Thursday, October 13, 2016

The Clintons’ Christian marriage: The staggering Evangelical hypocrisy over Hillary’s refusal to divorce Bill

During our marriage counseling, I confessed that I didn’t know if I would stay together with my future husband if he cheated. Our pastor frowned and responded that he hoped I would keep an open mind. “Marriage,” he said, “is forever.”

It’s an idea pervasive throughout Christian American culture — a marriage is forever. In contrast to these teachings, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s 41-year marriage, which has famously weathered adultery, is often under attack.

The day after the first presidential debate, Republican nominee Donald Trump told “Fox and Friends” that he didn’t bring up Bill Clinton’s past infidelity scandals out of respect for their daughter Chelsea, who was in the audience at the time. But the implication of the threat was clear: that Trump would and could use the fact that the Clintons have weathered many marital challenges against his opponent....
http://www.salon.com/2016/10/09/the-clintons-christian-marriage-the-staggering-evangelical-hypocrisy-over-hillarys-refusal-to-divorce-bill/


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