I suppose Dr. Dobson and "Focus on the Family" must be involved in politics somehow, ala the Moral Majority, but I've managed to miss most of that (I also tend to avoid the bottom-feeders on teh Intranets, which too sadly includes not only people who call themselves Christians, but who may well be Christians, albeit deeply, deeply confused ones*)
So far, what I've seen of "Focus on the Family" are the excerpts printed in our Church bulletin (which are all about "The stuff like The stuff like treating others as you would be treated, loving your neighbor") and a teen magazine (Brio) which, ditto.
Is it possible that you're conflating Dr. Dobson & his magazine with the creeps who put up sites like "godhatesgays.com"? I only ask that, because I know Orson Scott Card is frequently conflated with these people, and unlike Dr. Dobson, and I familiar with nearly all of Orson Scott Card's writings. I may disagree with some of his opinions, but all of them appear to be solidly founded in a desire for "The stuff like treating others as you would be treated, loving your neighbor" etc.)
(*Necessary caveat: I've done and said so many things that, in hindsight, were wrong, that I hesitate to write about anyone as "not a RealTM Christian. Maybe they are! Maybe they just badly misunderstand something. Maybe they're jerks about something and, by the Grace of God, are on the mend, but it's still pretty bad! One can't know, and so barring such claims as "How can you say I'm not a Christian, just because I claim Jesus never really existed") I'd just as soon not make public judgements on the matter.)
Re: Happily, I am Lutheran
So far, what I've seen of "Focus on the Family" are the excerpts printed in our Church bulletin (which are all about "The stuff like The stuff like treating others as you would be treated, loving your neighbor") and a teen magazine (Brio) which, ditto.
Is it possible that you're conflating Dr. Dobson & his magazine with the creeps who put up sites like "godhatesgays.com"? I only ask that, because I know Orson Scott Card is frequently conflated with these people, and unlike Dr. Dobson, and I familiar with nearly all of Orson Scott Card's writings. I may disagree with some of his opinions, but all of them appear to be solidly founded in a desire for "The stuff like treating others as you would be treated, loving your neighbor" etc.)
(*Necessary caveat: I've done and said so many things that, in hindsight, were wrong, that I hesitate to write about anyone as "not a RealTM Christian. Maybe they are! Maybe they just badly misunderstand something. Maybe they're jerks about something and, by the Grace of God, are on the mend, but it's still pretty bad! One can't know, and so barring such claims as "How can you say I'm not a Christian, just because I claim Jesus never really existed") I'd just as soon not make public judgements on the matter.)