JAMES DOBSON - THE FACE OF HATE AND UNTRUTH

James Dobson’s top ten (and knowingly false) reasons for opposing “gay marriage,” with my responses:

1. The legalization of homosexual marriage will quickly destroy the traditional family. Noting evidence from Scandinavian countries where the existence of homosexual “marriage” destroys real marriage, Dobson cites three reasons “gay marriage” will undermine the family: “First, when the State sanctions homosexual relationships and gives them its blessing, the younger generation becomes confused about sexual identity and quickly loses its understanding of lifelong commitments, emotional bonding, sexual purity, the role of children in a family, and from a spiritual perspective, the ‘sanctity’ of marriage. Second, the introduction of legalized gay ‘marriages’ will lead inexorably to polygamy and other alternatives to one man/one woman unions. …
ACTUALLY, LEGITIMATE RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT, CONTRARY TO DOBSON’S CLAIMS, THE MARRIAGE RATES IN COUNTRIES WITH LEGALLY RECOGNIZED GAY UNIONS HAVE INCREASED, NOT DECREASED.

2. Children will suffer most. “The implications for children in a world of decaying families are profound. … More than a thousand studies have concluded that kids do best when they are raised by loving and committed mothers and fathers.”
ACTUALLY, LEGITIMATE STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT CHILDREN WITH GAY PARENTS DEVELOPMENTLY DO AS WELL AS THOSE RAISED IN BY HETEROSEXUAL COUPLES. THE KEY IS A STABLE TWO PARENT RELATIONSHIP – SEXUAL ORIENTATION IS IRRELEVANT.

3. Public schools in every state will embrace homosexuality. “With the legalization of homosexual ‘marriage,’ every public school in the nation will be required to teach this perversion as the moral equivalent of traditional marriage between a man and a woman.”
THE REALITY IS THAT DOBSON DISLIKES ANYONE WHO IS DIFFERENT THAN HE IS. HENCE, BESIDES GAYS, HIS ORGANIZATION OPPOSES IMMIGRANTS, HISPANICS, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, AND IS MOSTLY POPULATED BY WHITES.

4. Adoption laws will be instantly obsolete. “From the moment that homosexual ‘marriage’ becomes legal, courts will not be able to favor a traditional couple of one man and one woman in matters of adoption.”
FALSE AGAIN. MOREOVER, MANY GAYS IN FACT ADOPT CHILDREN NOT OTHERWISE EASILY PLACED – E.G., SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN AND/OR MINORITY CHILDREN. DOBSON APPARENTLY WOULD PREFER THAT CHILDREN BE SHUFFLED ENDLESSLY FROM ONE FOSTER HOME TO THE NEXT.

5. Foster-care programs will be impacted dramatically. “Foster-care parents will be required to undergo ‘sensitivity training’ to rid themselves of bias in favor of heterosexuality, and will have to affirm homosexuality in children and teens. Moral training, at least as it applies to sexuality, will be forbidden.”
SINCE ALL LEGITIMATE MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATIONS AGREE THAT HOMOSEXUALITY IS NOT AND ILLNESS AND THAT “CURE” AND “CHANGE” PROGRAMS ARE DANGEROUS, DOBSON PREFERS THAT GAY CHILDREN AND YOUTH BE SUBJECTED TO MENTAL ABUSE AND TAUGHT SELF-HATE.

6. The health care system will stagger and perhaps collapse. “This could be the straw that breaks the back of the insurance industry in Western nations, as millions of new dependents become eligible for coverage.”
FIRST, THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT THAT GAYS ARE A VERY TINY PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION. SO WHAT’S THE HUGE WORRY. MOREOVER, DOBSON ACTS AS IF ALL DOMESTIC PARTNERS ARE CURRENTLY COMPLETELY UNINSURED. THE REALITY IS THAT AS WITH ANY “FAMILY” COVERAGE, THE HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS WILL INCREASE IF ONE’S PARTNER IS ADDED TO COVERAGE (JUST LIKE YOU PAY A HIGHER PREMIUM ON YOUR STRAIGHT SPOUSE).

7. Social Security will be severely stressed. “Again, with millions of new eligible dependents, what will happen to the Social Security system that is already facing bankruptcy? If it does collapse, what will that mean for elderly people who must rely totally on that meager support? Who is thinking through these draconian possibilities as we careen toward ‘a brave new world’?”
EXCUSE ME. AREN’T MOST OF US ALREADY COVERED BY SOCIAL SECURITY? BESIDES, WHY SHOLD A STRAIGHT SPOUSE WHO IS PAST THE AGE OF PROCREATION GET SPECIAL RIGHTS OVER A GAY SPOUSE.

8. Religious freedom will almost certainly be jeopardized. “Canada is leading the way on this revolutionary path. I could cite dozens of examples indicating that religious freedom in that country is dying. Indeed, on April 28, 2004, the Parliament passed bill C 250, which effectively criminalized speech or writings that criticize homosexuality. Anything deemed to be ‘homophobic’ can be punished by six months in prison or by other severe penalties.”
NOT TRUE. ONLY SPEECH DEEMED TO INCITE OTHERS TO VIOLENCE.

9. Other nations are watching our march toward homosexual ‘marriage’ and will follow our lead.
“Marriage among homosexuals will spread throughout the world, just as pornography did after the Nixon Commission declared obscene material ‘beneficial’ to mankind.”
ACTUALLY, THE DEVELOPED WORLD IS AHEAD OF THE USA ON THIS POINT. MOST OF WESTERN EUROPE AND EVEN CUBA AND PARTS OF MEXICO AND SOUTH AMERICA HAVE DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP LAWS. ACTUALLY, THE USA IS NOW LESS COMPETITIVE WITH SOME OTHER COUNTRIES WHEN IT COMES TO ATTRACTING THE BEST AND BRIGHTESS WHO MAY BE AFRAID OF THE THEOCRACY DOBSON WANTS.

10. The Gospel of Jesus Christ will be severely curtailed. “The family has been God’s primary vehicle for evangelism since the beginning. Its most important assignment has been the propagation of the human race and the handing down of the faith to our children.”

READ YOUR BIBLES. ST. PAUL AND CHRIST ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED THAT ONE NOT MARRY (PAUL ADVISED MARRIAGE ONLY FOR THOSE WHO LACKED ADEQUATE SEXUAL SELF CONTROL). MOREOVER, CONTRARY TO SOCIAL NORMS OF THE TIME, JESUS NEVER MARRIED AND HIS APOSTILES LEFT THEIR JOBS AND FAMILIES TO FOLLOW CHRIST. A BOOK I JUST READ, “THE MAN WHO JESUS LOVED” HAS A GREAT REVIEW OF HOW JESUS AND ST. PAUL WERE NOT THE PROPONENTS OF MARRIAGE AND FAM,ILY AS DOBSON CLAIMS.