{"id":688,"date":"2008-06-25T14:57:10","date_gmt":"2008-06-25T14:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2008\/06\/dobson-broadcast-footnote-mcca.html"},"modified":"2008-06-25T14:57:10","modified_gmt":"2008-06-25T14:57:10","slug":"dobson-broadcast-footnote-mcca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godometer\/2008\/06\/dobson-broadcast-footnote-mcca.html","title":{"rendered":"Dobson Broadcast Footnote: McCain Gets Stung, Too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When James Dobson ripped into Barack Obama on his radio program yesterday, his denunciation came through loud and clear in the headlines. But it&#8217;s worth noting that the head of Focus on the Family saved a bit of his ire for Obama&#8217;s Republican rival, John McCain, as well. In remarks near the end of the half-hour program, Dobson expressed &#8220;disappointment&#8221; with what he said was the McCain campaign&#8217;s relative silence on a bill in the Arizona state senate to place a state constitutional amendment outlawing gay marriage before Arizonans in the fall.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is in <em>his<\/em> state,&#8221; Dobson said, adding that Arizona&#8217;s Republican state senators were not being sufficiently forceful in pushing forward the legislation. Speaking to Tom Minnery, Focus&#8217;s vice president specializing in public policy, Dobson added, &#8220;And as you said, the Senator has not said a word about it. That is very disappointing. 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