Rev. Dobson Vindicated?--or Maybe Not.

Rev. Dobson's going after Fred again, in an email to his suporters:

"Isn't Thompson the candidate who is opposed to a Constitutional amendment to protect marriage, believes there should be 50 different definitions of marriage in the U.S., favors McCain-Feingold, won't talk at all about what he believes, and can't speak his way out of a paper bag on the campaign trail?" Dobson wrote....

Dobson and other Christian conservatives support an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would bar gay marriage nationally. Thompson has said he would support a constitutional amendment that would prohibit states from imposing their gay marriage laws on other states, which falls well short of that....

U.S. News and World Report quoted Dobson earlier this year as questioning Thompson's commitment to the Christian faith — comments Dobson contended were not put in proper context. Dobson in this week's e-mail writes that suppositions "about the former senator's never having professed to be a Christian are turning out to be accurate in substance."

Dobson's denouncement comes on the heels of this scandalous info:

At a recent campaign appearance in South Carolina, Thompson said he got his values from his parents and “the good Church of Christ.” But he said he does not belong to a church or attend church regularly at his home in McLean, Va., just outside Washington.

“I guess I’m one of those people who feel a little uncomfortable getting too inside your person and personality, but I understand it’s necessary,” Thompson said, as reported by the Spartanburg (S.C.) Herald-Journal. “I’m doing the best I can with it, because I don’t hold myself out to be a perfect person. I’ve not always met the standard that I’ve set for myself, but I know that I’m right with God and I’m right with the people I love, and the people I love are right with me.”

I may be wrong, but I doubt Dobson's attacks are going to have much, if any, negative effect on Fred's standing among evangelicals. Whatever their opinions on Fred's personal spiritual beliefs, most devout Christians I know are primarily focused on how a candidate's positions on the issues are going to affect their families and their communities. If they know that Fred understands their concerns and that he's willing to fight for what they believe in, they'll be backing Fred, even if he doesn't conform to Rev. Dobson's definition of a "REAL Christian."

UPDATE : It was pointed out in the comments that James Dobson isn't a "Reverend." He's just a dude. I thought he was a "Reverend." My apologies.

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