Posted on 08/24/2006 12:19:01 PM PDT by scripter
There are no quote marks around the text attributing it to Dobson, so his exact words are unknown. And stating Dobson said the words is Dan Rather journalism.
"There are no quote marks around the text attributing it to Dobson, so his exact words are unknown. And stating Dobson said the words is Dan Rather journalism.
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Nonsense. The "he" in the second paragraph refers to Dobson, clearly. The rest is a paraphrase. Just let me go look around on Dobson's site. I'm betting I can find him writing just that.
Yes, the "he" refers to Dobson, but the author didn't quote Dobson.
Yes. And a well deserved BTTT.
"Yes, the "he" refers to Dobson, but the author didn't quote Dobson.
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I don't care whether he quoted Dobson or not. The writer attributed that nonsense directly to Dobson. It sounds just like Dobson.
You can put lipstick on this porker, but it's still a porker.
Dobson's not trustworthy. He says things that are not true, yet people just keep sending him money. Maybe that's why he does it?
I take it you couldn't find what you were looking for. I looked on some websites myself and couldnt find anything attributing the text in question directly to Dobson. It could be your bias against Dobson is affecting your judgment here.
Hey, selling a fairy tale is fine with me if you can dupe enough people into buying it. But to present it a legitimate ecclesiastical eschatology should come within a deceptive trade practice definition. But, I shouldn't get involved in these sorts of matters. I should stick to defense and policy issues, that's what I've spent my adult life studying and doing. As a logical Protestant with, I hope, a modicum of walkin' around sense, the thesis of Left Behind should, and does, offend.
Now that is funnier than sh!!. FTS
You mean the 6100 We are family pro homosexual video's
distributed to scool children starring Sponge Bob?
Dr. Dobson Takes on Media over 'SpongeBob' Controversy
by Gary Schneeberger, editor
Focus on the Family founder did not criticize a cartoon character, as has been widely reported, but was warning parents that the group behind a "diversity" video may put material in teachers' hands that could prompt them to teach kids that homosexuality is equivalent to heterosexuality.
Dr. James Dobson set the record straight today about the onslaught of media reports mocking him for comments he is alleged to have made about the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants.
"I've been in the public eye for thirty-something years and I have never had my words more misrepresented than they were in this instance," Dobson said on today's installment of his internationally syndicated radio program. "I was said to be on the warpath for my dislike for SpongeBob — who supposedly has homosexual characteristics.
"I said no such thing."
What Dobson did say, in a speech last week in Washington during an event sponsored by the Family Research Council, was that SpongeBob is one of 100 popular animated characters that may have been co-opted by an innocuous-sounding group to promote acceptance of homosexuality to children. The group, the We Are Family Foundation, has produced a video slated for distribution to 61,000 public and private elementary schools; it features SpongeBob, Big Bird, Barney and others singing the old disco hit "We Are Family" and spreading a message of "diversity and unity."
And therein lies the rub — albeit well-concealed.
While words like "diversity" and "unity" sound harmless — even noble — enough, the reality is they are often used by gay activists as cover for teaching children that homosexuality is the moral and biological equivalent to heterosexuality. And there is ample evidence that the We Are Family Foundation shares — and promotes — that view.
"Unfortunately," Dobson explained, "the We Are Family foundation has very strong homosexual advocacy roots and biases."
For example, a tolerance pledge, which the foundation says it is "pleased to provide" on its Web site, reads in part: "I pledge to have respect for people whose abilities, beliefs, culture, race, sexual identity or other characteristics are different from my own."
And it's not the only piece of pro-homosexual content that has been posted on the group's Web site — some of it removed in recent days.
The curriculum booklet that will accompany the "We Are Family" DVD when it is sent to schools in March, for instance, is likely to contain resources for educators seeking to normalize homosexuality. Although that guide has not yet been made public, a 2003 manual, also associated with the "We Are Family" cartoon-character video, offered several exercises for educators that equate homosexuality with immutable characteristics, such as race or gender, and suggest it deserves limitless tolerance and acceptance.
Another previous curriculum posted on the We Are Family Foundation Web site, called "Writing for Change," includes exercises such as:
• Generating a Description - encourages students to discuss the definition of "lesbian."
• Talking About Being "Out" - offers worksheet questions and a discussion of "perceptions of sexual orientation."
• Uncovering Attitudes About Sexual Orientation - explores the impact of "homophobia" and "heterosexism."
• Developing definitions - presents a list of stereotypical definitions, including "compulsory heterosexuality." That is described "the assumption that women are naturally or innately drawn sexually and emotionally toward men, and men toward women; the view that heterosexuality is the "norm" for all sexual relationships."
"The institutionalization of heterosexuality in all aspects of society includes the idealization of heterosexual orientation, romance, and marriage," the guide states. "Compulsory heterosexuality leads to the notion of women as inherently 'weak,' and the institutionalized inequality of power: power of men to control women's sexuality, labor, childbirth and childrearing, physical movement, safety, creativity, and access to knowledge. It can also include legal and social discrimination against homosexuals and the invisibility or intolerance of lesbian and gay existence."
Tom Minnery, vice president of government and public policy at Focus on the Family, said reporters who have mocked Dobson for his comments have deliberately ignored these details in their quest to marginalize a pro-family leader.
"The media is trying to use this SpongeBob nonsense as a smokescreen, because they're not willing to tell the people what's really at stake," he explained. "What's at stake is the forced normalization of homosexuality in the public schools."
Dr. Bill Maier, Focus' psychologist in residence and a guest on today's broadcast, said he didn't think the media's efforts to undermine Dr. Dobson's integrity as a national spokesman for moral values would succeed.
"Clear-thinking Americans won't buy it," Maier said. "They've trusted Dr. Dobson for 27 years and will see through the media's SpongeBob charade."
Huffington lost when everyone else won by about 5-10 points. As for the Dannemeyer case it doesn't prove your point. Your point was that we lose general elections due to conservative nominees, Dannemeyer lost in a primary because he was outspend 50:1.
I'll bet you can't name the last time a social conservative won office in a statewide election. I sure can't.
Then you should probably refrain from tossing out broad analysis and commentary. Again, some people might think you're an idiot, and we wouldn't want that.
The last conservative candidate that did well was Tom McClintock in his race for Controller in 2002. Sure he didn't win, but he came the closest losing by barely 10,000 votes. Tom was easily the MOST conservative candidate on the slate, so how does that fit in with your "theory?"
Prior to that, conservative Secretary of State Bill Jones won in 1998. In 1994 Matt Fong (Treasurer), Bill Jones (SOS) and Dan Lungren (Attorney General). That year we also elected not just a Republican Majority in the Assembly, but a conservative republican Majority and a conservative Republican Speaker.
The expedient if you can't beat em, join em or the equally exciting the best answer is a pale clone.
Political opportunism, represented by the oldleft account and many liberal Republicans in the CAGOP, make conservatives glad there is a FreeRepublic.
We only need to look at the results of 3 short years of Austrian influence to imagine California's future if the views espoused by the oldleft account et al, replaced conservatism.
You betcha oldleft. It takes a liberal and conservatives will jump at the chance to support one.
Prevent negative thoughts about negative people?
Force acceptance of all things no matter how screwed up and wrong they are?
Right.
-The gay lifestyle is vile and disgusting.
-Hitler was a wack job.
-Liberals are a waste of flesh.
-Islamofascists needs to be exterminated.
-Liberalism is a mental disorder.
There. Sue me. You won't change my mind.
I was driving and had to do an errand, so missed part of it...
..but Dr.Dobson sounded very tired (he also had a virus)...
..He said as much as they try to keep up with legislation...
..the homosexual agenda keeps getting bumped to the top, and slipped in ...
...He said Schwartzenegger promised to veto this stuff, but now he's waffling!
We've seen what liberal legislation has done and can do.
Surely you're not that naive.
If you had, there's no way you could say such hurtful things.
I met his son once, a really nice guy, and he was telling me about all the flack he receives from activists at airports and how they refuse to back down. People in this type of ministry really need a lot of support prayer.
I concur. Dobson has a huge heart and doesn't deserve any of the criticism thrown his way.
Exactly. The sliver of land running along the coastline is BLUE. The rest of the state of CA is red. Blue is the densest of the population. Vote fraud is so old, however, that no one ever talks about it anymore. Why talk about vote fraud when one is playing host to millions of illegal citizens. I'm sure you see my point, there.
Lol, wait till next year. ALl you'll hear is VOTE FOR GIULIANI OR ALL YOUR BASE BELONGS TO US.
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