Dobson's claims and nonsensical comparisons are welcome at Fox Nation

The Fox Nation featured the headline, “Sports Teams Welcome at WH, but Celebrating Prayer Ignored,” which adopts James Dobson's recent criticisms of President Obama.

A May 8 headline on FoxNation.com stated: “Sports Teams Welcome at WH, but Celebrating Prayer Ignored,” which adopts Focus on the Family founder James Dobson's recent criticisms of President Obama. Indeed, the CNSNews.com article linked by The Fox Nation reported, " 'When a professional baseball team wins the World Series, or when the Super Bowl is played, or when college teams win the national championship, they're invited to the White House to celebrate,' Dobson said at a Capitol Hill news conference. 'That's important, apparently. But celebrating prayer, which is our heritage, is ignored.' "

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From the May 8 CNSNews.com article, titled, “Dobson: Super Bowl Teams Welcome at White House, but 'Celebrating Prayer is Ignored' ”:

Evangelical leader Dr. James Dobson said President Obama's snub of Thursday's National Day of Prayer left Christians “disappointed” -- and a bit puzzled.

“When a professional baseball team wins the World Series, or when the Super Bowl is played, or when college teams win the national championship, they're invited to the White House to celebrate,” Dobson said at a Capitol Hill news conference. “That's important, apparently. But celebrating prayer, which is our heritage, is ignored.”

The founder and chairman emeritus of the Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family said evangelicals were “disappointed; not angry” that for the first time since 1993, the White House did not even send a representative of the Cabinet to this year's National Day of Prayer event, which was held Thursday in the caucus room of the Cannon House Office Building.