The Denver Post has a spot on editorial today.
Check it out:
Not that we expect much more from James Dobson, but he's reached a new low in his latest turn as a political preacher. Does anyone else on the political or religious scene preach intolerance with such bluster and gusto?
What did Dobson do that has set this "new low?" The Post is responding to Dobson's attack of Ed Perlmutter, running in Colorado's 7th district, for hiring -- get this -- gay staffers (GASP).
Of course if this type of prejudiced attack was based on the race of the staffers instead of the sexual orientation, Dobson would be finished.
Thankfully, everyday more and more Americans are putting anti-gay hate speech on the same level as overtly racist remarks, where it belongs. What the Denver Post is missing is that these types of attacks from the religious right are nothing new. Fortunately though, they don't miss Dobson's real motivations for invoking such hatred.
Dobson has been considered an important Christian voice in the United States, but lately he comes across as just another partisan hack, putting politics ahead of values as he does the bidding of Washington Republicans.
Remember his quick defense for the president's inexperienced Supreme Court nominee, Harriet Miers?
Worse, Dobson even found a way to excuse Mark Foley's repugnant behavior with congressional pages, guessing it was some "sort of a joke by the boy and some of the other pages."
On this week's radio program, Dobson blared his usual sirens for listeners who might be thinking about sitting it out on Election Day. A liberal takeover of Congress, he said, would lead to crippling setbacks in battles on social issues and would "paralyze" President Bush in his final two years.
Of course, this is nothing new for us. But nice to see it getting play in his home state.