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Infidelity Does Not Justify Marriage Neutering

Posted by Playful Walrus on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 9:37:31 PM
Sorry, marriage neutering advocates.  Governor Sanford's infidelity does not justify marriage neutering - even if he cheated as often as JFK.  That he, or anyone else, is bad at keeping their vows in no way necessitates that we neuter marriage, any more than a track sprinter being busted for steroids means motorcycles should be allowed in a foot race.

That Sanford violated the sanctity of marriage does not mean we should water down marriage into oblivion.  Would you say it is okay for a cop to beat a suspect who injured himself, since he was already injured?

And there are many marriage defenders who have kept their vows.  It just doesn't make headlines.

So go ahead and take glee in your mocking of Sanford because he has stated the truth about marriage and yet hasn't been true to marriage.  It still doesn't make a brideless or groomless pairing marriage.

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Give Governor Sanford a Reality Show

Posted by Playful Walrus on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3:03:38 PM
It is better to do two things wrong, or one thing?  One thing, right?  Well the Left doesn’t think so.  You see, the Left thinks it is okay for a politician to have an extra-marital affair (one wrong) if the politician failed to publicly encourage morality (another wrong) before that affair.

For the Left, perceived hypocrisy is worse that marital infidelity.  So look for the Left, especially Democrats, to condemn Sanford not for the affair, but for being a Republican who somehow promoted in the past the idea that it is good to behave in a morally upstanding manner.

I do condemn sex with someone other than your spouse as morally wrong, so I don't excuse Sanford.  I also know that we do not know the inner working of his marriage.
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