Gay activist Wayne Besen has launched a campaign to pressure the Radio Hall Of Fame to dump plans to induct radio-bigot James Dobson in their hall of fame. Besen has set up the website DumpDobson.com. From his press release:
The Dump Dobson coalition, a partnership of local and national gay, lesbian bisexual and transgender (GLBT) organizations, is holding a press conference on Thursday, Oct. 16, (11AM) to denounce the Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC) for its plan to honor James Dobson in its Radio Hall of Fame. The awards ceremony is planned for Nov. 8., and the Dump Dobson Coalition is strongly urging MBC Founder Bruce DuMont, to rescind the award or face a protest outside of the dinner.
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“Bruce DuMont would never honor a Don Imus, disgraced for his anti-African American remarks,” said Bob Schwartz of the Chicago-based Gay Liberation Network. “Nor would 1930s radio icon Father Charles Caughlin — the widely syndicated pro-Nazi and anti-Semite– be feted. Yet, in honoring James Dobson, Mr. DuMont appears to promote a ‘gay exception’ to the standards of public civility and decency rightly accorded other groups of people.”
Here’s a copy of the full page ad Besen has taken out in the Chicago Tribune:
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I should point out that Dobson is as bigoted against women and atheists as he is bigoted against queers.
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