James Dobson

Source: news.aol.com --- 14 days ago
Filed under: Barack Obama , Religion , 2008 President In an under-reported sermon campaign speech, Barack Obama gave a pitch to people of faith. This political pitch was a homily this past weekend, in St. Louis, to the African Methodist Episcopal Church General Conference. One wonders if the repetitive mentioning of "Jesus" and reciting Christian scriptures suggest he'd be comfortable with Mike Huckabee as his running mate? Some observations... -- Offering a prayer for those afflicted from flooding...had a Republican done this, how would media elites react? -- He calls for a celebration of the promise of America...does this preclude celebrating its current nature? -- When he says "I won't be fulfilling the Lord's will unless I am doing the Lord's work" do we think he means something different than if a Republican were to say the same? -- Does the above quote mean Obama believes he transcends the "Wall of Separation" and like those certain about their Faith, his religion will dictate public policy? After all, if he doesn't, he says he won't be doing the "Lord's will." -- Obama adds our faith - the Lord's will - must be expressed in our public policy...had a Republican said this, would it have been extreme and radical? -- Obama says our values must be expressed in our government and then notes government needs to support faith-based organizations. Does that apply to those organziations that compete with unionized failing government ...

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com --- 16 days ago
For the past three decades, the religious right has largely been the public face of Christianity in America. Televangelists such as Rev. Jerry Falwell, James Dobson and Rev. Pat Robertson became household names by relentlessly presenting a rigid form of conservative theology. Their rise was aided by the emergence of talk radio and cable television -- which served as huge mega-phones -- and GOP leaders who blessed them as "the base." In recent years, the moral authority of the right has been weakened by numerous political and sex scandals -- Sen. Larry Craig, Rev. Ted Haggard, Rep. Mark Foley and House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, to name a few. Widespread disenchantment with George W. Bush, the right's one-time savior, has also damaged the conservative brand. The right's relative decline has finally opened the door for mainstream religious leaders to challenge dogmatic interpretations of the Bible. Into this war over "The Word" stepped Barack Obama, a churchgoer who can communicate with religious voters in a way a politician like former Democratic nominee John Kerry never could. Obama's rare platform to present an alternative version of Christianity posed a direct threat to the religious right. This explains the tirade by Focus on the Family's founder James Dobson, who attacked Obama for a speech he gave on religion, saying that Obama "distorted" the Bible. While the spotlight is on Obama's beliefs, the mainstream media has failed to exam ...

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com --- 14 days ago
The Rev. Jesse Jackson and Dr. James Dobson (of "Focus On The Family") must be in a conspiracy to get Senator Obama elected. With enemies like these Obama doesn't need friends. Obama is fortunate. Nothing will calm America's fears about voting for him more than the fact that the national village idiots are lining up to attack him. There is a strange symmetry between the whispered insults directed at Senator Obama by the Rev. Jesse Jackson -- caught on tape and recycled by FOX--and the public attacks made a few weeks ago by James Dobson. Both attacks on Obama came from dinosaurs, cranky leftovers from the era of mutual disrespect and hatred that has dominated American politics for almost 40 years. Jackson and Dobson share an identification as "religious leaders" who have developed their careers by endlessly grandstanding on the sidelines of the American debate. These days they are mainly famous for being famous. If Senator Obama becomes President both Jackson and Dobson (and many like them) will be out of luck for the same reason: post-racial and post-culture wars, America will have little patience with the professional dividers. Jackson and Dobson have their personal identities so wrapped up in the divisions of the last 40 years that Obama is a threat to them. How do you deal with a candidate who breaks the categories we've all gotten used to? What to do with a black candidate who tells the truth about the deplorable state of far ...

Source: www.associatedcontent.com --- 13 days ago
In an open later to Focus on the Family President Jim Daly and Dr James Dobson I ask them to take responsibility for their despicable behavior ...

Source: weblog.signonsandiego.com --- 21 days ago
Mayoral spokesman/adviser Fred Sainz has confirmed reports he is leaving San Diego to go to work for the Gill Foundation in Denver, which is ... one of the nation's largest funders focusing primarily on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender civil... ...

Source: www.kansascity.com --- 17 days ago
District Attorney Phill Kline has been endorsed by James C. Dobson, a leader among religious conservatives and founder of the radio program Focus on the Family. ...

Source: www.towleroad.com --- 14 days ago
Truth Wins Out launches effort to block Focus on the Family founder James Dobson's induction into the Radio Hall of Fame. Wayne Besen: "It is outrageous and insulting that James Dobson would be nominated for the Radio Hall of Fame. We believe that character counts and nominees should have careers based on honesty and integrity - not discrimination, distorting research and outright lying." Iran state media Photoshops missile test image to make it seem more impressive . Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules benefits to gay couples following the 2004 marriage decision can't be applied retroactively . Spotlight on Jennifer Hudson's album cover . Following GLAAD's lead in April, Californians Against Hate launches boycott of San Diego's Manchester Grand Hyatt. Divorce drama: beefcake GQ cover of Christie Brinkley's husband Peter Cook unearthed from 1981 . California's Kern County rebuffs conservative group, refuses to ban same-sex marriages : " The Campaign for Children and Families hoped the passage of a gay marriage ban in Kern County would embolden other counties to follow suit. But supervisors declined to act on the measure after Bernard Barmann, the county's lawyer, said it would be illegal for the county to adopt its own same-sex marriage ban. The Kern County clerk's office stopped offering all marriage ceremonies on June 15, the day before gay marriage became legal." What's inside "Just for Men" hair color ? Bermuda man who ...

Source: www.redstate.com --- 15 days ago
Rush Limbaugh is in the Radio Hall of Fame and deservedly so. He redefined talk radio. This year, the Radio Hall of Fame is considering Dr. James Dobson, along with Howard Stern, Bob Costas, and Laura Schlessinger. As you can imagine, the left is going nuts over Dobson's nomination. They do not care about Dobson's impact on the medium. They do not care about how many people listen to him [ Ed. -- That is *precisely* what they care about]. They really only care that Dobson is a Christian with strongly held views they consider hateful, i.e. his opposition to gay marriage. A group called Truth Wins Out is trying to scuttle Dobson's nomination because, according to their Executive Director, "We believe that character counts and nominees should have careers based on honesty and integrity – not discrimination, distorting research and outright lying." Just to be clear here, this is a pro-gay organization that wants to shut out Dr. Dobson for disagreeing with the lifestyle -- in other words they are intolerant of Dobson's opinion and want to deny him entry into the Radio Hall of Fame as a result. It's a sad day in America when a man as imminently qualified for recognition in the field of radio as Dobson is would be shut out of the Hall of Fame for exercising his first amendment rights on the radio in a way leftists disagree with. I'd encourage you to go support Dr. Dobson. ...

Source: www.queerty.com --- 15 days ago
Evangelical leader James Dobson again finds himself at the center of a scandal. No, he hasn’t blasted Barack Obama’s “fruitcake” interpretation of the Bible or constitution. In fact, this controversy doesn’t directly involve Dobson. Rather, it’s the Museum of Broadcast Communications who’s to blame. As they do every year, the Museum has released its the [...] ...

Source: www.236.com --- 24 days ago
   With James Dobson attacking Barack Obama for "distorting the traditional understanding of the Bible to fit his own worldview" - which is odd, because isn't that just what Dobson does, so where's the harm? - Paul Slansky looks at the man who may be the worst person in religion now that Pat Robertson is a doddering fool and Falwell's dead. ...

Source: www.atlanticfreepress.com --- 15 days ago
by Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D. James Dobson has a Ph.D. in child development. He advocates spanking. He was once known as “ the Religious Right’s New Kingmaker .” The “king” he helped make was George W. Bush, who tops “the list when American voters pick the worst U.S. President in the last 61 years. ” As a prominent character in the Bush-Rove nightmare, Dobson set himself up as a religiously-based political dictator bent on getting us to support his personal view of legislated morality. And what’s even worse, Dobson goes to great length to use Scripture to support his view , and yet according to Time magazine he doesn’t even have any formal theological training . In short, Dobson, using his position as a radio psychologist, has set himself up as our moral authority and asks us all to blindly follow . [italics added] His Focus on the Family empire is considerable, although not as powerful as it once was. A mid-September 2007 article from The Denver Channel.com reported that “Focus on the Family is laying off 30 employees and reassigning 15 others, due in part to a drop in projected revenue ” Dobson and his organization have slowly but surely been losing power. Perhaps that’s why the Chairman needed to make more outrageous statements to garner public attention and mobilize the sheeple “to blindly follow” and contribute to his cause. Dobson used his June 24, 2008 radio broadcast to make preposterous claims and attack Barack Obama. The attack was ...

Source: www.regrettheerror.com --- 21 days ago
The On Religion column on Saturday, about efforts by Prison Fellowship Ministries to roll back mandatory-minimum sentencing, used an erroneous title for James Dobson, the leader of Focus on the Family, which opposes such efforts. Dr. Dobson has a doctorate in child development but is not a minister, so he is not “the Rev.” James [...] ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 14 days ago
My wife and I recently had the opportunity to travel to Colorado Springs and visit with my dear friend, Dr. ...

Source: randombloggings.wordpress.com --- 23 days ago
A few disclaimers before I begin. First, my candidate didn’t make it past the primaries. As for which of the two viable candidates (yes, two. I may have some libertarian ideals, but they have no chance at this presidential election) I’m leaning towards, I think it makes little difference to this discussion. CNN has an [...] ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 9 days ago
Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, is in the news as of late for ripping Sen. ...

Source: feeds.godrev.com --- 15 days ago
U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay returned to faith in Christ back in 1985 after watching the Focus on the Family film series "Where-apos;s Dad?" He joins Dr. James Dobson in the studio to tell the story of his years in Congress, how he faced a series of legal indictments, why he eventually resigned and the issues that remain close to his heart. Hear what DeLay learned from his time in office and his take on America-apos;s current moral climate."If you don-apos;t believe me, look at my mug shot. I prayed right before that mug shot that people would see Jesus in my eyes." - Tom[...] ...

Source: feeds.godrev.com --- 22 days ago
Broadcast for mature audiences. Pornography has become widely available and easily accessible on the Internet, resulting in an exponential increase in sex addiction and its destructive influence on families. Yet recovery is possible for those who are willing to confess the problem, seek counseling and be held accountable. Rev. Bernie Anderson as he shares his personal story of early exposure to porn and his subsequent struggle, along with counselors Joann Condie and Rob Jackson explaining practical ways you can protect your family and your marriage from the dangers of pornography."There is help; there is hope; there is healing, not just because of what this panel has said today, but because of what God can do in your life." - Rob[...] ...

Source: religion.lohudblogs.com --- 18 days ago
Gary McCullough, director of Christian Newswire, sent out a release today saying, basically, that Barack Obama has made a potentially career-ending blunder by challenging the evangelical leader James Dobson (that’s him). The headline says that Obama’s blunder is of “Epic Proportion.” I knew that Dobson is an influential evangelical leader, but not that “Susie Q. evangelical”—McCullough’s term—will [...] ...