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Focus on the Family is praising the Obama Administration.
Let me repeat that.
Focus on the Family is praising the Obama Administration.
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The conservative Christian organization is encouraged by the fact that The White House is listening to them when it comes to what sort of adoption programs work. They do take a swipe at them on homosexual adoption but the overall tone is very nice. Adoption shuldn't be a partisan issue.
Read the article published below. The link is here. See my commentary below.
The White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships hosted adoption leaders from across the country Wednesday to talk about how to better serve the needs of kids in foster care.
Kelly Rosati, adoptive mother of four and senior director of Focus on the Family’s Sanctity of Human Life department, was among those in attendance.
“The Obama administration is really listening," she said, "and wanted to know from those on the front lines what could be better done to serve the kids in America’s foster care system."
Unfortunately, the president supports placing some of those kids with homosexual couples.
Rosati said the White House expressed its appreciation for Focus’ commitment to the issue.
“One of the things that emerged from the meeting," she said, "was that adoption recruiting events, such as Focus’ Wait No More, are essential to our ability to find families for those waiting kids.”
Focus on the Family anticipates ongoing dialogue with the White House on adoption.
You think The White House won't have this article at the ready and cued up the next time critics take swipes at the President for being disingenuous on reaching out to conservative Christians?
Look, nobody is saying that conservative Christians are in love with The White House. That's not the point here. What is important to note is that whatever you think of President Obama and his policies, this White House said they were going to reach out to all religious communities including conservative Christians and they have been doing so. It may not be perfect, it may not be the exact way the conservative Christian community would like to see it but this President wanted to start a dialogue and he's succeeding on that front. What comes out of the dialogue is the ultimate test but you can't even get there if you don't tak right?\
And by the way, just asking: What would be the reaction if the Bush White House invited the Human Rights Campaign to provide input into public policy? You think conservative groups would go a bit nuts? To my knowledge, there was no outreach to HRC from the Bush administration.
One final note: Don't miss this: President Obama's Faith Director grew up listening to Focus on the Family radio. Quotes from Joshua DuBois below:
"I probably listened to much more Focus on the Family than Pacifica Radio."
"I probably had many dreams as a kid of living in Whit's End," DuBois said, referring to the Focus show Adventures in Odyssey. "I used to have Psalty the Songbook tapes. Those were my favorite songs."