“The institution of the family is the key issue facing this great nation. It is the foundation, the bedrock, upon which every dimension of Western Civilization rests,” he said. “If it is undermined or weakened by cultural and governmental forces, the entire superstructure will collapse in short order. And indeed, today it is in serious jeopardy. The very definition of marriage is threatened, which has implications for the next generation and the stability of society itself.”
“Dr Dobson just endorsed Santorum.”
Did Dobson think Carter was a great president? He had a wonderful marriage. And has Dobson looked at the past of Santorums wife?? Spending her 20s with an abortionist 40 years older than her (who also delivered her at birth)
Or is it only possible to be forgiven for errors that occur -above- the Mason-Dixon line?
Does anyone doubt that Newt has asked for, and been granted, the forgiveness of God? Christianity gives us many Saints and Biblical figures who have MUCH WORSE than anything Gingrich is accused of doing.
King David is described as a “Man after God's own heart” for instance -— and he made sure a troublesome husband died so he could have the wife for himself!
Dobson is a HORRIBLE political strategist and a bit of an egomaniac. He is often wrong.
We are NOT picking who gets into Heaven, we are trying to keep our country from going to HELL!
Correct. That is why it would be a shame if the politician that gave us the first gay marriage laws -- Mitt Romney -- won the Republican nomination with the help of Dobson.
Yeah, but for Dobson, it's a lot easier to appeal to weaker Christians' lust for self-righteous indignation by houding flawed politicians for their marriage-divorce record, than to PUT HIS MONEY WHERE HIS MOUTH IS and do the real work, fight on the real front lines where this battle is being waged -- family law courts, no-fault divorce, and a legal system that has for the past 50 years done more to destroy the American family, turned more fathers into slaves and mothers into masters, than any or every politician with a history of marital infedility could ever do.
I think Dobson loves to talk the talk, but he fails to walk the walk. If he really wanted to help save the family in this country, he'd be martialling all his considerable forces to focus on disabling the horrific "family law" system in the U.S., which as it is, rewards divorce, especially mothers in divorce, and hugely frustrates and obstructs any success in the non-custodial parent (usually the father) maintaining a decent relationship with the children. If Dobson really meant what he says, he'd be doing TRUE warrior battle on the front lines and making it his mission to get Christians to overthrow America's twisted anti-family "family law" system.
Dobson deigns to pronounce which political candidates are "Christian enough" and not Christian enough (as he declared Thompson in 2008, just not Christian enough) for God and James Dobson. Years ago, I really admired and looked up to Dobson. He has fallen in my esimation. Dobson's version of "being a good Christian" stinks.