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I understand that they think completely different than we do. That's a no-brainer. If WE think something is wrong, we don't come up with excuses for it and expect forgiveness to come without a price.
We don't carry the "'Get Out of Trouble Free' God Card." Apparently Republicans think it's the same thing as American Express--they never leave home with out it. A must have for the diapered degenerate set, apparently.
Hell, it's not even his particular kink that kinks us up. Just about everyone has SOME kind of kink, I imagine. As long as it doesn't hurt anyone who doesn't LIKE a little pain, I suppose, it's okay. Consenting adults and all that.
But you can't speak about the "sanctity of marriage" out of one side of your mouth, and push for laws defending it against things that don't threaten it in the first place, while simultaneously engaging in activities that specifically VIOLATE said "sanctity" and get a pass. Not from us, at least. Cheating on one's partner, particularly a spouse, is fundamentally wrong because it's a LIE, and makes a lie out of the very vows that bound you to that person in the first place. It's a violation of one's sworn word, which is one of the few things no one can take from you without your express permission.
Half the reason this country's in the shape it's in right now is because so many people take their word to mean nothing. It used to be that a written contract was considered unnecessary in many situations simply because it was unthinkable that a person would make promises he (or she) didn't intend to keep. If one said it, it was as good as done.
Vitter's infidelity, in and of itself, is between him and his wife. But, on the other hand, his assaults on the freedoms of others, based upon the presumption of his own "morality" have turned out to be nothing more than a great deception. One does not get to PRETEND to morality and presume to judge someone else's. This just isn't acceptable.
He falls down just as Jim Bakker, Newt Gingrich, and a host of others who have done the very same thing. There may be a "God Card" to play to get him out of trouble with his supporters, but that same card is meaningless to the rest of us. We don't care if he's right with God about what he's done. Maybe God is more tolerant of hypocrisy than we are. Or maybe they're just deceiving themselves on that account.
We're tired of being ruled by pretense, by people PRETENDING to be what they're not, by people who pronounce themselves as righteous, and presume to judge the behavior of other people, while simultaneously acting as though their own rules don't apply to them UNTIL they're either caught, or on the verge of being caught.
It's as if lying, cheating, and stealing is acceptable, as long as you can effectively pretend to be against these things. The minute you're exposed for the fraud that you are, all you have to do is "get right with God" and it's all forgiven.
Is this or is this not the same deity that wiped out whole cities, destroyed the first born sons of the Egyptians, and turned a woman into a pillar of salt just for looking over her shoulder? Or do they believe that Christ is up there making excuses for their behavior to his all-powerful father? "It was a momentary weakness, that's all. He's a sinner. They're all sinners, remember? You made them that way."
It's completely beyond me to grasp what these people believe, to be honest. It's as if they believe they can say anything and do anything, and expect it all to be wiped away with a bit of public breast-beating. And, what's unfortunate, is that those who share their beliefs seem to think so too.
If what Clinton did was worthy of the hatred they show him, then surely this man, who's presumably as contrite as Clinton was, certainly deserves no better treatment. Or else, if forgiveness is the just reward for contrition, aren't the two men deserving of the same consideration thereafter? What makes them different?
I doubt I'll ever know.
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