James Dobson

===Gendered language in the Bible===
In response to a 1997 article in ''[[World (magazine)|World]]'' magazine claiming that the ''[[New International Version]]'' of the Bible was going to be printed with [[gender-neutral language]], Dobson called a meeting at Focus on the Family headquarters of influential men in the religious publishing business.<ref name=Olasky2021>{{cite magazine |first=Susan |last=Olasky |magazine=World |date=July 2021 |title=Translation manipulation: In 1997 WORLD uncovered a plan to reshape the most popular English translation of the Bible |url=https://wng.org/articles/translation-manipulation-1624941058 }}</ref> The group drafted the "Colorado Springs Guidelines" which require Bible translations to use [[Male as norm|male-default language]] such as [[Man (word)|the word "man"]] to designate the human race.<ref>{{cite web |website=Bible Research |title=Colorado Springs Guidelines |url=https://www.bible-researcher.com/csguidelines.html }}</ref> As a result, plans for the gender-neutral Bible version were halted. When Dobson discovered his own ''Odyssey Bible'' used gender-neutral language, he discontinued it and offered refunds.<ref name=Olasky2021 /> According to ''World'', Dobson's 1997 meeting eventually led to the publication of the ''[[English Standard Version]]'' in 2001, which avoids gender-neutral language.<ref>{{cite web |website=Bible Research |title=English Standard Version |url=https://www.bible-researcher.com/esv.html }}</ref> He opposed publication of ''[[Today's New International Version]]'' in 2002 because of the "[[political correctness]]" of the translation and the publisher's rejection of the Colorado Springs Guidelines.<ref>{{citation |title=James Dobson joins critics of gender-neutral NIV revision |first=Art |last=Toalston |date=February 6, 2002 |work=Baptist Press |url=https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/james-dobson-joins-critics-of-gender-neutral-niv-revision/ }}</ref>