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Article: Dobson Seeks Allies Among Southern Baptists And Roman Catholics.
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- Church & State
- Article date:
- July 1, 1998
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Focus on the Family President James C. Dobson is expanding his efforts to draft new allies in his increasingly high profile religio-political crusade.
Dobson, a Colorado Springs-based radio counselor with a large following among evangelical Christians, has dramatically increased his political activity recently. Last May, Republican congressional leaders, in response to Dobson's public threats to leave the GOP, promised to start acting on his agenda.
Lately Dobson has been working to bring other religious groups into his movement. In June Dobson, a member of the Church of the Nazarene, spoke at the Southern Baptist Convention's meeting in Salt Lake City. ...