Shortly after God-o-Meter finished its post about how well John McCain's endorsements from the socially liberal Rudy Giuliani and Arnold Schwarzenegger would go over with the GOP's Christian Right base, it got an email trumpeting John Danforth's endorsement of the Arizona senator. Danforth's latest book is a case against the religious right called Faith and Politics: How the "Moral Values" Debate Divides America and How to Move Forward Together. How do you think that will go over with James Dobson & Co?
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Wow, Read Danforth's book - this faithful man simply would not connect to the pharisaic business of Dobson. Dobson is a nasty little man and evokes the worst in us all. Danforth - well he called forth our better natures. Not sure I understand his connection to McCain though.
Good point, Michele. But the difference between folks like Tony Perkins (whom I assume you're referring to) and James Dobson is that Dobson has a huge platform, with a mailing list of three to five million and a radio show carried daily on two thousand radio stations. Perkins and Land can't match that. And Dobson ain't retracting his McCain denouncement.
Since the Evangelicals swang it Bush's way last time, I wonder what would happen if there wasn't a candidate embracing them? Will McCain even try? I hope he doesn't, then maybe Obama can take it! ; )
I don't understand why homosexuality is so emphasized among some of my fellow evangelicals, to the point of being for some prehaps a more important issue than defense, economy, and healthcare. Huckabee might have a good strong religious background and belief system IMO, but McCain was an aviator and POW in Vietnam that gives him a much better perspective into defense issues. I also agree with him regarding the human rights crisis in this nation (abortion) which is THE issue for me.
A different kind of evangelical: so do you think that homosexuality is an acceptable lifestyle, or do you think that just because it's unaccetpable doesn't mean it should be evangelicals' top political issue?
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