No surprise, since George Allen recently praised James Dobson, but just to highlight the perspective of George Allen's base supporters:
An Important Message from Dr. James DobsonDear Virginia Friend,
I hope you'll take a couple of minutes to read what may be the most important e-mail I've sent all year ... and then forward it to friends, family and fellow church members.
Virginia voters will be heading to the polls in just a few days to elect new leaders, and we here at Focus on the Family Action have cause for both alarm and optimism about where your candidates for U.S. Senate stand on the biggest moral issues of our day-life and marriage....
Fortunately, your other Senate candidate, George Allen, has a very different track record on both the sanctity of human life and marriage. Sen. Allen is a principled and articulate defender of the American family.
When it comes to life, there's no guessing where George Allen stands. He backs up his pro-life rhetoric with a consistent pro-life voting record in the U.S. Senate....
Equally important, his commitment to defending marriage from redefinition has been strong. Both this summer and in 2004, Sen. Allen voted in favor of the federal amendment that would protect marriage.
[P]lease contact both candidates and let them know how you feel about the sanctity of life and the protection of traditional marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Specifically, encourage George Allen to continue his support for the sanctity of life and traditional marriage. And please urge James Webb to renounce his pro-abortion and pro-homosexual marriage positions....
Don't let the abortion industry and advocates of homosexual marriage have their way in Virginia. Please make your voice heard!
Sincerely,
James C. Dobson, Ph.D.
Founder and ChairmanP.S. In addition to contacting the candidates about their positions, please do everything within your power to vote. There is so much riding on this election, you cannot afford to sit this one out!
I don't know what's worse: That our Senator was endorsed by a man who likened stem cell research to Nazi experiments and claimed the Foley scandal was "a joke" or that this same guy doesn't even mention Iraq in his "most important email of the year."
I'd hate to break it to Dobson that Allen isn't as reliable as he thinks on opposing choice and defeating marriage equality.
Just remember, a vote for Allen isn't just a vote for Bush. It's a vote for the ultra-Christian right.
Focus on the Family Action is a new cultural action organization that is completely separate from Focus on the Family, legally. It has been created by separating out of Focus on the Family those activities which constitute lobbying under the IRS code so that they can be expanded in scope....Why a separate organization?
Because gifts to Focus on the Family are tax deductible, the Internal Revenue Service severely limits its involvement in such issues. Speaking for Focus on the Family, I can only take stands on ballot measures and lobby legislative bodies to a very limited extent. But Focus on the Family Action is formed under IRS section 501(c)(4). It will be free of any such restrictions and allow me to speak out freely on the range of issues that affect the family
One of these days this hateful charletan is going down. He puts this political endorsement out through a shell Focus on the Family ACTION, to protect his taxpayer subsidized religious funding. James Dobson is a criminal. He needs George Allen and the Republican Party manipulators to maintain his tax-free empire...he better hope George Allen wins or his gravy train is gonna end.
2 - Vote FOR Webb
Dobson will hate you. History will bless you.
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