<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c9f4dc63-fbc4-4a30-9084-f1aa8ca9200a/C62749CB-A9FD-4EAC-A6FB-23C48BB7CF4F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/02/27/and-then-there-was-one/" href="http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/02/27/and-then-there-was-one/" style="font-size: 11px;">swampland.blogs.time.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/02/27/and-then-there-was-one/">Focus on the Family announced today that founder <A href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1882282,00.html" linkindex="25">James Dobson is officially stepping down</A> as chair of the organization.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/02/27/and-then-there-was-one/">The ministry has been in financial trouble as well</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/02/27/and-then-there-was-one/">One of the reasons for the organization's troubles has been its failure to effectively appeal to the next generation of Christians. The original James Dobson supporters are not being replaced by younger families. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/02/27/and-then-there-was-one/">Today's young Christians, however, know Dobson best as a divisive, controversial political figure. And they haven't been lining up behind him.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/02/27/and-then-there-was-one/"> <A href="http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1818313,00.html" linkindex="26">When Dobson criticized Obama's faith during the campaign last summer</A>, some Obama-supporting clergy started a petition called "James Dobson Doesn't Speak For Me" and gathered more than 10,000 signatures in a few days.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/02/27/and-then-there-was-one/">Dobson's more strident personality has alienated some staff in recent years. </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C62749CB-A9FD-4EAC-A6FB-23C48BB7CF4F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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