This, on the other hand, would be amusing — even satisfying, in a schadenfreude kind of way (it couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of intolerant hypocrites!) — if I didn’t think they were just trotting out yet another prevarication parade in an effort to separate gullible people from their money.
In case the wingnuts were wondering how God feels about Barack Obama, here’s the forecast for Denver tomorrow night (that middle column is the chance of precipitation — so much for the power of hateful prayer):
I’m eating and arugula and spinach salad with some squash soup (how elitist is that, huh?!?) and tuning into the beginning of the convention coverage. There’s a great lineup for the evening, and while I’m watching, I’ll be tossing out a few links from the weekend:
• Tennessee Liberal Blogosphere Weekly Roundup: Biden Edition!
• Save the dates! The debate schedule has been announced!
• Majority of U.S. Voters Open to Electing Gay President.
• McCain to announce VP pick on Friday.
• John McCain’s devolution on abortion.
• Faux Outrage™, or Whither GOP concern trolling?
This is an incredible illustration of why James Dobson’s Focus on the Family is a just a steaming pile of — well, a sham.
A video producer for Focus on the Family is asking people to pray for rain when Sen. Barack Obama (D-Illinois) makes his speech at the end of the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
Obama is giving his acceptance speech outdoor at Invesco Field at Mile High on Thursday, Aug. 28.
What?!? Praying for the event to go poorly? What is Christian about that?!? What’s next? Praying for Obama to stub his toe? Have a car accident?
What if they pray for rain, and it does rain — and someone is struck by lightning and dies? Will they be proud of themselves for properly disrupting the event?
I’ve always known that James Dobson, who encourages people to beat their children, is a mean, petty man, and the fact that he hasn’t condemned this suggestion just confirms my opinion. He should focus on his own problems before he turns his beady little eyes on others.
UPDATE: if they’re ashamed enough to pull the video, why don’t they condemn the suggeston?
UPDATE: Christianity’s greatest patriot is on it (or is that patriotism’s greatest christian?).
UPDATE: And the drama continues!
How many times does abstinence-only “education” have to be debunked before conservatives (like Daddy Dobson) finally stop pushing ignorance?
A recent survey that found some Florida teens believe drinking a cap of bleach will prevent HIV and a shot of Mountain Dew will stop pregnancy has prompted lawmakers to push for an overhaul of sex education in the state.
The survey showed that Florida teens also believe that smoking marijuana will prevent a person from getting pregnant. State lawmakers said the myths are spreading because of Florida’s abstinence-only sex education, Local 6 reported.
UPDATE: Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Does Not Work:
Stoking the fire, a study published in the April edition of the Journal of Adolescent Health found that those who received comprehensive sex education were 50 percent less likely to become pregnant than those who received abstinence-only education. The study also found that those who received comprehensive sex education were 60 percent less likely to become pregnant than those who received no sex education at all.
“I do think that there’s strong evidence that comprehensive sex education is more effective at preventing teen pregnancies,” said Pamela Kohler, lead author of the study and program manager at the University of Washington’s Center for AIDS and STD. “I think we pretty much debunked the myth that comprehensive sex education causes teenagers to have sex.”
Gee, there’s a surprise.
If the Republicans choose John McCain as their nominee, professional hatemonger James Dobson will not vote Republican (or won’t vote at all?).
[By the way, this bozo's political organization (Focus on the Family) doesn't still have tax-exempt status, does it?]
It will be of little surprise to my regular readers that I consider Mike Huckabee’s endorsement from James Dobson, a deranged and hateful man who encourages parents to beat their own children, to be just as humiliating as Rudy Giulaini’s thumbs up from the unhinged Pat Robertson. The good news, though, is that the religious right is splitting themselves into irrelevancy.
ps: Mr. Dobson, how about you lay off my family for a while and focus on the Oral Roberts tribe? And if that doesn’t keep you busy, cast your gaze over to Creflo Dollar, Kenneth Copeland, Benny Hinn and their respective kin. And then, if you ever manage to get that whole religious right(eous) glass house in order, then you can resume all your whining and sputtering about all us regular folks…
UPDATE: will he? or won’t he?
Fortunately in places like Chattanooga, there are churches that don’t preach intolerance, so young people can find a safe place to worship. But in other parts of the country, that is not the case. Combine that with the hateful message prominent (supposed) Christians like James Dobson project on a national level, and you’ve got a recipe that has kids turning away from the church entirely (more at Pam’s House Blend).
Today, the most common perception is that present-day Christianity is “anti-homosexual.” Overall, 91% of young non-Christians and 80% of young churchgoers say this phrase describes Christianity. As the research probed this perception, non-Christians and Christians explained that beyond their recognition that Christians oppose homosexuality, they believe that Christians show excessive contempt and unloving attitudes towards gays and lesbians. One of the most frequent criticisms of young Christians was that they believe the church has made homosexuality a “bigger sin” than anything else. Moreover, they claim that the church has not helped them apply the biblical teaching on homosexuality to their friendships with gays and lesbians.
When young people were asked to identify their impressions of Christianity, one of the common themes was “Christianity is changed from what it used to be” and “Christianity in today’s society no longer looks like Jesus.”
I know! Let’s send Pat Robertson to live there! Then he’d be out of harm’s way! After all, if there are no homosexuals, then the country will be safe from things like earthquakes, tornadoes, terrorist bombings and meteors!
Seriously, though, I hope James Dobson was watching, because now he knows what kind of government and national culture are necessary to “eliminate” homosexuality. And then he can ask himself if that’s what he really wants (and can he be proud of the work he’s done so far?).
Hello! I'm Alice, which is my real name (most of the other names here have been changed, though, to protect the innocent). I live in an almost-100-year-old house in downtown Chattanooga, TN with my first husband, G-Dog (who is from New Canaan, CT), and a cockapoo named Nonnie (the moniker comes from a Laurens van der Post book). We have one kid (that we know of) -- a daughter, Emmie, who plays a supporting role on the blog. She's off being a student, but she pops in often enough to keep things interesting.
I originally hale from Batavia, NY, a quiet little town in rural western New York. G-Dog and I met while attending college in Carlisle, PA, and then moved on to Chapel Hill, NC together before finally settling in Tennessee. Other places we've lived in long enough to have a mailing address include London and San Francisco.
This blog is about a lot of things -- the places I visit, things I cook, people I meet, photos I take, things I read, and -- of course, politics. I'm an unrepentant, arugula-eating, progressive, liberal, lefty, euro-loving, educated elitist and I'm looking forward to an administration that doesn't raise my blood pressure quite as often as the outgoing one did...
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