Do as I say, not as I do....

Seems James Dobson of Focus on the Family is irked at Barak Obama. No surprise there. What's the problem this time? Obama gave a speech in June, 2006 to a liberal Christian group (yes, they do exist) in which he stated:

"Which passages of scripture should guide our public policy? 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?"

On Tuesday, Dobson responded to these 2 year old comments. According to CNN, 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."

But wait, aren't some of these passages the exact same ones that Focus on the Family and other evangelical groups cite to condemn homosexuals? You betcha.

Seems what's good for the goose isn't necessarily good for the gander.

(To read the entire article, "Evangilist accuses Obama of 'distorting' Bible," see: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/24/evangelical.vote/index.html)