Dobson pro-gay?As head of the Colorado-based Focus on the Family, James Dobson James Clayton "Jim" Dobson, Ph.D. (born April 21, 1936 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is the chairman of the board of Focus on the Family, a nonprofit organization he founded in 1977. has for years defended "traditional values Traditional values refer to those beliefs, moral codes, and mores that are passed down from generation to generation within a culture, subculture or community. Since the late 1970s in the U.S. " by staunchly staunch 1 also stanch adj. staunch·er also stanch·er, staunch·est also stanch·est 1. Firm and steadfast; true. See Synonyms at faithful. 2. opposing gay equality, Now the Christian crusader is defending himself against charges that he is too pro-gay. After Dobson endorsed a measure on the Colorado ballot that would extend limited rights to unmarried couples, including gays, some of his followers followers see dairy herd. lambasted him in the press. "I really find it very difficult to be attacked in such an unfair way from conservatives who claim to follow the cause of Christ," Dobson said on his weekly radio program February 16. The measure Dobson supports, which is competing with a more comprehensive domestic-partnership proposal on the November ballot, would allow any two people to visit one another in the hospital, transfer property, and make medical decisions for each other. But that's it, said Dobson, who also is endorsing a November initiative to constitutionally ban same-sex marriage Noun 1. same-sex marriage - two people of the same sex who live together as a family; "the legal status of same-sex marriages has been hotly debated" couple, twosome, duet, duo - a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable in Colorado. |
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