# Latest Focus on the Family dumbassery **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 2, 2005, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820 "2005-12-02T22:03:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/1 "2005-12-02T22:03:24Z")
Wells Fargo & Co. earned a 100% from the Human Rights Campaign for 2005. In response, Focus on the Family, which used Wells Fargo, has moved their accounts. > [@](#): > > “Focus on the Family has elected to end its banking relationship with Wells Fargo, motivated primarily by the bank’s ongoing efforts to advance the radical homosexual agenda. These efforts are in direct opposition to the underlying principles and purpose of Focus, and thus a decision of conscience had to be made, and a stand taken. I’m not really peeved enough to rant; it’s more of a rolling my eyes kind of reaction. However, the topic might lead to being a Pit anyway, so here it resides. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/2 "2005-12-02T22:35:17Z")
Good thing we have those guys looking after our families. Where would we be without that “focus”? We all know, of course, that gay = anti-family. Right? ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/3 "2005-12-02T22:49:14Z")
Well, they’ve made me very glad that I recently switched to Wells Fargo. To quote a bumper sticker: Why can’t they focus on their _own_ families? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/4 "2005-12-02T23:36:16Z")
I have to wonder if this kind of crap is going to backfire, and generate more sympathy for the “gay cause”. It just seems so petty and mean spirited. Sure, there are plenty of social conservatives who eat this stuff up, but the vast undecided middle has to look askance at this kind of vindictiveness. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/5 "2005-12-03T00:50:26Z")
I don’t mean to hijack this thread, but where can I go to learn all about the “radical homosexual agenda?” I’ve known some gay guys; I’ve even worked with a few. I thought we were buddies, but none of them ever tried to recruit me or whatever they do. At least one of them might have had a chance, if he had only tried. I guess I just don’t fit the agenda profile. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/6 "2005-12-03T00:58:14Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > I have to wonder if this kind of crap is going to backfire, and generate more sympathy for the “gay cause”. It just seems so petty and mean spirited. Sure, there are plenty of social conservatives who eat this stuff up, but the vast undecided middle has to look askance at this kind of vindictiveness. One can only hope. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/7 "2005-12-03T01:19:03Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I don’t mean to hijack this thread, but where can I go to learn all about the “radical homosexual agenda?” The first rule of the Radical Homosexual Agenda is “Do not talk about the Radical Homosexual Agenda.” ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/8 "2005-12-03T01:39:16Z")
As an aside, the last time we went to Chik-fil-A, we ordered a kid’s meal. The toy was actually a CD with a story for children on it, put out by none other than Focus on the Family. I knew that Chik-fil-A was religious, but I didn’t know that they had thrown in with the crazies. I am going to have to give up the tasty, yummy chicken sandwiches. ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/9 "2005-12-03T01:49:16Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I don’t mean to hijack this thread, but where can I go to learn all about the “radical homosexual agenda?” To gain general acceptance of gay’s lifestyle. Wells Fargo, for instance, allows gay’s to include their partners under some of their benefits, as if they were married. Of course some find this more “radical” then others. ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/10 "2005-12-03T02:05:22Z")
gays’, gays. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/11 "2005-12-03T02:05:55Z")
So, I assume “Focus on the Family” has taken care of alcoholism, unemployment, lack of adequate healthcare, and all the other _real_ threats to families, and now they’re just giddy with success and gettin’ silly? ---
**Author:** ![Denis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@Denis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Denis)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/12 "2005-12-03T02:10:26Z")
I am _so_ glad I bank with Wells Fargo. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/13 "2005-12-03T02:25:31Z")
> [@bluecanary](#): > > gays’, gays. Yeah. I don’t know why I do that. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/14 "2005-12-03T03:18:33Z")
Good for Wells Fargo. You still couldn’t pay me to bank with them, though. Too many bad experiences in the past with them and I’ve got better options. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/15 "2005-12-03T06:29:03Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#): > > The first rule of the Radical Homosexual Agenda is “Do not talk about the Radical Homosexual Agenda.” The second rule is “No white pants or white shoes (other than name brand tennis shoes) after Labor Day or before Memorial Day, ever!” ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/16 "2005-12-03T06:44:01Z")
This just in! FotF is boycotting ben gay. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/17 "2005-12-03T06:56:05Z")
I _knew_ something wasn’t right when the bank manager kept asking if I wanted to “Open Another Account” while leering suggestively at me. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/18 "2005-12-05T21:38:49Z")
FOTF is also demanding that performances of _The Music Man_ must cut out the song _The Wells Fargo Wagon._ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/19 "2005-12-05T21:50:57Z")
> [@Hentor the Barbarian](#): > > As an aside, the last time we went to Chik-fil-A, we ordered a kid’s meal. The toy was actually a CD with a story for children on it, put out by none other than Focus on the Family. I knew that Chik-fil-A was religious, but I didn’t know that they had thrown in with the crazies. > > I am going to have to give up the tasty, yummy chicken sandwiches. We should start a support group. Or, y’know, just use the recipe in _Top Secret Recipes_ to make the chicken at home without the craziness. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/20 "2005-12-05T21:57:45Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > FOTF is also demanding that performances of _The Music Man_ must cut out the song _The Wells Fargo Wagon._ 😃 Come to think of it, those lyrics were pretty damned suggestive. Oho, the WFW is a’comin now Oh, please let it be for me. Oho, the WFW is a’comin down the street- I wish, I wish I knew what it could be… I could go on, but don’t want to type that much… FOTF eats stupid food for breakfast. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820.md?page=2)