This is why I'm not completely comfortable with Clergymen being in the endorsing business. Getting too involved with the world has a way sucking one in farther than they intended to get.
Dobson isn’t a “clergyman.”
“Since Dobson is absolutely opposed to Rudi and, let’s say, not happy with Fred, then before he jumps to a third-party he almost has to endorse some GOP candidate that he does accept.”
“The online evangelist said Dobson’s Focus on the Family, for example, is part of the World Congress of Families – an organization which the foundation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the official name of the Mormon church, is a major funder of. Keller also claims Dobson and other leaders remain silent on Romney because they don’t want to upset the large number of Mormons who buy their books.”
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20071016/29718_Why_Some_Evangelicals_Won’t_Vote_for_Romney.htm
Dr. Dobson is not an ordained clergyman, he's a child psychologist by profession who founded a nationally recognized advocacy organization called Focus on the Family (FOF) to support Christian values in American society.
One of the ways FOF supports Christian values is through informing members and a nationwide radio audience of pending or proposed legislation that involves moral and/or social engineering issues. FOF is a non-profit tax exempt org and can't endorse any candidate for public office. As I understand it, Dr. Dobson as a private citizen can endorse candidates in his role as a private citizen but not in his role as the leader of FOF, and not by any means that could be associated with FOF's radio and literature outreach.
Whether or not I correctly understand his legal standing regarding endorsing a candidate as a private citizen, one thing I do know for sure is that he is not a clergyman.