NJ Governor Quits and Comes Out of the Closet
Story Here.
OK. What to say here? Are we to be glad to see a pro-abortion governor gone? Or are we saddened to see what heart-ache and pain this is going to cause this man's wife and children?
He had to come out and step down because it was going to cause conflicts for the state government? Was someone going to blackmail him? If so, was there something else going on here?
This is why the life issues are so important. This is why being chaste according to your status is so important.
On the other hand, I can also see some made for cable movies made about this man and the courageous choice he has made. All for the glory of homosexuality, never mind if that is why he came out or if he stays with his family. He will become an icon of the left most likely.
posted by Fric @ 10:36 PM
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2 Comments:
Heathenboy! Long time no posting by our resident Heathen... :) Actually, I realize that there were political reasons that have everything to do with damage control, etc. That's why he wants to wait until AFTER the November election to officially resign. If he goes now or at least before some time in September, NJ law requires a special election be held. Apparently the Dems are worried that they would lose the governorship and who know what else.
That in no way invalidates my analysis from a Catholic/life issue perspective. In my opinion you can tie so much immorality, sin and basic outrageous behavior to the wrong stand on life issues. It hits at the core of human dignity and human rights. It also puts God outside of the realm of public discussion ultimately which of course hastens the downfall of societal virtue. (Whoa! I sounded almost Buckleyesque there.)
Anyway, I am not saying that a practicing Catholic or a Republican never will have scandals of a sexual or other moral nature. I am saying that you almost invite those scandals by electing those that have wrong positions on the life issues.
I look at it this way... When you are so wrong on the moral issues it shows a malformed conscience from the beginning. Life issues are paramount. So are the other non-negotiables as the Church teaches. They attack the dignity of the person and the worth of a person at all stages of life and how we treat them as people and beings made in God's image.
So what happens when a person such as this is exposed to the power and money and temptations of politics? We are all sinners. When you take someone that has given in to sin on the most important issues of life, how much can you expect them to resist sin in other areas? The malformed conscience is, in my opinion, going to be much more culpable to scandal. It's about connecting the dots here. To me the dots lead in a straight line.
Now it's also not to say that being so wrong on these issues guarantees scandal in other areas just as being correct does not guarantee freedom from scandal in other areas.
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