Posted on 09/01/2008 1:13:29 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007
Dr. James C. Dobson of Focus on the Family issued the following statement:
"In the 32-year history of Focus on the Family, we have offered prayer, counseling and resource assistance to tens of thousands of parents and children in the same situation the Palins are now facing. We have always encouraged the parents to love and support their children and always advised the girls to see their pregnancies through, even though there will of course be challenges along the way. That is what the Palins are doing, and they should be commended once again for not just talking about their pro-life and pro-family values, but living them out even in the midst of trying circumstances.
"Being a Christian does not mean you're perfect. Nor does it mean your children are perfect. But it does mean there is forgiveness and restoration when we confess our imperfections to the Lord. I've been the beneficiary of that forgiveness and restoration in my own life countless times, as I'm sure the Palins have.
"The media are already trying to spin this as evidence Gov. Palin is a 'hypocrite,' but all it really means is that she and her family are human. They are in my prayers and those of millions of Americans."
-jpt
Well said, Dr.Dobson!!
Everyone has been affected by teen pregnancies somewhere in their families. Some you know because you see the kids come into the world and grow up. Others were kept quiet by abortions. I applaud the Palin’s decision. What they don’t need is criticism. What they do need are our prayers.
And it’s a tough walk, but it will only make them stronger people.
I’d like to see full inclusion become a choice for parents with special needs kids at all the schools.
Uh...Mary was married to Joseph, the carpenter.
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Uh...James Dobson is the founder of Focus on the Family.
>>There is no such thing as a illegitimate child, there are only illegitimate parents.<<
You, my FRiend are a beautiful person!
What a wonderful thing to say!
I pray that Bristol Palin can find her way to a microphone and say,
“I’d just like to tell Mr. Obama, that I’m NOT being punished with a baby.”
Not at the time of the conception and not at the time Joseph was wondering if he should put her away quietly.
They were betrothed.
Amen to that!
LMAO
If the Palins were trying to hide Bristol, they would’ve left her in Wasilla.
Instead they brought her to the lower 48 for all to see.
Mary was not unwed, she was betrothed to Joseph. Read Deuteronomy 22: 23-24, which clearly refers to a "betrothed virgin" as being a wife.
I can still remember a Church Council meeting almost two decades ago, when, at its very conclusion a member announced that his 17 year old daughter was preganant...and said "you can throw me out if you wish".
The Council recoiled in horror at that thought and the Pastor went over and embraced the embarassed grandfather-to-be.
Other than blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, all sins are on equal footing, and if a person has broken one law, they have broken the whole law. There must be a sacrifice for sin, and Jesus Christ is our sacrifice for sin, if we accept him.
Well, Mary wasn’t married to Joseph at the time that her pregnancy was detected. And the father was unknown at that moment. But I’d say Joseph did the right thing...
What a classy and Christian statement from James Dobson! Very nice!
How can she be a hypocrite when she walks the walk? Twice in less than a year.
It couldn’t have been said any better.
She was betrothed, but the pregnancy was sure a shock to Joseph, so this was clearly not the normal sequence of events.
Contrast this with BHO’s statement: “If my daughter makes a mistake, I don’t want her punished with a baby.” As Hugh Hewitt observed in his blog, there couldn’t be a clearer differnece between conservatives and liberals than this one.
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