Dobson Plays Martyr, Vows To Leave U.S.

It’s always amazing how the leaders of the religious right become martyrs, and are somehow consider themselves as under attack when they are the ones using the Bible to oppress and discriminate.  It happened with Suffrage, Civil Rights and now LGBT equality.

According to a post on Right Wing Watch:

Last week, nearly 150 Religious Right leaders and activists signed on to the Manhattan Declaration, vowing to join together in an effort to stop America’s descent into a totalitarianism, and not surprisingly signers are comparing themselves to Martin Luther and those who resisted the Nazi’s

On today’s radio program, James Dobson hosted Chuck Colson and Robert George to discuss the manifesto during which Dobson explained that if their values are “not preserved at this moment of destiny, this nation and most others in the Western world will fold and freedom itself will go down with it.” Saying we are facing a “defining moment in America and the Christian Church,” Dobson declared that the statement “deserves our most careful attention, I just want to emphasize that in every way that I can,” before asking George just what precipitated this document, to which George explained that it was basically the election of Barack Obama and Democratic majorities in Congress who are out to destroy traditional marriage and basic Christian values. Finally, Dobson stated that with the passage of hate crimes legislation, “it could get very costly to follow this Christ,” meaning that pastors and Christians are about the come under direct attack from the government, to which George responded that Christian “martyrs have [always] been called on to pay the ultimate price rather than to deny the Lord or to do what is evil in his sight”:

Eventually, Dobson turned to the supposed “monthly abortion premium” that Rep. John Boehner has been claiming is included in health care reform legislation, which Dobson vowed he would never accept, saying he and his wife Shirley would pay ruinous fines, go to prison, or even “leave this beloved country and spend the rest of our lives in exile”.

Don’t let us stop you James Dobson. The door is open, just let us know if you need any help finding it!