James Dobson, influential voice of the religious right, dies at 89

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James C. Dobson Jr., a child psychologist who rose to prominence by advocating the strict disciplining of children but went on to achieve even greater influence with his efforts to unite the Republican Party behind a sharply conservative evangelical agenda, died Aug. 21 at his home in Colorado Springs. He was 89.


Another reason religion is bad for the nation's health.
 
He decried any trend that smacked of liberalism, which he blamed for the decline of the family. “We’re in a moral free fall,” he declared at a rally in 2002. “Wherever you stick the thermometer into the American culture, you’ll find corruption.”
 
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