Dr. Dobson Denounces, Delivers, and Demands
From our friends at People For the American Way
Dr. James Dobson, reigning Godfather of the Religious Right political movement, has been on the receiving end of well-earned ridicule since he sounded an alarm about the latest threat to America's children and families: SpongeBob SquarePants, the animated character loved by millions of kids and parents, is promoting tolerance among schoolchildren, God forbid.
It is always useful when the Dobsons of the world make their extremism clear - in this most recent case, by trashing a pro-tolerance program as some kind of sinister plot (and getting his facts wrong in the process). But there is a danger that his remarks will encourage journalists and progressive Americans to dismiss Dobson as a buffoon rather than examine his increasingly significant role as a power broker within the Republican Party, and what that means to the country's future.
Dobson, who built a large following as a dispenser of parenting advice on Christian radio but is devoting more and more time to politics, campaigned hard last year for Bush and for far-right congressional candidates, including new Senators Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Jim Thune of South Dakota. He and other Religious Right leaders are demanding payback - and it looks like they're going to get it, from White House support for a constitutional amendment forcing states to discriminate against gay couples, to Supreme Court nominees who would gut civil rights and environmental laws, eliminate a constitutional right to privacy and reproductive rights, and undermine the separation of church and state, which protects all Americans' religious liberty.
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Dr. James Dobson, reigning Godfather of the Religious Right political movement, has been on the receiving end of well-earned ridicule since he sounded an alarm about the latest threat to America's children and families: SpongeBob SquarePants, the animated character loved by millions of kids and parents, is promoting tolerance among schoolchildren, God forbid.
It is always useful when the Dobsons of the world make their extremism clear - in this most recent case, by trashing a pro-tolerance program as some kind of sinister plot (and getting his facts wrong in the process). But there is a danger that his remarks will encourage journalists and progressive Americans to dismiss Dobson as a buffoon rather than examine his increasingly significant role as a power broker within the Republican Party, and what that means to the country's future.
Dobson, who built a large following as a dispenser of parenting advice on Christian radio but is devoting more and more time to politics, campaigned hard last year for Bush and for far-right congressional candidates, including new Senators Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Jim Thune of South Dakota. He and other Religious Right leaders are demanding payback - and it looks like they're going to get it, from White House support for a constitutional amendment forcing states to discriminate against gay couples, to Supreme Court nominees who would gut civil rights and environmental laws, eliminate a constitutional right to privacy and reproductive rights, and undermine the separation of church and state, which protects all Americans' religious liberty.
View Full report HERE
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