James Dobson Gives Up on Federal Marriage Amendment;
Agrees With Majority on New Language Against Civil Unions
We
heard last week that James Dobson had finally given up
on insisting that everyone support his federal marriage amendment
(which had no language against “civil unions”) and was agreeing
with the majority on new language which had been drafted by Michael
Farris, a home-school leader and President of Patrick Henry College.
We
did not write a story at that time because we did not have time
to authenticate its veracity, but Dobson’s minion, Matt Daniels,
wrote
an article last Friday in the Washington Times which shows that
he is moving on.
Daniels
did not even mention the marriage amendment but wrote about the
“deplorable working conditions” in American industry, which are
destroying married couples by forcing them to work long hours.
Daniels
is the former head of Dobson’s affiliate in Massachusetts (The
Massachusetts Family Institute, MFI), who went to Washington in
2000 with the blessing of Dobson in order to establish the Alliance
for Marriage and pass a federal marriage amendment.
However,
the majority of national, family organizations fought the idea
because it didn’t include language against civil unions. They
were concerned about the history in California (Dobson’s home
state before he moved his Focus on the Family to Colorado) where
Dobson enthusiastically passed a Proposition there which outlawed
“gay marriage” but ignored civil unions. The homosexuals immediately
started passing civil union measures there which gave all of the
benefits of marriage, except for the name.
By
last year, it was obvious to everyone what a failure his efforts
had been in California when the mayor of San Francisco started
marrying homosexuals. What the final effect will be in that state
is unknown because the Supreme Court of California stopped the
marrying ceremonies but has not yet decided whether they will
follow the Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts and hold that
that even though the mayor cannot make the decision, their state
constitution does require that homosexuals be allowed to marry.
Vote in Ohio Damaged Dobson as well as John Kerry
It
appears as though Dobson’s capitulation was forced by the vote
in Ohio, which also rejected John Kerry’s bid to become President.
In
Ohio, the voters overwhelmingly approved a strong amendment to
their constitution, which included opposition to civil unions.
Because
of Dobson’s $120 million in annual income, he had been able to
force those who disagreed with him to soften their opposition
and appear to go along in order not to destroy the movement. President
Bush also was required to go along with plans with which he did
not agree because he knew of the impasse in the movement.
The
last several years have seen a putsch as the President of the Family Research Council (FRC), Atty. Ken Connor, was fired
in 2002 and replaced by a sycophant, Tony Perkins.
All
of Dobson’s affiliates and the other organizations which he controls:
FRC, Alliance Defense Fund and his many state affiliates (MFI
in Massachusetts) had to cow tow.
When
the President of Concerned Women for America, Sandy Rios, did
not move fast enough to satisfy him, he even forced out the head
of that independent organization.
The
credit after Daniels article in the Washington Times says that
his organization is “dedicated to ensuring more children are raised
in a home with a mother and a father.” That appears to be a safe
retreat because almost everyone will agree with that goal.
Daniels Cites Homosexual Supporter
It
has been pointed out to me by the first editor of massnews, Paul
Moreno, now a history professor at Hillsdale College who forwarded
the Washington Times article to me, that Daniels cited the discredited
Prof. William Pollock, PhD, in his article.
Dr.
Pollock is the psychology professor at Harvard Medical School
who wrote many bestselling books and was the star of Good Morning
America and other television shows as he told the country that
the boys of America were in terrible shape and needed to act more
like girls.
As
a result of Pollock’s research, Harvard announced a “national
emergency” and called for “major social reform.”
Pollock
and Harvard were forced to stop that after massnews revealed
in 2001 that his research at the prestigious
Belmont Hill School was “seriously flawed, perhaps fraudulent.”
It
would appear that Matt Daniels had better be more careful about
who he quotes in future articles about the families of America.
