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

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[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.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Not at all - Dobson invoked the Civil Rights Movement. I've noted the demographics and excitement level of the marchers, and was curious, given what Dobson said.

And I hate to belabor the obvious, but just because an evangelical says he is a Christian, it doesn't mean that he actually is one. Some just take on the mantle of it and pretend to gain status in their communities.

[SkyPilot]

I love Dr. Dobson.

Sadly, the "back of the bus" strategy won't help Conservatives at all. The media hate us, plain and simple. They will not give Christians the same support that Dr. King was given during the Civil Rights movement....and that is clear.

But don't lose heart. God is soverign.

[Damocles]

Just expressing my feelings. I hope, really hope, that those who proclaim a belief or faith in the founding of our nation take this as the last minute warning it is.

They have been silent too long, while watching the relentless erosion of our culture. If we truly are the majority it is time to stand for what we believe.

Contrary to present beliefs Christians are some of the most "tolerant" people. There is a sense of live and let live, but when our very foundations are under fire we have to stand and say, 'This far and no farther'.

I will chose not to live under this oppression of "tolerance" any longer. I believe in an absolute right and wrong, and can no longer pretend that those who don't agree with me are willing to allow me that view.

[truthingod]

Would that also applyto folks like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton as well?

[Ginosko]

I understand the sentiment but suspect your last remedy may be a tad excessive. The first two, however, certainly are not!

[conserv13]

I respect your views, but I do not share them.

Having the monument in the court doesn't offend me, but why couldn't another judge somewhere put up a Buddhist or Hindu monument in their courthouse? Why not the code of Hammurabi or something?

[Chancellor Palpatine]

LOL - I was in diapers. But thanks for answering the question - he wasn't there, and I suspect that none of the current protestors were either.

The Civil Rights Movement occurred in an era which was not a shining beacon for the "states' rights" crowd, and resurgent southern populism with its concomitant pandering to social conservatism is not a good thing - it doesn't do anything to fix the economies, educational systems or infrastructure of the South.

[ClancyJ]

If it's not a movement, then our national history will just be a small footnote.

Agree.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Absolutely.

[truthingod]

I am with you!

[gdani]

They will not give Christians the same support that Dr. King was given during the Civil Rights movement....and that is clear

Well, there's hardly a comparison. It's not like Christians are being prevented from voting, gaining access to certain buildings or even water fountains, being physically attacked by law enforcement and so on.

[Gargantua]

Your screed implies that the presence of this statue — representing nothing more and nothing less than the very foundation of this Nation's system of Law — somehow indicates that Judge Moore would dispense justice unevenly between the churched and the un-churched, the Semite and the Gentile and the Heathen.

That assertion is not only unfounded, it also doesn't deserve the scant moisture needed to spit upon it, and you should be ashamed. But, I also truly believe that folks of your ilk are incapapble of shame.

[freeeee]

The first half of the Commandments are not our laws and can never be our laws.

That's half of them. And the second half of them are our laws not because they are in the bible but solely because they deal with actions which are infringements of the rights of others.

In that context, I cannot see how the Commandments are said to be the basis of our laws.

[Robert_Paulson2]

He was probably out theatening people with HELL if they didn't "confess" the same way he did...

[Vindiciae Contra TyrannoSCOTUS]

suspect your last remedy may be a tad excessive

I should have added, THEN SINK THE BOAT. China has enough Marxists.

[ClancyJ]

Funny how it is always "worming their way into evening news" or "grandstanding" when someone stands up for the Christian rights views. I am thrilled that they "worm their way into" and "grandstand".

Why is it only the ones destroying what Americans have, making Americans give up something, or telling Americans what they can and cannot do who are free to get on the news, grandstand, and speak out. All Christians are to shut up because it is "grandstanding".

Well - you better get use to it.

[ClancyJ]

Funny how it is always "worming their way into evening news" or "grandstanding" when someone stands up for the Christian rights views. I am thrilled that they "worm their way into" and "grandstand".

Why is it only the ones destroying what Americans have, making Americans give up something, or telling Americans what they can and cannot do who are free to get on the news, grandstand, and speak out. All Christians are to shut up because it is "grandstanding".

Well - you better get use to it.

[Robert_Paulson2]

Dr. Dobson declared, "We are not going to the back of the bus!"

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No doc... keep it up, and your radicalized followers, WILL go to prison... or revolt in violence against the laws, just because you egged themon.

Buy a clue Dr. D., "Obey the law Christian." It's scriptural.

[Stone Mountain]

And anyone who holds to a religion at variance with the Ten Commandments, probably is in court on criminal charges, and they're probably guilty to boot.

I don't believe that it is necessary to keep the Sabbath holy. I often have had to work on weekends. I also don't believe that coveting someone elses goods in and of itself is a bad thing - it's the basis for capitalism, for instance. Do you consider me to be at variance with the Ten Commandments? If so, isn't it true that if you were judging the case, that you would be prejudiced against me?

[conserv13]

I respect your views, but I do not share them.

Having the monument in the court doesn't offend me, but why couldn't another judge somewhere put up a Buddhist or Hindu monument in their courthouse? Why not the code of Hammurabi or something?