I spoke several times today with Gwen Stein, who works in the public relations daprtment at Focus on the Family’s headquarters in Colorado Springs. She sounded like a very nice woman, and I told her I had a very simple question: Does Focus on the Family support Rev. Hutcherson’s national boycott?

Ms. Stein very nicely told me that a representative of her department would be happy to call me back and answer the question, if such a person could find the time to do so before the close of business in Colorado today. Now, I don’t think it’s a difficult matter for an organization like Focus on the Family to determine whether it supports a national boycott of several major American corporations several days after said boycott has been announced by the Associated Press.

Hutcherson said he has the support of several national organizations, including the Family Research Council, Southern Baptist Convention and Focus on the Family. Several of those organizations’ offices could not be reached after hours Monday.

But given five hours, Focus on the Family proved unable to call me back and tell me whether the above was true. Which I interpret as “no comment.” And which I also interpret as a bad sign for the truth of the above.

Keeping in mind that Focus on the Family is not generally shy about letting people know when it does support particular political actions, let’s tally up where Rev. Hutcherson’s “national boycott,” as he described it to the AP, currently stands:

Did Rev. Hutcherson announce the “national boycott” on Focus on the Family’s national radio program on Thursday, as he told the AP he would? No. Does the AP agree with Rev. Hutcherson’s claim that he was misquoted by the AP about the Thursday broadcast? No. Does the Family Research Council support Rev. Hutcherson’s boycott, as he told the AP? No. Does the Southern Baptist Convention support Rev. Hutcherson’s boycott, as he told the AP? No. Does Focus on the Family support Rev. Hutcherson’s boycott, as he told the AP? No Comment.

That’s some national boycott.