Dr. James Dobson and Gay Bashing "101"

By David Palmer - December 02, 2004

First and foremost, it should be noted that I am not an advocate for or against gay people; however, I am an ardent and unapologetic believer that every person is entitled to be treated equally and fairly regardless of their ethnicity, race, religious beliefs, and/or sexual preference.  To assert and/or publicly opine that one is a true Christian when one engages in name-calling and exhorting others to openly discriminate against another person or group gives Christian hypocrisy a bad name.

The recent election results have surely taught us that Gay Bashing has turned into a successful Olympian sport by so-called Christian moralists like Dr. James Dobson and his cadre of enablers and opportunists.

Well-known Focus on the Family founder Dr. James Dobson has spent a great deal of time, effort and money (none of which was his) in vilifying and viciously attacking the gay community.  Dobson's vehicle for spewing forth his homophobic rant is aimed at amending the US Constitution to outlaw gay marriages.

In October, Dobson spoke on behalf of Senatorial Candidate Tom Coburn of Oklahoma at a rally at Oklahoma Christian University in support of a constitutional ban on gay marriages.  To prove that gay marriages led to fewer men and women getting married, Dobson cited countries such as Norway that have allowed same-sex couples to marry.

Dobson said 80 percent of children are born out of wedlock in Norway.  Homosexuals are not monogamous.  They want to destroy the institution of marriage.  It will destroy marriage.  It will destroy the earth.  (The Oklahoman, 20-23-03)

Not to be outdone by his mentor and political supporter, Tom Coburn told Rogers County Republicans last year, "The gay community has infiltrated the very centers of power in every area across the country, and they wield extreme power.  That agenda is the greatest threat to our freedom that we face today.  Why do you think we see the rationalization for abortion and multiple sex partners?"  That's a gay agenda."

Lord have mercy, if these statements are true, and who would question the veracity of Christian stalwarts like Dobson and Coburn, then we (that's us so-called straight God-=fearing folks) should be truly concerned about the power (Is that extreme power Mr. Coburn? - Is there another kind said Jack Nicholson, I'm sorry, I mean Coburn) of the gay community that will (a) destroy marriages, (b) destroy the earth (whew, and I was worried about global warming), and (c) the greatest threat to our freedom (I guess so, now that Saddam's been captured).

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