Focus Action spends $400,000 impugning health care proposal
October 28th, 2009, 3:25 pm · 2 Comments · posted by Mark Barna
Focus on the Family Action, the political arm of the Colorado Springs family group, has spent more than $400,000 fighting the Obama
Tom Minnery
Administration’s federal health care proposal, according to Focus Action senior vice president Tom Minnery.
Focus Action says the proposal subsidizes abortion, will ration health care for the elderly and will create a huge tax burden.
Here are some of the results Focus Action has had by reaching out to the general public through various media campaigns that impugn Obama’s health care proposal, according to a Focus Action news letter released today:
* Generated 52,000 phone calls into the offices of 10 key senators
* Generated 43,000 phone calls into the offices of 10 key congressmen.
* Online phone-a-thon in which thousands of Focus supporters called their senators, congressman and the White House.
* In late October, Focus Action delivered about 150,000 petitions to Capitol Hill.
Is this money well spent? Please comment below.
Reader Comments
Comments are encouraged, but you must follow our User Agreement.- Keep it civil and stay on topic.
- No profanity, vulgarity, racial slurs or personal attacks.
- People who harass others or joke about tragedies will be blocked.
2 Comments
Leave a Reply
Beliefnet- Yoga CatChicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Cat
- Weekly Horoscope: Virgo: 2/7/10This week's horoscope for Virgo
- Weekly Horoscope: Taurus: 2/7/10This week's horoscope for Taurus
- Yoga Cat
- Pew Forum
- Focus on the Family got Super Bowl buzz it wantedSuddenly, the focus is off the family and on the data.
- Gays in the MilitariesThere are some excellent arguments for ending the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
- ACLU accuses Calif. instructor of religion lessons An instructor at a public community college in Fresno has been presenting his religious views on homosexuality, abortion and global warming as fact to students in an introductory health science class, the American Civil Liberties Union alleged Monday.
- Focus on the Family got Super Bowl buzz it wanted
- New York Times
- Americans Jailed in Haiti Plead for Aid From U.S.The 10 Americans detained on child kidnapping charges say the U.S. government could be doing more.
- German Church Faces Child Abuse ChargesThe Roman Catholic Church faces yet another child abuse scandal, this time in Pope Benedict XVI’s native Germany.
- No Indictment for Jail ChaplainImam Zulqarnain Abu-Shahid had been accused of trying to smuggle metal blades into the Manhattan Detention Complex.
- Americans Jailed in Haiti Plead for Aid From U.S.
- Advertising Info
- Place An Ad
- Today's Ads
- Yellow Pages
- About Us
- Contact Us
- Contact the Newsroom
- Advertise
- Community Advisory Board
- Gazette Speakers' Bureau
- Work For Us
- Community Advisory Board
- Copyright and Reprint Information
- Subscriber Services
- Subscriber Services
- Manage Print Subscription
- Pay Your Bill Online
- Vacation Stop
- Archives
- Newspaper Ads
- Buy Our Photos
- Online News Environment
- Green Edition
- E-Newsletters/ Alerts
- RSS Feeds
- Mobile
Why can’t we tax these Republican propaganda org’s. ?????
Once these “churches” become political machines, they should no longer maintain the tax free status.
How do we allow this to happen?
I’m all for the church people having their beliefs, but when they attempt to force their beliefs on me through political clout all respect has been lost.
If the church is so great at imposing proper moral character on their members, why do they need a law to force it on the rest of society ?