Dr. James Dobson: "We're Not Going To The Back of The Bus"

FoxNews

[Happy2BMe]

Dr. James Dobson, a well-known and respected national Christian leader in speaking at a rally in front of the Alabama Courthouse containing the disputed monument of the Ten Commandments compared the ongoing struggle with that of the Black equal rights movement of the 1950's.

Dr. Dobson described the irony of how in 1955 when Rosa Parks refused to "Go to the back of the bus." by racially-driven bigots sparked a national equal rights movment and said that another national "movement" was now underway to protect the rights of Christians.

Dr. Dobson declared, "We are not going to the back of the bus!" in alluding to a growing consensus of Christian-Americans who would no longer tolerate being treated as citizens with lesser rights.

[LibertyAndJusticeForAll]

The late Reverend Martin Luther King probably would be agreeing with Dr. Dobson; they have common religious beliefs.
A courtroom is a place where laws (like the Ten Commandments) are upheld. It is not just artwork or just religious. It is also symbolic of the importance of laws.
Countries built on the Judeo-Christian ethics, that the Ten Commandments represent, have freedom of religion; unlike Muslim countries or atheist countries.

[truthingod]

Thanks for encouraging people to stand up and fight for what is right! I believe this whole experience is a wake up call to the church in the United States that seems to have fallen asleep for too long. We must not take our freedom for granted, and in this case we must fight for more than just a statue, but for the very idea that we must always have the right to the expressions of our faith.
It is time to take up and speak up.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Where was the good doctor in the 60s, anyway? Was he marching with the civil rights protestors, or was he hooting and hollering in glee on the sidewalk as Bull Connor turned dogs and firehoses on peaceful marchers?

In fact, I noticed a few decrepit oldsters in that sobbing crowd gathered round Roy's Rock. What were they doing when their governments were denying voting rights and the right to even try and participate in local economies to blacks? Dobson can try and invoke MLK, but that dog won't hunt, and Dobson isn't a fouth of the man MLK was.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

We were watching "To Hell and Back" on AMC a couple of days ago, and my wife asked when Murphy died. Thanks for clearing it up.

[tame]

I have a feeling you are going to be history. DU alert!

[freeeee]

if I was on the wrong side of them in the first place

Worshipping the wrong Gods?

Or do some Commandments not count?

[pollywog]

Go JAMES DOBSON !!!!! The Christian's are NOT going to take this sitting down folks.!!!!

[Theo]

The ten commandments are not Christian. They are Hebrew

Actually, now that I think of it, no, you're not correct. The "Ten Commandments" are given to humanity so that we can realize our need of a Savior. They're neither "Hebrew" nor "Christian," but a standard that's so high as to be unachievable. Thus our need for a Savior....

[BibChr]

Yeppers. I call them "snipers," "drive-bys," or "hit-n-run."

"Troll" is another word that comes to mind. Unfortunately, FR has a LOT of appropriately guilt-ridden God-loathers disguised as conservatives of various stripes.

Dan

[Chancellor Palpatine]

43 was for you, too.

[Ginosko]

"Federal judges are so wrapped up in precedent that they have forgotten what the plain words of the Constitution are."

You are being unduly charitable. Many judges know all too well what the Constitution says and means but simply choose to ignore it!

[Taliesan]

Dobson and his Focus on the Family decry social ills and immorality, yet support the death penalty. Is this not murder?

Maybe it is in your glossary, but not in Dobson's. That may make him disagree with you, but does nothing to make him a hypocrite.

The same God who said "Thou shalt not 'kill'" also enjoined the death penalty on a number of crimes. The simplest explanation for this is that the word "kill" meant something like our word "murder" and that implies there are legitimate killings and illegitimate killings.

[truthingod]

Your assessment of the people surrounding the Rock-is deplorable. These same people have been in churches and in their communities for years offering hope and healing through faith in Christ. They aren't responsible for inappropriate racial treatment-that is a real far stretch to go don't you think?

[Vindiciae Contra TyrannoSCOTUS]

Many judges know all too well what the Constitution says and means but simply choose to ignore it!

IMPEACH, REMOVE, PUT ON SLOW BOAT TO COMMUNIST CHINA WHERE THEY BELONG!

[cwb]

Yep. And you know what; it isn't just religion that offends them...it's the whole idea of morality and judgementalism. You don't even have to be religious to be tarred by the other side, you just have to have a sense of right and wrong. Just take a look at the Judge in the San Diego Boyscout case who declared the scouts a religious organization simply becasue they hold themselves to a higher moral standard. It's going on all over this country and I think (hope) people are finally getting ticked-off.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Well, we've disagreed on other things, but we'll probably agree here!

I think it is a movement...the ACLU types have over-played their hand. Whatever they gained (or think they gained) by forcing the issue of the monument will be overwhelmed by the opposition they will focus.

And they picked the wrong place to do this. If they'd done this in New York City or San Francisco or Seattle, they'd have probably gotten away with it unharmed. Doing this in the deep south is going to blow up in their faces.

[pollywog]

God BLESS OUR men who have given their lives for this freedom. Freedom abused becomes slavery. I fear we are going to head back the other way. God will not be MOCKED.
CHECK OUT ANCIENT HISTORY....The Bible IS history you know !

[Ginosko]

"DonQ is nowhere near being a silent or lone voice when it comes to removing God from America:"

According to the latest polls on the matter he is. Most Americans actually support Judge Moore's position.

[DeweyCA]

Where was the good doctor in the 60s, anyway? Was he marching with the civil rights protestors, or was he hooting and hollering in glee on the sidewalk as Bull Connor turned dogs and firehoses on peaceful marchers?

In the early 60s, I believe that "the good doctor" Dobson was getting his M.D. degree at USC, raising his family, doing a residency in pediatrics, and teaching at Children's Hospital so that he could help cure kids from diseases and other ailments. What were you doing then to better the state of mankind?

[truthingod]

My intent in stating "the wrong side of them" was not in relation to a religion but in relation to the content of those commandments which define issues that may bring someone into court. That would be violating our current laws which have been inpart defined by those commandments.