James Dobson Gay Marriage Analysis

James Dobson, a famous evangelist, talks about the prior supreme court decision to legalize gay marriage. Before the announcement that that the supreme court did legalize gay marriage -- there was an uproar from evangelicals like James Dobson who said “gay marriage will undermine the family,” and that “it will further divide our country up.” In this video, Dobson asks the question “ how are parents supposed to teach their children about what the bible says in this issue [ marriage and the definition of it ] and then go on to a school bus and be taught something different by their elders?” Dobson describes gay marriage as “ the death knell of religious liberty in the United States.” Throughout this video, Dobson uses his opinion based on his religion to make the assertions he is

After showing this hypocrisy, Weigant asks the question, “Why won't someone ask Carson why a public official -- who had to swear an oath to the Constitution when she got the job -- should be able to ignore parts of that Constitution because she puts her own faith above it (even answering that her authority to refuse to issue marriage licenses to gay couples came from "God's law"). If Carson thinks a Muslim should not be able to put Sharia above loyalty to the Constitution, how can he support a Christian doing exactly the same thing for the tenets of her faith?” Weigant points out many interesting facts that discredit Carson’s evangelical and political view. By pointing out this hypocrisy I am able to see the discrimination that Carson’s views possess. In a video from the Late Show, Stephen Colbert creates a sarcastic piece on certain presidential candidates and their belief on the refugee policy here in America. Colbert goes on to talk about how Ted Cruz and Jeb Bush -- current presidential candidates -- proposed that we only let in Christian