Friday, June 1, 2012
Conservative Leaders Selective Out-rage
To the Editor, The New York Times:
In response to President Obama's dramatic revelation of his approval of same-sex marriage, ( The Times, Thursday, May 10, Front Page), one reads and hears of the out-rage of conservative religious leader's, both political and clerical including New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan. However, one doesn't hear of outrage over the fact that over half of marriages in the US end in divorce, usually followed by re-marriage. Jesus , himself, says that " if a man puts his wife out in divorce except for fornication, he makes her an adulteress, and if a man marries a divorced woman, he is committing adultery." And regarding extra-marital sexual activity, i.e. fornication, St Paul, addressing single women and widows, admonishes them "if they cannot contain, It is better to marry than burn." Most likely if outrage was expressed in these areas, followers would change allegences and church pews would empty. What about a constitutional amendment out-lawing divorce? And laws forbidding any extra-marital sexual behavior.. How would that go over these days!
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