[lightman]

"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.

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.

[savedbygrace]

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.

[livius]

What a classy and Christian statement from James Dobson! Very nice!

[Let's Roll]

How can she be a hypocrite when she walks the walk? Twice in less than a year.

[Redleg Duke]

Wrong answer, Dr. Dobson...you are supposed to screech that the Palins are the spawn of Lucifer and should be rejected.

/S

[gondramB]

I’m not generally a Dobson fan but in this case his response was exactly correct, both from a political standpoint and theologically.

[Piers-the-Ploughman]

Now please stop stirring the Board for an issue that does not exist. The christian conservative base is very pleased with this pick, Dr Dobson echoes the Christian conservative base.

Please, you like Sara Palin, so all those positives are still there for us to show the American people, not one of them is changed by this private family matter

[Numbers Guy]

I think the leftist blog glee over this really indicates how out of touch they are. Their thought process is “Christian conservatives will think badly of Governor Palin because her daughter obviously had out of wedlock sex”. The reality is that such people fully understand that you do what you can to teach your kids, but nobody’s perfect (as Dobson noted).

What the conservatives see is that Governor Palin and her husband didn’t seek the easy way out, didn’t betray their principles, and will welcome their grandchild (nor with their Down Syndrome child). They will see this as a positive for Palin. But because the nut roots have such a distorted view of Christians and conservatives, they’ll keep on pounding away at this story, not realizing that it will backfire on them.

[444Flyer]

Amen. I hope the Palin’s remember this while they are fired upon by the MSM, “This too shall pass.”:)

[PA Engineer]

Amen.

[kittymyrib]

Dealing with her own pregnancy of a Downs Syndrome baby, Gov. Palin gets the news of her daughter’s pregnancy, yet she carries on with her duties to both family and her state.
What an incredible woman!

[ConservativeMan55]

Amen!

[kempster]

This story really hits home with me. My son had the exact same situation 7 years ago. I spent countless hours agonizing over this. My wife, my son and I convinced the young lady to have the baby and she was born in December. Even though she was not ready to marry my son, she is so happy and is a great mother. My son is a great father and has since married a young lady with three children. The kids love their new step sister.

Yesterday I took my granddaughter to her first Detroit Tiger baseball game.

I am so proud of Bristol for doing the right thing. After seeing this family, I’m sure this child will find a lot of love.

[shield]

Totally agree.

[SkyDancer]

Wasn't it the Obama machine that said his family was off limits? Seems Palin's family isn't ..... THEY DRIVE ME NUTS!!!!!!!!!!!

[woofie]

OMG Dobson is right.... hey press people (Olberman not included) we are all human remember?

[Nowhere Man]

Mega-Dittoes!

[LibertyRocks]

Wow... I usually don't like how Dobson says some things, but this he said so very well.

Here's what I would love to say to Bristol, if I could...

I know I don't just speak for myself when I say "We love you Bristol". Don't let the mean people get you down! I was a young mother myself, and my loving husband and I have now been married for 16 years. Keep your chin up, and remember to pray for those Democrats who say these bad things sometimes because it's going to catch up with them someday.

I know many of us FReepers are praying for you, your Mom, your Dad, your finace, your little blessing on the way, and your entire family, and all your friends. May God bless you with good health, strength, peace, and happiness!

[Zionist Conspirator]

"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.

Unfortunately, the Left seems to believe that anyone who condemns sin should never sin, and anyone who has ever sinned should approve of sin. The idea of pure unvarnished humanity, constantly doing things which are objectively wrong, is totally foreign to them.

[Cicero]

Great Statement. Dobson has been known to put his foot in his mouth, but his heart is in the right place and this couldn’t have been said better.