At Under God, David Waters comments on the signifiance of James Dobson’s resignation as chairman of Focus on the Family:
Has Dobson held the reins of Focus on the Family too long?
His lukewarm support for (and initial rejection of) Republican presidential candidate John McCain last year was widely seen as a primary reason that McCain chose evangelical darling Sarah Palin as his running mate—which galvanized conservative evangelical support for the ticket but also galvanized opposition to it.
Despite his support for McCain and Palin, and his sharp criticism of Democratic candidate Barack Obama, evangelical support for the McCain-Palin ticket was lower than expected. And polls showed that younger evangelicals were interested in a broader agenda that includes issues other than abortion and homosexuality—which has been the Focus of Dobson’s Focus on the Family.
Read the rest of the post here. Read Christianity Today’s coverage here. Focus on the Family’s press release is available here.
