Janice Hahn Walks Out Of Event After James Dobson Calls Obama The 'Abortion President'

[steve2470]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/01/janice-hahn-james-dobson-national-day-of-prayer_n_5248819.html

Rep. Janice Hahn (D-Calif.) walked out of the National Day of Prayer event at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, saying she was "outraged" after James Dobson, founder of the conservative Christian advocacy group Focus on the Family, called President Barack Obama the “abortion president.”

“President Obama, before he was elected, made it very clear that he wanted to be the abortion president. He didn’t make any bones about it," Dobson, whose organization recently won a temporary injunction against the Affordable Care Act’s employer contraception mandate, said on Thursday. "This is something that he really was going to promote and support, and he has done that, and in a sense he is the abortion president."

In an interview with The Huffington Post on Thursday, Hahn called the speech deeply "inappropriate" and a violation of the event's symbol as a nonpartisan day of unity.

“He goes on about health care and … providing abortions, and at that point I stood up and I pointed my finger at Dr. Dobson and I said, ‘This is inappropriate!’ and walked out,” Hahn told HuffPost.

[WhiteTara]

1. K&R

[Glorfindel]

2. Good for her! I hope others walked out, too.

If we don't stand up and oppose these foul liars, they'll win. It's as simple as that.

[yuiyoshida]

12. This!

[Mondavi]

33. Koch, Scaife and other right wingers have financed Dobson

Why is anyone attending anything like this?

[JaneyVee]

3. Abortion hit its lowest point in decades under Obama.

[alp227]

4. Good on you Janice! And right wingers wanna call Obama "divisive"

for DARING make Americans THINK after events like Trayvon Martin or Henry Louis Gates. Pfft. Classical psychological projection.

[Cha]

5. thank you Janice Hahn!

mahalo steve

[steve2470]

7. mahalo Cha ! my pleasure ! nt

[sheshe2]

6. Thanks for this steve.

Janice Hahn ‘This is inappropriate!’ well done!

[steve2470]

8. my pleasure ! nt

[Initech]

9. Why does our government even acknowledge those fundie nut jobs?

[FiveGoodMen]

26. Starting with Reagan, the fundy nutjobs have been a key piece of the GOP plan to win it all

Why the Dems are either dumb enough or cowardly enough to follow suit is another matter.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Janice Hahn is my Representative, and I could not be prouder of her!

Politics runs in her blood. Her brother was mayor of Los Angeles, and her father was a supervisor (I think.)

One smart liberal woman!

[Bluenorthwest]

22. I have supported Kenny and her family for years and I was disgusted with her being in attendance and

then claiming ignorance about the right wing nature of the event and the fact that Dobson is an infamous bigot. She was clearly happy to attend an event with an anti gay propagandist organized by his supporters on the religious right, including Dobson's wife who organizes the Prayer Breakfast things. She had no problem with Dobson until he gored her particular ox.
Dobson? Hahn should have asked SPLC about him before she ordered the eggs Benedict Arnold.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

11. So I guess "Focus on the Family"

means having lots and lots of kids, right? And kids you have to hit. This guy has been such a sham and a creep for decades now. Good on ya, Janice!

[Mopar151]

13. What is James Dobson doing at a respectable event like this?

The fact that this nasty-ass creep, hateful, intolerant, and immoral, cna still wrangle a speaking spot at a 'National Day of Prayer" says a lot about true moral leadership in the overall religious community. (Like where the fuck is it?)

[LibDemAlways]

14. Who invited Dobson? He's a well known wingnut who

will use any forum to spew his hate. He shouldn't be anywhere near an event labeled non-partisan.

[Autumn]

19. National Day of Prayer event at the U.S. Capitol. I don't see any way that

could be labeled a non-partisan event.

[Bluenorthwest]

23. Dobson's wife is one of the organizers, Hahn knew this, it is a partisan and decidedly anti gay

event, anti choice as well.

[PatrickforO]

15. Good for her

I have three daughters and they have a difficult enough time without having to worry about access to birth control, which is precisely what would be taken away if we had a 'sanctity of life' law. And, why is an old white man trying to control my daughters' reproductive rights anyway? No woman can truly be free until she has control over where, when and under what circumstances she becomes a mother. This includes access to abortion services as well. That's a very hard choice, but Dobson and his ilk do not have the right to take that choice away from women.

[NYtoBush-Drop Dead]

16. 2 words for this liar...

DRONE him.

[The Green Manalishi]

31. No, two words:

Retroactive Abortion.

[NYtoBush-Drop Dead]

37. Geeze...

When I say they I get popped off the discussion. But that is perfect.

[Fla Dem]

17. Isn't this the same National Day of Prayer Meeting the President has attened in other years?

I know there have been some who have been critical of his attending. He obviously didn't attend this year. Maybe he's seen the light that this group does not wish him well. I wish all Dem pols would boycott these events and expose them for the partisan event that they are.

[12kbush]

18. Meals on wheels

Dobson`s Meals On Wheels Are Compliments Of The Koch Brothers So He Does What He/they Are Told 2 Do, President Obama has been called everything but a child of God by the repubs & consers Whose Party Left Behind Alot Of Baggage.

[truebrit71]

20. What the hell else did she expect from that ass-clown?

...and while we're at it, WTF is up with 'Prayer Breakfasts' and prayers before opening the Senate and the House...I thought it was supposed to be a secular government...no?

[FiveGoodMen]

27. "WTF is up with 'Prayer Breakfasts'"

Last edited Fri May 2, 2014, 05:28 PM - Edit history (1)

WTF, indeed!

A public, repeated, flagrant violation of the constitution (in spirit at the very least).

No one stops it.

No one is penalized.

[KittyWampus]

45. Prayers-Parliament

http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/business/prayers/

[truebrit71]

46. I'm missing your point....

I don't believe that the British parliament operates under the construct of separation of church and state. The monarch is also charged with being the defender of the faith so they're way more linked than the supposedly secular US governmental system is supposed to be.

[progressoid]

21. "Abortion rate at lowest point since 1973"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/study-abortion-rate-at-lowest-point-since-1973/2014/02/02/8dea007c-8a9b-11e3-833c-33098f9e5267_story.html

[Sheepshank]

29. You mean abortion was at it's peak during the Reagan years?

that is an interesting statistic

fwiw, with the advent of free and easier access to BCP...it will continue to decline.

[iandhr]

24. To quote George Carlin on abortion

He was talking about the Catholic Church in this case

"When Cardinal O'Connor of New York and these other cardinals and bishops experience their first labor pains and raise a kid on a minimum wage job I will be glad to listen to what they have to say about abortion."

[azureblue]

25. what did they expect, anyway?

you invite a skunk in, it's gonna stink.

[Vogon_Glory]

28. Despite The Alleged Non-Partisanship

Sadly, despite the professions of non-partisanship and calls for unity, the National Day of Prayer has become a forum for Religious Right polemicizing, not for spiritual or religious unity.

The next generation's empty pews and shuttered churches can be blamed on James Dobson and his ilk.

[Thinkingabout]

30. This is a problem with many of the RW bunch, they claim to be agsinst

Abortion but then they are against healthcare, go figure. They want forced births but then let them die. James Dobson should be ashamed, to take precious moments away from Day of Prayer to gain political points rather than praying for unity for this nation. Thank you Janice Hahn for standing up for Americans.

[kairos12]

48. For these rethugs life begins at conception and ends at birth.

[Thinkingabout]

49. Wish I could say you are wrong but tis the truth.

[Tom Ripley]

32. There's never a botulism outbreak when you need one

[BlancheSplanchnik]

34. fucking Dobson shouldn't be at the National Day of Prayer.

He's a right wing extremist, an animal abuser, a supporter of battering children into compliance, and a supporter of the anti-woman forced pregnancy contingent.

Oh right...he's got Koch$$$$$$ support.

[Iggo]

35. Hey, it's just a prayer...right?

[truebluegreen]

36. Every Democrat, and every woman should have walked out.

But good for her.

[awoke_in_2003]

38. Why was Dobson there in the first place?

He has always been an asshat.

[LTG]

39. It's easy to get invited if you're married to the right people.

The Chairperson of the National Day of Prayer Task Force (the group charged with planning and putting on the events) has been Shirley Dobson for a long time. The Vice-Chairperson and Executive Director is a man who worked for Focus on the Family prior to his current position.

From 1991-2009 the Task Forces offices were in the Focus on the Family's headquarters buildings. (Although they are legally "separate" entities.) They choose the themes, select the bible verses for that theme, and set the program.

Not too much question why they are like they are.

[Myrina]

40. I wish the nutters would make up their minds

Is Obama the "abortion" president or is he the "lettin' everyone have babies and live off the system" president?

They're so inconsistent in their damnation, I'm getting confused.

[LittleGirl]

41. If only people started doing this at CHURCH

we would have a better society.

(meaning Standing Up and saying "this is inappropriate!" and walking out.)

[Thinkingabout]

42. K & R

Agreed, it would send a message to the speakers who say ugly thinks. Instead of WWJD, it should be what would you do to Jesus,

[mwrguy]

43. abortion is awesome

Fuck Dobson

[Madmiddle]

44. The word Christian

followed by any other word erodes the Holiness. Christian conservative, please. That you are a Christian is all I need to know. God doesn't chose sides. Is the word conservative supposed to mean more because it's along side Christian?

[SunSeeker]

47. I hope more people follow Janice Hahn's and George Clooney's recent examples.

We need to stand up to lying bullies.

[geretogo]

50. Dobson is just a fascist scum bag hiding behind Jesus like the rest of the GOP scum .