Kentucky Woman (Sorry Neil Diamond)

I think I have multiple personality disorder because I'm hearing voices.  One voice in my head saying "You know you're strolling into a minefield, don’t do it, back away slowly.” Then another is saying “Go ahead. Not pointing it out is killing you. Your head is about to explode.” If know me, you know the struggle. I’m fighting it…truly I am…oh never mind.

First of all; those who oppose the ruling regarding same sex marriage saying that SCOTUS had no right…what about the SCOTUS decision regarding Hobby Lobby & Affordable Care Act/ObamaCare in 2014? This is not a one way street…if they had the authority to rule in agreement with your opinion; they also have the authority to rule in opposition of your opinion.

I’m not going to say that I know all of the details but from what I’ve read & seen (different news sources), but here is my opinion. Kim Davis has a right to her opinion, her beliefs and to practice whatever Faith she wants. However, as an elected official she had a job to do & she didn’t do it. If she couldn’t do it, she should have quit/resigned. I can understand why she didn’t…I’d have a hard time leaving an $80,000 a year job myself. Before you call her a hypocrite because of her multiple marriages, etc, as a Christian, when she was Saved, her past sins were forgiven. (That may not be your beliefs, but it is hers.) Kim Davis wasn’t put in jail because she was a Christian.  She was put in jail because she defied a court order. She may not agree with it, but her job required her to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. That’s her job. There is a Muslim flight attendant, Charee Stanley, who was suspended for refusing to serve alcohol and she may be fired. That’s her job. Yes, she was able to shift it to other flight attendants but apparently another flight attendant took issue with it and filed a complaint. She has been suspended and may be fired because she didn’t do her job. Kim Davis couldn’t be fired because she was elected – she’d have to be impeached. If Ms. Davis is  allowed to choose which of her job duties she will or will not execute based on her religion, shy shouldn’t Ms. Stanley be allowed to do the same? If a waitress was Jewish, would it be ok for them to refuse to work between sunset on Friday and sunset on Saturday? Playing Devil’s advocate, if a Christian can be allowed to pick and choose the laws they want to obey based on their beliefs and the Bible then will people of other faiths be given the same leeway? Jewish? Pagans? Buddhists? Satanists? Muslims?  

Do I believe in God, the Christian faith? Yes. Do I think it is the better path and that everyone should? Yes, but so do 99% of the people in 99% of all other faiths, so I’m not that ‘special’. Do I support same sex marriage? Yes. Do I support same sex couples adopting? Yes. Do I think my religion, beliefs and opinions should be forced on anyone/everyone? No.

What's Wrong With People?

I know some people will disagree with me on this and for the record, I’m fine with it. I don’t watch reality TV and truthfully, I think reality shows have ruined TV in general, but that’s another tirade all together. Except for the constant media coverage, I wouldn’t know who any of these "reality stars" are.  For the most part it’s just average people who want their 15 minutes and go about doing outrageous things (probably staged) for attention. I usually ignore it and pray the world doesn’t think this represents the South any more than Jersey Shore represented folks from Jersey (I know a few folks from Jersey, believe me, it doesn’t). A while back, the world found out that the Honey Boo Boo Mom was dating a man who had molested her older daughter. The network pulled the show and no one defended her…how could they. She brought a known pedophile, one that had molested her own daughter, back into the home with her younger daughter.

Fast forward a couple of years and we find out that the oldest son of the Duggar clan molested – I’m sorry – inappropriately touched – 5 young girls when he was 14 years old. Four of his victims were his own sisters. I’m not going to rehash all of the details because it’s out there. Yes, TLC has pulled the show…great. However, unlike the Honey Boo Boo situation people are defending him and his parents for hiding it. Why? He said he was sorry and asked to be forgiven. Well, that’s makes everything ok doesn’t it. Never mind, he said he was sorry…no crime was committed, nothing to see here folks, move along. What a load of crap! By this standard, no matter what you’ve done, if you say you’re sorry and you ask for forgiveness, then there should be no punishment. Thief? Murderer? Rapist? Sure, why not, but only if you’re really sorry. Why not? Clearly it works for a child molester. Can he be forgiven by his victims? That’s up to them. Can he be forgiven by God? If he asks and in his heart he truly means it, yes absolutely. Should he be forgiven by the justice/legal system? Absolutely not. Come on people, it’s not like he smashed his Daddy’s car into a mailbox. He molested 5 girls –his younger sisters! Isn’t the first instinct for a parent to protect their children? To me, it looks like they were more concerned with protecting their son from being labeled what is was/is than protecting their young daughters from what could happen again. I don’t have older brothers, but I do have older cousins and I can’t imagine any of them doing this to any of us. I don’t have to imagine what they’d have done to anyone who had done this to me. The thing that disgusts me the most is that his parents virtually did nothing. Yes, they contacted law enforcement. Who did they turn to? A state trooper who is currently doing time for possessing child porn. I know for a fact that Mama & Pop would never have done what these parents did. 

Unfortunately there is a statute of limitations on child abuse/molestation, so nothing can be done legally. While Josh Duggar can’t actually be called a pedophile (apparently you can’t be considered as a pedophile until you’re 16), in my opinion, he’s still a pervert. He should have been arrested and prosecuted for his actions and his parents should have been considered accessories after the fact. I wonder if Mama & Papa Duggar would have hidden this if someone from outside their circle had molested their daughters. If the individual asked them (and the girls) for forgiveness would they have forgiven him? Probably. If he asked God to forgive him, would He? I believe so. Would they have not only let him go unpunished but protected him?  Doubt it…at least I hope not.