Feminist Debate Confusion

It's practically a given that an overwhelming majority of conservative, evangelical Christians vote Replublican in the upcoming Presidential election, right? After reading a recent article published by FOXNews, I wonder how Sarah Palin's candidacy for Vice President may affect the votes.

Many evangelical Christian families turn to Focus on the Family and James Dobson's opinions when it comes to some tough issues within the household. There has been a great deal said from Dobson and Focus on the Family with regard to women in the workplace versus staying at home to raise children. One example is this interview done ten years ago. He hasn't backed down from that viewpoint since then either.

Meanwhile, Dobson has offered his endorsement of Palin publically. Dobson's endorsement is in spite of the fact that Palin has an infant at home with Down's Syndrome which obviously requires a great deal more attention that a healthy child.

I think there is a great deal of confusion on what Dobson really believes and endorses when it comes to this matter. I don't know Dobson personally, so I can't obviously write with certainty, but I believe it's obvious what his views are on the subject. In the interview linked above, he says clearly, "The issue, then, is not whether a woman should choose a career and be a mother, too. Of course she has that right, and it is nobody's business but her's and her husband's. I would simply plead that you not allow your family to get sucked into that black hole of exhaustion. However you choose to divide the responsibilities of working and family management, reserve some time and energy for yourselves."

The real difficulty comes with our current election ballot. Can Palin be Vice President and still have enough energy to be the mother that her family needs her to be? I'm not sure we can know the real answer to that prior to the election.