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Religions > Atheism |
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"Fredric L. Rice" |
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14 Jan 2006 07:26:56 PM |
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Focus on the Family hate mongering Christian fascists |
Dobson: Republican majority has "very little" to show for "pro-family,
pro-moral" agenda; Santorum pushed marriage amendment in response
Summary: On his radio program, James Dobson complained that the Republican
Party has "very little ... to show for it" in terms of accomplishing the
goals of "the pro-family agenda, the pro-moral agenda, [and] the sanctity
of
life." In response, Sen. Rick Santorum expressed his desire for Congress to
vote on the Federal Marriage Amendment, describing the amendment's purpose
as "protecting marriage ... between one man and one woman."
During the January 12 broadcast of his radio program, Focus on the Family
founder and chairman James C. Dobson complained that the Republican Party,
in control of the White House and Congress, has "very little ... to show
for
it" in terms of accomplishing the goals of "the pro-family agenda, the
pro-moral agenda, [and] the sanctity of life."
In a discussion with Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) about the relation of family
life to social policy issues, Dobson said he wished that Republicans "would
begin to take stock of what they're doing to the family," and lamented that
"very little ... has been accomplished that relates to ... conservative
social issues," adding that "there's just nothing going on." Dobson
speculated that Americans "are pretty irritated" at both Democrats and
Republicans for that reason.
In response, Santorum expressed his desire for Congress to vote on the
Federal Marriage Amendment, calling it "one of the most important pieces of
legislation" for 2006. Santorum described as "foundational for our society"
the amendment's purpose of "protecting marriage ... between one man and one
woman," and spoke of a recent meeting of the Arlington Group, a coalition
that, according to its founder Paul Weyrich, is the source of "the effort
to
put marriage on the ballot in eleven States."
From the January 12 broadcast of the Focus on the Family radio program:
DOBSON: I wish the -- not only the Democrats -- but the Republicans
would -- begin to take stock of what they're doing to the family. You know,
it's been over a year now since the presidential election and Republicans
have been in power in the House and the Senate and in the White House, and
there is very, very little along the lines of what we're talking about to
show for it. There's very little that has been accomplished that relates to
social -- conservative social issues: the pro-family agenda; the pro-moral
agenda; the sanctity of life. There's just nothing going on, and I know
there are a lot of people out there that are pretty irritated at both
parties, frankly, for that.
SANTORUM: Well, I would agree with you in part. We are -- we are
working -- in fact, I was just meeting with the folks at the Arlington
Group
earlier, talking about the marriage amendment, and I believe that's one of
the most important pieces of legislation that we are going to be able to
deal with this year. And I'm hopeful that we are going to have a vote on
the
marriage amendment sometime in the spring. I'm hopeful it'll be March -- in
the March timeframe. We need to have a good debate -- as is going on across
the country right now -- on the issue of protecting marriage being between
one man and one woman. It is foundational for our society.
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George W. Bush is a Christian. Get over it!
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| User: "turk" |
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| Title: Re: Focus on the Family hate mongering Christian fascists |
14 Jan 2006 09:17:19 PM |
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"Fredric L. Rice" <FRice@SkepticTank.ORG> wrote in message
news:11sj92ljdt7ra48@corp.supernews.com...
Dobson: Republican majority has "very little" to show for "pro-family,
pro-moral" agenda; Santorum pushed marriage amendment in response
This from a guy who wastes his members' money on campaigns to get Sponge Bob
off the air and The Corpse Bride out of theaters? The guy's a whackjob.
turk
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"I think we are welcomed. But it was not a peaceful welcome." -George W.
Bush, defending Vice President ***** Cheney's pre-war assertion that the
United States would be welcomed in Iraq as liberators, NBC Nightly News
interview, Dec. 12, 2005
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| User: "Scott Richter" |
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| Title: Re: Focus on the Family hate mongering Christian fascists |
15 Jan 2006 10:26:11 AM |
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turk <turk96@comcast.net> wrote:
This from a guy who wastes his members' money on campaigns
to get Sponge Bob off the air and The Corpse Bride out of theaters?
The guy's a whackjob.
Yes, but he's got a long way to go to catch the undisputed king of
religious whackjobs. Dobson needs to threaten a world leader or two to
get in the game...
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| User: "Woden" |
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| Title: Re: Focus on the Family hate mongering Christian fascists |
14 Jan 2006 07:29:54 PM |
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(Fredric L. Rice) wrote in
news:11sj92ljdt7ra48@corp.supernews.com:
Dobson: Republican majority has "very little" to show for "pro-family,
pro-moral" agenda; Santorum pushed marriage amendment in response
au contrair. The republicans have much to shor for their agenda. It's all
in their pocket books.
--
Woden
"religion is a socio-political system for controlling people's thoughts,
lives and actions based on ancient myths and superstitions, perpetrated
through generations of subtle yet pervasive brainwashing."
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| User: "Paul Duca" |
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| Title: Re: Focus on the Family hate mongering Christian fascists |
15 Jan 2006 08:40:32 AM |
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in article Xns974BD086D2F5Fwodencharternet@69.28.186.121, Woden at
woden@charter.net wrote on 1/14/06 8:29 PM:
FRice@SkepticTank.ORG (Fredric L. Rice) wrote in
news:11sj92ljdt7ra48@corp.supernews.com:
Dobson: Republican majority has "very little" to show for "pro-family,
pro-moral" agenda; Santorum pushed marriage amendment in response
au contrair. The republicans have much to shor for their agenda. It's all
in their pocket books.
And KNOW they've lose many of their supporters if they ever did
deliver those other things--the rabble would have no need for them.
Paul
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