Tuesday, October 10, 2006  The follies of Foleygate  Jim Still,
of The Secular Outpost, has done a piece on Foleygate. Among
other things he says:   When he talks about “religious right
hypocrisy” over the years, what does he have reference to? What
is his sample base?  There are tens of millions of members of
the religious right. In his view, what percentage of the
religious right is hypocritical? Tell us his criteria. Show us
his statistical data.  In addition, it’s not as if the religious
right held an election to make James Dobson the official
spokesman for the religious right.   “After all, he is the point
man for family values among evangelicals.”  Really, he is “the”
point man for family values among evangelicals?  Still seems to
labor under the misimpression that the religious right has an
evangelical papacy in which men like Dobson make ex cathedra
pronouncements for the religious right.  Now, there’s no doubt
that Dobson has a following. That he’s an influential leader.
But the idea that whenever D