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Thank you for continually informing us on where our evangelical leaders stand in this election and for keeping us up to date on how they are representing the evangelical community--for better or worse. I hope this excellent coverage holds these leaders accountable and forces them to think through issues before making rash, absolute statements.

Dobson's stance on global warming is about as anti-family as one can get, as the stresses caused by it could...probably will...cause widespread dislocations, scarcities and conflict. He should consider that old Boy Scout motto: "Be prepared."

Considering that global warming is occurring at the same time as global shading from pollutants and jet contrails...things could get too interesting too soon, climate wise. I certainly hope I'm wrong, for my children's sake. But, as I'm confident that most scientists agree with me...I think Dobson may be the one who is wrongheaded in advocating government inaction. I can and do buy more efficient light bulbs and take my city's greener buses to work instead of drive there alone, but...that's not enough, even if everyone would and could do that.

Condoning torture, even in a passive-aggressive voice, seems, well, not what one would expect from a modern religious figure, though Dobson isn't exactly ordained, just self proclaimed. I think Senator McCain is intellectually and morally correct in his steadfast opposition to torture in any form. But, I'm not going to vote for him. He seems to suffer from that conservative malady...liberal for a personally experienced cause, nearsighted and not empathetic for everything and anyone else.

I say MCain on Charley Rose closing the show by saying that the GOP is about states' rights....which I understand to be the political theory of white privilege over and above individual rights, which I don't think if pro-family at all...at least not pro-my-family. Poor Lincoln's bones must be revolving like high speed turbines at how low his party has fallen. The party that's now never too busy to hate.

Dobson stated, "I certainly can't vote for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama based on their virulently anti-family policy positions."

This is exactly the kind of rhetoric that damages the Christian Example. By all accounts, Obama is a dedicated family man. Hillary is, in some ways, a model of forgiveness. (you have to be pretty cynical to think she stayed married for purely political gain. Lately it appears that President Clinton has been a hinderance, not a help to his wife's campaign.) And she seems to be a good mother. Both of these candidates seem to be "pro family." Perhaps Dr Dobson means "pro choice" and "pro stem cell research" when he says "virulently anti-family." Dr Dobson, if that is what you mean, PLEASE SAY SO. Your statements are damaging our witness.

Dobson's support of torture exposes him as someone who is Satanic.

Whatever happened to "Love Thy Neighbor"?? I have both Republican and Democratic friends who tell me every election to vote "the right way"! To them it means that I have to vote vote for only Republicans or Democrats because if I vote for one person of the other party, I am a traitor to the United States of America!!! And, if I understand Dobson's and others like him, if I DO NOT vote for a conservative Christian Republican, the consequence of that is a greater sin than if broke all of the 10 Commandments in a nanosecond and I am damned to Hell and worse!! Personally I feel both the Republican and Democratic Parties have betrayed every single American today and into the future for many generations to come and that both parties should be outlawed because what comprimises they make are for the sake of the individual Senator or represenative and the lobbyests who bribe them and NOT to the American people who voted for them.

Dr. Dobson is an honorable man with strong convictions. If John McCain thinks that he can get elected without the support of social conservatives, he is wrong. I may write in Mike Huckabee or support Bob Barr if he is to run. If John McCain doesn't support me, I won't support him.

I agree eith Dr. Dobson that McCain has some drawbacks. But if he nominates someone favorable to the evangelical social positions on important issues like abortion and marriage between one man and one women for Vice President then I will vote for that ticket. If he nominates someone like Mitt Romney, listed as the 7th most liberal elected Republican in the county, in 2005 by Humana Events, I then will not vote for the ticket.
What amazes me is that Mormons support Romney, eventhough he went against their church's social conservative positions, when he was in office.

As an evagelical Christian, I wished Dobson would just go away. He's about as welcome as a fart in a car when it comes to demonstrating to the "world" what it means to follow Jesus.

I agree with Dr. Dobson that McCain isn't the best, but if he selects an evangelical social conservative I will vote for him.

The reason most of us opposed Romney was for his actions as Governmor of Mass. He was classified as the 7th most liberal elected Republican Official in the country by Human Events in 2005 - a lot of this had to do with "gay" issues and state funding of abortion. You should see the videos of him debating Senator Kennedy. If he is the VP nominee for John McCain I will not vote for that ticket.

The troubling part for me is why all the Mormons seemed to back while his actions as Governor of Mass. did not follow the social conservative positions of the LDS church?

I just can't understand why some of the leaders who say they are trying to protect the family like Tony Perkins, Pat Robinson, and Gary Bauer supported the candidates they did. Hopefully they will stay consistent, I am interested in the moral positions before I consider the candidates economic positions. Without morality our form of government fails.

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Sounds like Dodson wants to have global waring and is not concerned about global warming.

Why should we care what Dr. Dobson's thinks? I don't look to him to guide my voting decisions.

There is a Republican in the race a Christian can proudly, and authentically, support: Ron Paul. He is pro-life, pro-peace, and pro-Constitution. He is against the National ID, and he makes the most sense of any of the candidates on the economy. Even if you have to write him in--please vote for Ron Paul. Thank you.

I wish Dobson would focus on the family again. His ministry did good work, but his leap into politics is just another example of a leader who lost the focus of their original calling.

I concur with both Ellen and C. Sicks. I would like to focus on C. Sicks comment, however, because that is the weightier matter. When Paul wrote to the Philippians, he admonished them to let their conduct or citizenship be Heavenly. What we as Christians have failed to acknowledge collectively is that our citizenship is in Heaven, not here on earth. When we lose that perspective, we lose our ability to impact the world around us. Our politics should not focus on those of a man made democracy; our politics should be based on a God based theocracry, where Christ is King. Dr. Dobson's leap into the worldly politics does nothing to help change the lives of those who need the gospel. We will never be able to legislate Christianity or morality, nor did God ever require us to. His requirement? Let our light shine, so that people may see our good works, and glorify our Father in Heaven.

While I do respect Mr. Dobson for his ability to build his political media empire on the goodwill generated from years of dispensing child rearing advice, I do not care how he votes.

Like no small number of evangelical media figures, Dr. Dobson has fallen into the bottomless abyss of confusing his personal moral judgements and political preferences with truly biblical moral teaching. The saints and scholars of the church have thought long and hard about what scripture teaches, and there is a nearly 2000 year old history of discussion, debate, and prayer concerning many of the issues that are important today. You'd never know that from listening to Dr. Dobson's rantings about liberal politicans, the gay agenda, big government, and stem cell research - to mention only a few of his many obsessions. It is very sad, because such irresponsibility on his part may eventually endanger the valuable ministry of Focus on the Family.

I agree with Ellen and Ron Mosby. I'm voting for RON PAUL. I'm astonished that Dobson isn't supporting him.

Ron Paul does not oppose abortion, he opposes the federal government mandating law either way - there's no moral component behind it. It's as academic to him as the farm bill or tax law.

I cannot imagine that, with all the division in the country that Dobson causes, Christ would intend for us to be as militantly political as Dobson is. Blessed are the peacemakers - Dobson is a sledgehammer in a curio shop.

Hello, The bible is good fiction, and Dr. Dobson might need to be water boarded himself. Evil runs deep in the christian church. After all, it was the christians not the pagens who kicked the jews into the ovens, in nazi Germany.Black"Squeaky"Jack.