# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/21 "2005-12-05T22:04:40Z")
Is there a link? From what I can see, I don’t think it’s dumbassery at all. It’s exactly what I would do if I found out a company or institution with which I did business didn’t mesh with my beliefs; vote with my dollars. I agree Focus on the Family’s wording (radical gay agenda? good lord.) is silly, but all in all, this is precisely how the things should work. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/22 "2005-12-06T00:40:55Z")
What happens when FOTF runs out of things to boycott? ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/23 "2005-12-06T00:42:20Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > What happens when FOTF runs out of things to boycott? They start boycotting each other! ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/24 "2005-12-06T00:45:02Z")
> [@UrbanChic](#): > > Is there a link? From what I can see, I don’t think it’s dumbassery at all. It’s exactly what I would do if I found out a company or institution with which I did business didn’t mesh with my beliefs; vote with my dollars. > > I agree Focus on the Family’s wording (radical gay agenda? good lord.) is silly, but all in all, this is precisely how the things should work. Well…true. I beleive in voting with your dollars. And certainly there’s nothing wrong with FotF giving or not giving their support (in terms of money) to those they think do or do not support their agenda. It is, indeed, as things should be. But dumbassery still comes up as far as…radical homosexual agenda??? I guess there is one…I’ve read some pretty radical things about the redfinition of marriage, the dissolution of the concept of gender…some radical stuff, SOME of which was indeed written by homosexual people. But what Wells Fargo is doing? Giving benefits to same sex couples? Giving respect to people FotF don’t seem to think deserve such? Bugger. I’m not arguing with the concept of voting with your dollars if I note that the way they are voting is dumbass. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/25 "2005-12-06T00:54:34Z")
> [@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. This is dire news indeed. I’ll admit that I’ve swallowed some of my principles right along with their tasty nuggets, regarding their lack of separation of church and chicken. Don’t even get me started about their “dairy cow” ad campaign with holstein heifers vandalizing billboards trying to get you to “eet mor chikin”. But this could be enough for me to rally sufficient will power to boycot them. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/26 "2005-12-06T02:20:51Z")
> [@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. You want to hear something crazy? I have one of those CDs. The little one wanted chicken, Chik-Fil-A was nearby, so I succumbed. Out of curiosity we popped in the CD to see what it was about. The major “lesson” was on how not to be a prankster. A kid puts something that tastes bad (flour or salt or something) into an old codger’s milkshake. They lecture him on how pranksters usually will get theirs in the end. Then, the old codgers team up with a couple of little girls to tar and feather (literally molasses and feathers) the poor kid in front of the whole town. A real “family values” lesson, there. Some kid irritating you? Devise an elaborate plan to humiliate him in front of all his friends, neighbors, and classmates. It’s what Jesus would have done. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/27 "2005-12-06T03:35:45Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > FOTF is also demanding that performances of _The Music Man_ must cut out the song _The Wells Fargo Wagon._ 😃 So you’re saying that radical homosexuals have infiltrated even musical theater? Where will it end? Where will it end? ---
**Author:** ![Daisy\_Mae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@Daisy\_Mae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daisy_Mae)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/28 "2005-12-06T03:49:06Z")
Radical homosexual agenda huh? I guess Wells Fargo is about to make deposits and withdrawals verrrrrrry interesting. One can hope they’ll add booths with glory holes to each lobby to allow voyeuristic enjoyment of the newly radical homosexual transactions. Yow. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/29 "2005-12-06T03:50:55Z")
Yeah, well, thank heavens they haven’t gone into interior or fashion design. Can you imagine the chaos? ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/30 "2005-12-06T04:04:26Z")
Dammit. I guess this means I have to quell my 4-decades-old lust for Dawn Wells [who, for my money, has held up pretty damn good](http://www.dawn-wells.com/), and quit listening to my Donna Fargo records. (Just to play it safe). Why do I hate America? (I guess cuz I’m a straight male who loves country music). ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/31 "2005-12-06T04:14:17Z")
Could someone clarify for me the difference between a “radical homosexual” and a plain old everyday homosexual? ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/32 "2005-12-06T04:29:12Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Could someone clarify for me the difference between a “radical homosexual” and a plain old everyday homosexual? This cries out for a joke, but right now I’ve got a cold and the best I can come up with is: “A radical homosexual was one born between 1980 and 1985.” ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/33 "2005-12-06T04:55:46Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Could someone clarify for me the difference between a “radical homosexual” and a plain old everyday homosexual? Fabulous uniforms? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/34 "2005-12-06T04:58:38Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > This cries out for a joke, but right now I’ve got a cold and the best I can come up with is: > > “A radical homosexual was one born between 1980 and 1985.” Ah, I see. A normal homosexual is fabulous. A radical homosexual is bodacious, and feels that Focus on Family is totally bogus, and quite possibly heinous. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/35 "2005-12-06T07:53:29Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > “A radical homosexual was one born between 1980 and 1985.” Yay! I qualify. As to the question: “Yes, okay, there is a gay agenda! there’s just two things on it: 1) don’t get killed; 2) a decent brunch. That’s it!” - Elvira Kurt ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/36 "2005-12-06T15:17:46Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > Yay! I qualify. > > As to the question: “Yes, okay, there is a gay agenda! there’s just two things on it: 1) don’t get killed; 2) a decent brunch. That’s it!” - Elvira Kurt Fuck! I thought that was my straight agenda. Damn gays, next you will be stealing Easter from Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/37 "2005-12-06T15:59:31Z")
Is it just me, or has Focus on the Family turned into the PETA of the religious right? What’s next, trying to have the West Virginia legislature change the name of Mt. Gay to Mt. Family? ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/38 "2005-12-06T17:54:50Z")
Not only do I bank with Wells Fargo, we have a cat named Wells Fargo. He’s a total sweetheart, too. I have no idea why our roommate named him that, though. I want to know where FotF moved their accounts to. ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/39 "2005-12-06T18:41:08Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > The second rule is “No white pants or white shoes (other than name brand tennis shoes) after Labor Day or before Memorial Day, ever!” I thought it was something about NO. MORE. WIRE. COAT. HANGERS! Oh, wait, that wasn’t a _guy_ … ---
**Author:** ![jacquilynne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jacquilynne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacquilynne)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820/40 "2005-12-06T18:51:10Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > 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. I’m in favour of using your buying power to make a statement. I’ve recently been forced to give up my favourite Chinese BBQ pork joint because they put up a bunch of posters advertising an anti-gay marriage rally, for example. It’s just sort of unfortunate that Focus on the Family chooses to focus on only one kind of family. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-focus-on-the-family-dumbassery/333820.md?page=1)