OK, I know it is not going to happen but other than his own radio show, any other media outlet should not give this man and his views the time of day solely for having something to print or air. This is what Reverend Barry Lynn, from Americans United for Separation of Church and State has this to say about him:
“It is ironic that Dobson is holding himself out as some sort of authority on constitutional law and theology,” Lynn continued. “He is not a theologian or an attorney, and his lack of knowledge about those fields really shows.”
Barry Lynn is not only the executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, but an ordained minister who later on became an attorney. He’s put the two at good use. His book Piety and Politics; The Right Wing Assault on Religious Freedom is a great read and actually alerted me to his organization.
Are you fed up with religious intolerants? You’ll need to learn a bit about the religious rights’ attempt to erode that separation of church and state.
Check out the AU’s research on religious right’s organizations and their ‘who’s who’ and connections.
Anything fundamental in this 21st century is an abomination as far as I’m concerned and I have no use for ignoramuses(-ci??[g])being given any form of acknowledgment of their existence.
Fundamentalism, it is often said, is taking religion too seriously. The answer, in this view, is to take it less seriously. That conventional wisdom is wrong. The best response to fundamentalism is to take faith more seriously than fundamentalism sometimes does. The best response is to critique by faith the accommodations of fundamentalism to theocracy and violence and power and to assert the vital religious commitments that fundamentalists often leave out-namely compassion, social justice, peacemaking, religious pluralism, and I would say democracy as a religious commitment. – Jim Wallis
I think Rev. Lynn is great and it’s a damn shame he isn’t seen on the news more often to give a sane viewpoint on religious matters or church/state issues. Instead we get Larry King who seems to love to have that ass Dobson on to spew his crap…or any of the ‘news’ media who has the likes of Bill Donahue and the rest of idiots like him giving all kinds of fundie viewpoints-on everything.
I signed up a long time ago to get emails from ‘Americans United for Separation of Church and State’. Anyone who is interested in this matter should sign up for those emails as far as I’m concerned.
And the idea that Dobson would even think of arguing any kind of constitutional law with Obama or anyone for that matter probably goes straight into satire-yet people give weight to his words-which is the real scary part.
Unless it’s your pet peeve or irritation ‘of choice’, this topic might be like ‘election or campaign reform’.. not too many people are interested in investigating. But you know, Barry Lynn HAS been on a lot of shows (I don’t have cable so I cannot see it) and often has been across the table of some of these ..these.. ok, I need to ‘ohm’ for a bit [g]..
He can hold his own because he’s intelligent AND knows a thing or two like you said about law and the constitution.. actually knowing something or arguing from a religious pov, fact vs belief really makes a difference. In the fundie’s case, fact vs greed of power but then, that’s my bias..
yes, do get on their email list. In poli sci, you always have to know other povs’, and it’s good to keep an eye out on these guys, they’ll find ways to rake in more money and buy themselves more power..
shameful charlatans!
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