What to do with Senator Craig?
There’s just nothing good about the whole messy affair. That is unless you’re a liberal who finds joy in other’s suffering—which of course is just plain evil.
I think he should step down. And not because he’s a closet homosexual, but because he’s a married man, cheating on his wife, lying to his family and constituents and breaking the law.
And the Republican party should urge him to do so with precisely that explanation—making it very clear to all Americans its out of intolerance for his actions not his orientation.
So far, the best opining I’ve seen on the issue comes from Patrick Ruffini, over at townhall:
…The only hypocrites here are the live-and-let-live left that continues to preach an absolute separation between public performance and private morality, and yet seeks to demolish that wall when it is politically expedient for them, doing so in the most personally invasive manner possible… [read more]
I agree with Ruffini that most Christian conservatives are, “a lot more sophisticated than the hateful outers of the left,” but there does exist a certain segment of Christian conservatives that are simply intolerant of homosexuals period—the ones who turned their backs on Jim Kolbe when he spoke at the Republican convention, for example.
I respect their right to believe that homosexuality is sinful, but I have yet to read any passage in the Bible that calls for us to turn our backs on others. I see behavior like that and I have great compassion for the Larry Craig’s of the world. I’ve never experienced that sort of hate from anyone but the left, but I can imagine it would torture a person.
Seems a lot of conservative leaders have been caught in similar scandals lately. Perhaps God is trying to tell us something?
unfortunately, I think I have to agree… Craig should probably step down until he gets his life in order. I don’t know why, but for some reason these guys get up into the public eye and fall apart.
As a christian, I do believe that homosexuality is a sin, but that doesn’t lessen the value of Senator Craig… or Ted Haggert, for the matter. What it does lessen is my trust in their judgement and moral code. I think it is more than possible that God is cleaning house right now… and he started with the people that claim to be upholding his standards. The bad news is that makes the “religious right” look pretty bad, the “good news” is that it’s getting cleaned out and we will see it coming out of the other side of the aisle as well. The really good news is that there is forgiveness through it all.
Adam