Karen and Mike Pence's astonishing moral hypocrisy

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(CNN)Karen Pence, the wife of America's vice president, Mike Pence will be teaching art at a Christian school in Virginia that bans LGBTQ children and requires employees to declare their religious beliefs. Like a real-life setting for "The Handmaid's Tale," Immanuel Christian School insists applicants initial a pledge to "live a personal life of moral purity."

Listen to what else the pledge says: "I understand that the term 'marriage' has only one meaning; the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive covenant union as delineated in Scripture." It asserts that God intended sexual acts only between "a man and a woman who are married to each other." It identifies "moral misconduct" that would disqualify employees as premarital sex, cohabitation, extramarital sex, homosexual or lesbian sexual activity, polygamy, transgender identity, any other violation of the unique roles of male and female."

This language is disgusting and insults millions of taxpaying American citizens, many who have served their country. That it is acceptable to the wife of the man who is a heartbeat away from the presidency should horrify and alarm all Americans.

Karen and Mike Pence are conservative, evangelical Christians who share beliefs about religion and politics. They have every right to do this. ("It's absurd that her decision to teach art to children at a Christian school, and the school's religious beliefs, are under attack," said Kara Brooks, a spokeswoman for Pence.) But consider Mike Pence's position of power in this country: He regularly stands shoulder to shoulder with his boss, Donald Trump. He has access to and can influence a President who is very interested in maintaining support among evangelicals.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/16/opinions/karen-pence-evangelical-hypocrisy-clay-cane/index.html

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1. Disgusting, revolting, abhorrent, etc

Beyond hypocrisy. These people do not belong in leadership roles in our government.

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2. And Historically Inaccurate

The renowned historian Diarmaid McCullough wrote a book (later turned into a video series) called, "The History of Christianity." It's incredibly long, incredibly well researched, and incredibly well written by one of the best historians of our time. In it, one of the major sections deals with the history of marriage and the church. For CENTURIES, the church viewed marriage the same way THE LAW does, as a CIVIL contract between two people (that's why you go and get a marriage license at the COURTHOUSE and not at a CHURCH), and stayed out of marriages entirely. I don't remember the exact year, but my often-faulty memory tells me that it wasn't until about 1200 that people started asking if they could get married in churches that the church elders started agreeing to do it, and even then, they would only allow people to marry in the church doorway (not inside the actual church). People didn't start getting married inside churches until the church realized that people were willing to pay MONEY to be married in the church (this was around the same time that the church was engaged in the practice of "selling indulgences," where you could pay the church some money and they'd tell you that some sins were then OK), and saw an opportunity to make some dough that weddings in churches became acceptable.

So for them to claim that marriage is "delineated by Scripture," they're just flat-out wrong.