Dominionists Go Global

Max Blumenthal at the HuffPo has a story about how James Dobson and John Bolton have been meeting together to determine UN policy:

A disturbing reflection of Bolton's plans was provided by James Dobson in today's Focus on the Family broadcast, in which he and FoF President Jim Daly described a private, hour-long meeting they and a group of FoF staffers recently held with Bolton in New York.

Doesn't that make you feel great? A tax-exempt religious body is meeting with an official governmental foreign policy chief to discuss goals for US foreign policy. Of course, they mostly revolve around the phrase "condoms bad, abstinence good!"

JAMES DOBSON: But we had an opportunity to talk to him about the possibilty of Focus on the Family working with the United Nations. That really did excite me.

DALY: Absolutely. I think what came across in the meeting is that he [Bolton] is pro-life and pro-family and he gave us an invitation to work with him in setting some policy there at the UN that would support the values we believe in.

DOBSON: Now we're finding out why the Democrats didn't want him...

DALY: It had nothing to do...

DOBSON: He's [Bolton's] pro-life, pro-family, pro-morality and sees things the way we do regarding condom distribution and abstinence and other things.

Why are we desperately trying to forestall a theocracy in Iraq while simultaneously trying to create one at home?

Incidentally, Bolton will need to be re-confirmed (having been given a recess appointment) when the next Congress moves in Jan. 2007. The fact that he's allowing an unelected radical Dominionist to set social policy should be at the top of the list for that fight.

...and abstinence-only education is harmful, especially when combined with blocking condom distribution. Wasn't yesterday World AIDS Day? Aren't we supposed to be fighting this disease, not allowing it to spread?