I always thought that the “God works in mysterious ways” explanation was a dodge, but this takes the cake:
In his post-election Family Talk broadcast, [James] Dobson said that Obama’s re-election was God rejecting the prayers of his wife’s National Day of Prayer Task Force and will bring about divine judgment on America.
Why would God ignore the prayers of the National Day of Prayer Task Force and then punish the nation for also ignoring those prayers?
Mr. Dobson is also lying to his flock about what is in the Democratic Party’s platform.
1. Abortion should be legalized through nine months of pregnancy.
Imagine full-term, healthy babies across the nation being poisoned or dismembered a few days before normal delivery. What a tragedy!
That is a deliberate misreading of the language actually contained in the platform (.pdf):
Protecting A Woman’s Right to Choose. The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade and a woman’s right to make decisions regarding her pregnancy, including a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to pay. We oppose any and all efforts to weaken or undermine that right. Abortion is an intensely personal decision between a woman, her family, her doctor, and her clergy; there is no place for politicians or government to get in the way. We also recognize that health care and education help reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and thereby also reduce the need for abortions. We strongly and unequivocally support a woman’s decision to have a child by providing affordable health care and ensuring the availability of and access to programs that help women during pregnancy and after the birth of a child, including caring adoption programs.
There is nothing in there about changing the law to allow people to abort full-term healthy babies. I wish people would familiarize themselves with the reasons people sometimes seek late-term abortions. It’s not pretty to read about but, once you do, you won’t be inclined to be so judgmental about it.
