# Thank you James Dobson's! The future looks great! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 30, 2008, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-james-dobsons-the-future-looks-great/470223 "2008-10-30T07:40:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-james-dobsons-the-future-looks-great/470223/1 "2008-10-30T07:40:03Z")
This deserves way more of an OP than I can give it as I’m tired and having eye problems, so I’ll just let it speak for itself. From Focus on the Family and James Dobson comes [[PDF] LETTER FROM THE FUTURE- OBAMA’S AMERICA](http://focusfamaction.edgeboss.net/download/focusfamaction/pdfs/10-22-08_2012letter.pdf)courtesy of James Dobson’s Focus groups. Highlights (written from 2012): > [@](#): > > The Boy Scouts no longer exist as an organization. They chose to disband rather than be forced to obey the Supreme Court decision that they would have to hire homosexual scoutmasters and allow them to sleep in tents with young boys.” > > — “Tens of thousands of Christian (public school) teachers either quit or were fired, and there are hardly any evangelical teachers in public school any more… In addition, many private Christian schools decided to shut down after the Supreme Court ruled that anti-discrimination laws that include sexual orientation extended to private institutions such as schools.” > > — “There are no more Roman Catholic or evangelical Protestant adoption agencies,” because of “”narrow’ or dangerous views on religion or homosexuality.” > > — “The Bible can no longer be freely preached over radio or television stations when the subject matter includes such ‘offensive’ doctrines as criticizing homosexual behavior.” > > “churches have no freedom to refuse to allow their buildings to be used for wedding ceremonies for homosexual couples.” > > "homosexuals are now given special bonuses for enlisting in military service.” > > —television programs at all hours of the day contain explicit portrayals of sexual acts.” Man, if I didn’t have reason to vote for Obama before, this clinches it! No more Rush Limbaugh, graphic sex on network television, homos get bonus money for enlisting in an all gay military, and no more Fundies teaching biology, hell yeah! Unfortunately there’s no more Israel since Iraq (or Iran or someone) blew it up after Obama drew the all-gay armed forces out of Baghdad (they kept complaining that “everyone says Lagos is what Tikrit _used_ to be and you can still get hand woven baskets for $4!”) so I guess I won’t be going to that “New Herod’s Pleasure Palace Dead Sea Foam Party”, but as the good book says, “You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have the facts of life. The facts of life.” ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-james-dobsons-the-future-looks-great/470223/2 "2008-10-30T09:10:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Then in the next three years Russia occupied additional countries that had been previous > Soviet satellite nations, including Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Bulgaria…In mid-2010 Iran launched a nuclear bomb which > exploded in the middle of Tel Aviv, destroying much of that city. They then demanded that Israel > cede huge amounts of territory to the Palestinians, and after an anguished all-night cabinet > meeting, Israel’s Prime Minister agreed. I’ll have some of what he’s smoking. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-james-dobsons-the-future-looks-great/470223/3 "2008-10-30T09:30:22Z")
Liberal elitest laws I look forward to: Mandatory availability of free pornography Mandatory participation in the production of free pornography Mandatory wife swapping Thank you, future president Obama! ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-james-dobsons-the-future-looks-great/470223/4 "2008-10-30T10:12:39Z")
I’m looking forward to my mandatory abortions! Since I’m poor, President Obama will pay me for them!! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-james-dobsons-the-future-looks-great/470223/5 "2008-10-30T10:14:41Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > I’m looking forward to my mandatory abortions! Since I’m poor, President Obama will pay me for them!! And he will pay you to get pregnant – but your unborn baby MUST be torn apart, as painfully as possible, for stem cell research. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-james-dobsons-the-future-looks-great/470223/6 "2008-10-30T10:20:01Z")
Well, I guess that being forced to become a homosexual will be a bit difficult at first, but on the other hand it’s a great way of meeting new people. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-james-dobsons-the-future-looks-great/470223/7 "2008-10-30T10:21:56Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > Well, I guess that being forced to become a homosexual will be a bit difficult at first, but on the other hand it’s a great way of meeting new people. With Vaseline, it doesn’t take nearly as much force as you would think! ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-james-dobsons-the-future-looks-great/470223/8 "2008-10-30T10:37:55Z")
Man, that Dobson guy spends a _lot_ of time thinking about homosexuality. I think he’s having a little tent revival in his pants. ---
**Author:** ![Ducktail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@Ducktail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ducktail)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-james-dobsons-the-future-looks-great/470223/9 "2008-10-30T10:45:38Z")
> [@](#): > > They then demanded that Israel cede huge amounts of territory to the Palestinians, and after an anguished all-night **cabinet** meeting, Israel’s Prime Minister agreed. The first part about the boy scouts and homosexual marriage made me do a double take when I misread “cabinet meeting” as “cabaret meeting.”:smack:😃 ---
**Author:** ![Carson\_O\_Genic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Carson\_O\_Genic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carson_O_Genic)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-james-dobsons-the-future-looks-great/470223/10 "2008-10-30T10:54:00Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > Man, that Dobson guy spends a _lot_ of time thinking about homosexuality. I think he’s having a little tent revival in his pants. ``` Fine atomisation of coffee with impressive dispersal. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-james-dobsons-the-future-looks-great/470223/11 "2008-10-30T12:19:17Z")
-Taking the Supreme Court back from neo-cons - check. -Legalized gay marriage - check Separation of church and state? -check. Legal abortion and porn… legal rights for “suspected terrorists” being prosecuted…free health care for all citizens…? -check. Damn, how did they get hold of my list of demands? ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-james-dobsons-the-future-looks-great/470223/12 "2008-10-30T12:25:26Z")
I, for one, welcome our new impeccably dressed, show tune signing, interior decorating overlords. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-james-dobsons-the-future-looks-great/470223/13 "2008-10-30T12:35:26Z")
[It’s worked out very well for Canada](http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp05162004.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-james-dobsons-the-future-looks-great/470223/14 "2008-10-30T12:37:24Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > show tune signing This production brought to you by Broadway For The Deaf and Broadway Hears. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-james-dobsons-the-future-looks-great/470223/15 "2008-10-30T12:50:41Z")
> [@](#): > > “ —television programs at all hours of the day contain explicit portrayals of sexual acts.” So TV would become the Internet without trolling? Sign me up! It’s also interesting how often that document calls the Bible ‘hate speech’ and mentions that its position on homosexuality in specific is hateful. Also, there’s this little tidbit: > [@](#): > > Tens of thousands of young churches suddenly had no place to meet when the Supreme Court ruled that public schools in all 50 states had to stop allowing churches to rent their facilities even on Sundays, when school was not in session. The Court said this was an unconstitutional use of government property for a religious purpose. **Most of these churches have still been unable to find any suitable place to meet.** (Emphasis mine.) So none of the church members are willing to allow their own church to meet in their homes? Not one member is willing to open his home to his fellow Christians? What kind of people does Dobson think Christians are? This is also interesting: > [@](#): > > It’s almost impossible now to keep any children from seeing pornography. Doesn’t Dobson think his fellow Christians are competent parents? Again, what kind of people does Dobson think worship Christ? He also goes on about how getting Barnes & Noble and Borders and other big chain bookstores to drop his kind of literature would lead to Christian publishers going out of business. He obviously has a very low opinion of the ability of Christians to seek out alternative bookstores or even purchase books online. This isn’t just him being behind the times: Small, local booksellers dominated the landscape before the big chains and they still exist, even out here in the boonies. Dobson thinks Christians only shop at big-box stores to the exclusion of all else. Dobson must think the Christian faith is very fragile and shallow. He must have an even lower opinion of those who hold it. I’m an atheist and I largely dislike religion in general and I have personal reasons to dislike Christianity, but Dobson makes me want to defend the faith against his puerile, alarmist, and insulting tactics. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-james-dobsons-the-future-looks-great/470223/16 "2008-10-30T15:08:30Z")
I, for one, am looking forward to the compulsory healthcare and the abolition of heterosexual marriage. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-james-dobsons-the-future-looks-great/470223/17 "2008-10-30T15:18:47Z")
Why are they so afraid of a small group of people like the gays? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-james-dobsons-the-future-looks-great/470223/18 "2008-10-30T15:19:54Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Why are they so afraid of a small group of people like the gays? Obviously because homosexual acts are so damn tempting that everyone would choose to be gay if they weren’t strictly monitored by society’s watchdogs and firmly molded into the heterosexual standard. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-james-dobsons-the-future-looks-great/470223/19 "2008-10-30T15:20:26Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Why are they so afraid of a small group of people like the gays? Because gays can’t _wait_ to be left alone with young boys! ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-james-dobsons-the-future-looks-great/470223/20 "2008-10-30T15:32:26Z")
I’ve saved that letter and am going to email it back to them in 2012. I encourage everyone else to do the same. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-james-dobsons-the-future-looks-great/470223.md?page=2)