America is at war, and the enemy are Muslims, Dr. James C. Dobson, chairman and founder of the powerful Focus on the Family organization, told this weekend's "2006 Values Voters Summit" in Washington. "We're in a war and it's time that we recognized it," Dobson said, emphasizing that he doesn't think all Muslims want to kill Americans. He said, however, there is a percentage - even if it's only 4 percent, or close to 50 million people - who do.
According to the Washington Times, Sen. George Allen of Virginia, was among the Republican presidential hopefuls speaking to the conference. Allen said the 1,000 people attending they could "count on me" in the fight for conservative values, such as stopping judges from "legislating from the bench."
Answering questions about his religious background, Sen. Allen revealed his Jewish ancestry, denying that he was embarrassed by his heritage.
He added that while he is a Christian, "I'm learning more and more about Jewish law."
Allen told reporters that his mother concealed her Jewish heritage for years and recently swore him to secrecy about it because she was "seared" by the pain of the Holocaust and thought "that anti-Semitism, that persecution" would harm her children.
