Christian publishers could be forced out of business under a Barack Obama presidency for criticizing homosexual activity, a Christian pro-family group has suggested.

The scenario is part of a picture of social and legal changes envisioned by Focus on the Family Action (FotFA) in a "Letter from 2012 in Obama's America" that forecasts the potential impact of Obama's election.

The document anticipates pro-gay and pro-abortion moves that would "allow the law, in the hands of a liberal Congress and Supreme Court, to become a great instrument of oppression."

The unnamed author sees leading Christian publishers with books arguing that homosexual conduct is wrong according to the Bible being targeted in protests after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage. The protests could lead to major booksellers removing such books from their shelves.

"As a result, those evangelical publishers could no longer distribute any of their books through any of these bookstore chains," the supposed letter from the future said. "Any Christian publisher that dares to print works critical of homosexual behavior faces the same fate. As a result, several Christian publishers have gone out of business."

The letter described the changes as "likely or at least very possible," based on "established legal and political trends that can be abundantly documented and that only need a 'tipping point' such as the election of Senator Obama and a Democratic House and Senate to begin to put them into place."

The document from FotFA—headed by James Dobson but separate from his Focus on the Family ministry—urged Christians to pray for the Nov. 4 election, noting that "there are many evangelical Christians supporting Senator Obama as well as many supporting Senator McCain."

It went on: "Christians on both sides should continue to respect and cherish one another's friendship as well as the freedom people have in the United States to differ on these issues and to freely speak their opinions about them to one another."

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