Should Serial Philandering Disqualify You From Political Office?
December 14th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich recently made the news with this bit:
Gingrich, who has been married three times, specifically said he would “uphold the institution of marriage through personal fidelity to my spouse and respect for the marital bonds of others.”
via Gingrich promises ‘personal fidelity’ in pledge – CNN Political Ticker – CNN.com Blogs.
I must admit I am really struggling with who to support in this presidential election. I really don’t think I could bring myself to support a candidate who cheated on his first wife, with the woman who later became his second wife, and then cheated on her with the woman who later became his third wife. It would seem to me that to someone like that, oaths or vows don’t mean much.
How are we to know if he “really means it” this time? If you can’t keep your promises in that most intimate of relationships, how can we expect you to keep any other promises you made? In the Bible marriage is often used as a picture of our relationship with God. Accordingly, we should value the marriage relationship highly.
What I find saddest is that it is likely that many American Christians are going to give Gingrich a pass on his adultery because they agree with his politics, whether or not those politics are rooted in any Biblical truth.
