Dulcinea 15 hrs ago #50

I know how you feel. calimary 50 min ago #82

Go to Hell, JD. FalloutShelter 15 hrs ago #51

Prepare the way for Trump now Dobson... Moostache 15 hrs ago #52

I noticed that the air here was a bit cleaner this morning. niyad 15 hrs ago #53

Have fun in the flames of hell choie 15 hrs ago #54

About the white-washing job I would expect from the nyt. The Wonkette niyad 15 hrs ago #57

Woohoo!!! rhiannon55 14 hrs ago #60

I once emailed Focus on the Family Mblaze 14 hrs ago #62

Who's left of religious right leaders? ChicagoTeamster 14 hrs ago #63

ah hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha eggplant 13 hrs ago #64

Freddi was fabulous. They name a planet after him. twodogsbarking 13 hrs ago #65

Excellent Owl 13 hrs ago #66

Adios, Fucko JoseBalow 13 hrs ago #67

The only real justice, these days. Buddyzbuddy 12 hrs ago #68

Now he will find out what God really thinks of his version of Christianity jgmiller 12 hrs ago #70

Boo hoo. WestMichRad 10 hrs ago #73

Wasn't he the one who, on 9/12/2001 with the buildings still smoking, blamed the attacks on lesbians? Hekate 10 hrs ago #74

That was Jerry Falwell, Sr. n/t valleyrogue 9 hrs ago #78

Ah yes. So hard to tell the emeffers apart Hekate 9 hrs ago #79

One of the best send-offs Wild blueberry 10 hrs ago #75

May his journey be enlightening Hekate 10 hrs ago #76

Good. One less monster in the world. travelingthrulife 7 hrs ago #80

Bye Bye eringer 5 hrs ago #81