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Parents, gay son arrested at Dobson headquarters

2nd day of protest at Focus on Family

By Judith Kohler The Associated Press

AP / Ed Andrieski Jacob Reitan, 23, center, and his parents Phil and Randi Reitan, of Eden Prarie, Minn., are applauded by other protesters as they walk to the entrance of Focus on the Family in Colorado Springs today to deliver a letter criticizing founder James Dobson's stand against gay rights. The Reitans were arrested for trespassing.

Colorado Springs - Two parents and their gay son were arrested today when they crossed a barricade at the Focus on the Family ministry and tried to hand-deliver a letter protesting Christian activist James Dobson's campaign against gay rights and same-sex marriage.

When police warned Phil Reitan, his wife and son they would be arrested, Reitan said, "I'm an attorney, I'm a Christian, I'm a father, I love my family."

Phil and Randi Reitan and their son Jacob led a single-file march of about 150 people to the headquarters of Dobson's Focus on the Family on the second day of a protest by Soulforce, a national interfaith organization that supports gay rights.

A Focus on the Family representative met the demonstrators outside the light metal barricades and accepted stacks of letters from Soulforce.


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---Katie