But are Dobson and Farah actually connected to this story, or are they, in this case, victims of the overzealousness we both despise?
I don't think Dobson is. One of the posts in this thread mentioned that a religious group was upset that Hopper was attending and tried to stop it. If that is true (not saying it is - everything is just rumor now), then Farah and Wildmon would be the usual suspects especially since they were the key players in the very similar sounding Kid Rock situation.
Many are still upset about the Kid Rock situation so its really not hard to believe. To be honest, its disappointing that something like this is not hard to believe about our party.