Evangelist accuses Obama of 'distorting' Bible

(CNN) -- A top U.S. evangelical leader is accusing Sen. Barack Obama of deliberately distorting the Bible and taking a "fruitcake interpretation" of the U.S. Constitution.

In comments aired on his radio show Tuesday, Focus on the Family founder James Dobson criticized the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee for comments he made in a June 2006 speech to the liberal Christian group Call to Renewal.

In the speech, Obama suggested that it would be impractical to govern based solely on the word of the Bible, noting that some passages suggest slavery is permissible and eating shellfish is disgraceful.

"Which passages of scripture should guide our public policy?" Obama asked in the speech. "Should we go with Leviticus, which suggests slavery is OK and that eating shellfish is an abomination? Or we could go with Deuteronomy, which suggests stoning your child if he strays from the faith? Or should we just stick to the Sermon on the Mount?

"So before we get carried away, let's read our Bible now," Obama said, to cheers. "Folks haven't been reading their Bible."

He also called Jesus' Sermon on the Mount "a passage that is so radical that it's doubtful that our Defense Department would survive its application."

In the comments aired Tuesday, Dobson said Obama should not be referencing antiquated dietary codes and passages from the Old Testament that are no longer relevant to the teachings of the New Testament.

"I think he's deliberately distorting the traditional understanding of the Bible to fit his own world view, his own confused theology," Dobson said, adding that Obama is "dragging biblical understanding through the gutter."

Responding to Dobson's comments Tuesday evening, Obama sharply disputed the suggestion he was distorting the Bible.

"Someone would be pretty hard pressed to make that argument," he told reporters aboard his campaign plane. "It is a speech that affirms the role of faith not just in my life but in the life of the American people, that suggests that we make a mistake by trying to push faith out of the public square."

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Evangelist accuses Obama of 'distorting' Bible - CNN.com

And to think that Dobson was an ardent Obama supporter "before" Obama made that speech..

One extremist attacking another...

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This is ridiculous in so many ways that I give up.

Ain't that the truth...

I think Dobson's interpretation of Obama's statements weakens his credibility in being able to "interpret" anything...

But, religion WANTS to be in politics, and that is (at its essence) what "Focus on the Family" is really about. So of course Dobson takes offense...

Dobson would have loved King James.

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Jinkies! That was fast...
The web-site has a side-by-side comparison of what Obama DID say, and what Dobson is misrepresenting.

The whole "Obama is a _____" misrepresentation is getting REALLY old.
It's good to see people fight back against it.