There would seem to be a bit of interest in the James Dobson/Barack Obama story that I posted about a couple of days ago. Here are a couple of additional items some of you may find interesting.
- An article in Time that analyzes the backlash instigated by Dobson’s remarks. After years of attacking Democrats with relative impunity for their supposed moral failings, Evangelical leader James Dobson surely didn’t expect to suffer much of a backlash when he trained his sights on Barack Obama. Over the years, the party had practically cowered in fear and gone into radio silence when the head of Focus on the Family targeted one of its standard-bearers. So in a campaign that has already proved to be anything but predictable, the counterattack on Dobson this week epitomized the new, fraught political climate that Christian Right leaders like himself face.
- Check out the website, jamesdobsondoesntspeakforme.com, that went up the day after Dobson’s broadcast. James Dobson doesn’t speak for me. He doesn’t speak for me when he uses religion as a wedge to divide; He doesn’t speak for me when he speaks as the final arbiter on the meaning of the Bible; James Dobson doesn’t speak for me when he uses the beliefs of others as a line of attack…
David W. Swanson 
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