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Book · 2004 · Families

Marriage Under Fire

Why We Must Win this War

by James C. Dobson · Recommended by 1 person on 1 podcast

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The other other big thing I want to mention before I get into Family Research Council is the 2004 book Marriage Under Fire uh by by by Dr. James Dobson.
Garrison Davis · Behind the Bastards · Mar 2022 Listen at 11:50

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Marriage Under Fire by James C. Dobson is a 2004 book written by the prominent conservative activist and founder of Focus on the Family, focusing heavily on the fierce culture-war debates surrounding same-sex marriage. On Behind the Bastards, host Garrison Davis prominently featured Dobson's book across two separate episodes to illustrate the escalation of modern social conservatism. In an episode of It Could Happen Here Weekly, Davis brought up the text as a critical milestone before diving into a discussion about the Family Research Council, eventually reading selections directly from the book's back cover. Similarly, in an earlier episode titled Part Two: Focus on the Family: Love Won Out, Davis referenced Dobson's work while analyzing the author's stark predictions regarding the societal consequences if same-sex marriage were to achieve legal recognition. By examining Dobson's arguments, the podcast utilized the text as a primary historical artifact to demonstrate the specific rhetoric, fear-mongering, and ideological framing deployed by religious right leaders during the height of the 2000s marriage debates.

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Garrison Davis The other other big thing I want to mention before I get into Family Research Council is the 2004 book Marr… 2
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“The other other big thing I want to mention before I get into Family Research Council is the 2004 book Marriage Under Fire uh by by by Dr. James Dobson”
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“If you remember from the last episode in 2004 Dobson wrote this whole book called um ­ Marriage Under Fire.”

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