Dobson has not backed off his statement that he could not in good conscience vote for McCain because of concerns over the Arizona senator’s conservative credentials. The conservative Christian group provided The Associated Press with an advance copy of the pre-taped radio segment, which runs 18 minutes and highlights excerpts of a speech Obama gave in June 2006 to the liberal Christian group Call to Renewal. Keyes seriously, for he claimed to speak for my religion, and my God. The criticism, to be aired Tuesday on Dobson’s Focus on the Family radio program, comes shortly after an Obama aide suggested a meeting at the organization’s headquarters here, said Tom Minnery, senior vice president for government and public policy at Focus on the Family.
The AP was given an advance copy of Dobson’s 18-minute radio segment, which has already been taped, and will air Tuesday. . “Obama is proud to have the support of millions of Americans of faith and looks forward to working across religious lines to bring our country together,” DuBois said. McCain also has not met with Dobson.
In it, Dobson hammers Obama’s views of religion, and says the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee is trying to govern by the “lowest common denominator of morality,” and calls Obama’s views “a fruitcake interpretation of the Constitution. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, on Tuesday for a speech the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee delivered in 2006 to the liberal Christian group Call to Renewal. “The speech delves into Obama’s view of the constructive role religion plays in society, beseeching “work that progressive leaders need to do” on the subject, followed by his views of “what conservative leaders need to do — some truths they need to acknowledge. — will tomorrow attack Sen.
“I think he’s deliberately distorting the traditional understanding of the Bible to fit his own worldview, his own confused theology,” Dobson said. Whatever we once were, we are no longer just a Christian nation; we are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers. “”And even if we did have only Christians in our midst, if we expelled every non-Christian from the United States of America, whose Christianity would we teach in the schools?” Obama asked. A possible Obama visit was not discussed, but Focus is open to one, Minnery said.
“Joshua DuBois, director of religious affairs for Obama’s campaign, said in a statement that a full reading of Obama’s speech shows he is committed to reaching out to people of faith and standing up for families. “Dobson responds, per the AP, that “I think he’s deliberately distorting the traditional understanding of the Bible to fit his own worldview, his own confused theology” and charges that Obama “is dragging Biblical understanding through the gutter. Obama recently met in Chicago with religious leaders, including conservative evangelicals. .
He claimed knowledge of certain truths. Last week, DuBois, a former Assemblies of God associate minister, called Minnery for what Minnery described as a cordial discussion. “Even if we did have only Christians in our midst, if we expelled every non-Christian from the United States of America, whose Christianity would we teach in the schools?” Obama said. “”Folks haven’t been reading their Bibles,” Obama said.
Dobson declined because he prefers that candidates visit the Focus on the Family campus to learn more about the organization, Minnery said. He is dragging biblical understanding through the gutter. Obama is proud to have the support of millions of Americans of faith and looks forward to working across religious lines to bring our country together. “The program was paid for by a Focus on the Family affiliate whose donations are taxed, Dobson said, so it’s legal for that group to get more involved in politics.
Dr. Dobson took aim at examples Obama cited in asking which Biblical passages should guide public policy — chapters like Leviticus, which Obama said suggests slavery is OK and eating shellfish is an abomination, or Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, “a passage that is so radical that it’s doubtful that our own Defense Department would survive its application. “Obama said that he “was urged by some of my liberal supporters not to take this statement seriously, to essentially ignore it…. “.
His campaign also plans thousands of “American Values House Parties,” where participants discuss Obama and religion, as well as a presence on Christian radio and blogs. But what they didn’t understand, however, was that I had to take Mr. “In response to Dobson’s comments, Joshua DuBois, national director of religious affairs for the Obama campaign responded in a statement: “Barack Obama is committed to reaching out to people of faith and standing up for American families, and a full reading of his 2006 Call to Renewal speech shows just that. “Obama’s original speech, delivered on June 28, 2006, (you can listen to it HERE) started with a discussion of his 2004 Senate opponent, Alan Keyes, who said that “Jesus Christ would not vote for Barack Obama.
