Grrr....
All right, so Sarah Palin's 17 year old daughter is pregnant.
That doesn't please me or make me happy at all, even though I disagree with her stance on almost everything and hope with every fiber of my being that she not be elected to the second highest office in the land. And when I say that it doesn't please me, I mean that I don't feel superior or judgemental. I can only wish her the best, as I wish all teen mothers the best. Oh, and I celebrate her right to do whatever she chooses. Let us try to ensure that all teens can keep the current options that are available to them.
But make no mistake, I am annoyed.
I am annoyed at the hypocrisy of the Christian "conservatives" who preach abstinence, yea verily throw millions of dollars of federal funds on "Abstinence Only" education classes for teens, who are now saying it's no problem at all that this young girl is going to have a baby.
The same people who wanted Bill Clinton's head on a pike because of his extramarital affairs are now saying that things like this should be kept "private" since it is a family matter. Or even better, stuff like "We are all sinners" and "Let he who has no sin cast the first stone" and all sorts of other things even though they are the first in line to judge everyone else. They hated Juno because it supposedly glorified teen pregnancy. But Bristol Palin? Oh, the poor thing. And she's marrying the baby-daddy, so that makes it all A-ok.
Can you imagine what they would have done if Chelsea Clinton had become pregnant at 17?
Seriously, it is the hypocrisy that kills me. Every time.
That doesn't please me or make me happy at all, even though I disagree with her stance on almost everything and hope with every fiber of my being that she not be elected to the second highest office in the land. And when I say that it doesn't please me, I mean that I don't feel superior or judgemental. I can only wish her the best, as I wish all teen mothers the best. Oh, and I celebrate her right to do whatever she chooses. Let us try to ensure that all teens can keep the current options that are available to them.
But make no mistake, I am annoyed.
I am annoyed at the hypocrisy of the Christian "conservatives" who preach abstinence, yea verily throw millions of dollars of federal funds on "Abstinence Only" education classes for teens, who are now saying it's no problem at all that this young girl is going to have a baby.
The same people who wanted Bill Clinton's head on a pike because of his extramarital affairs are now saying that things like this should be kept "private" since it is a family matter. Or even better, stuff like "We are all sinners" and "Let he who has no sin cast the first stone" and all sorts of other things even though they are the first in line to judge everyone else. They hated Juno because it supposedly glorified teen pregnancy. But Bristol Palin? Oh, the poor thing. And she's marrying the baby-daddy, so that makes it all A-ok.
Can you imagine what they would have done if Chelsea Clinton had become pregnant at 17?
Seriously, it is the hypocrisy that kills me. Every time.
Comments
Against wonems right to choose..
Pro.. Keep a gun in your house so you can kill someone (Usually a family member on accident)
Againt Abortion (even said if her daughter was pregnant due to a rape.. she would keep it) WHOSE BODY IS IT??
ok.. Im goin over here and breathe now..
I must admit, though, that my heart goes out to this girl, and that while I'm not sure what I would do if my daughter became pregnant in a small town, I do know that generations have taken up the task of raising the child when the person giving birth isn't old enough to be a parent.
I'm not sure what I'm saying here, except that there's no way in hell I would vote for McCain and Palin, but not because of this. To me, this stinks too much of the crap that BushCo pulled on McCain in 2000, with his adopted child. Dirty politics, and I don't want to get too deeply pulled in.
That being said, I will admit to being intrigued by the whole thing.
My honest opinion - is I don't give a rat's patootie if her daughter is pregnant or not.
Teen pregnancy is just too common of a thing nowadays. Just doesn't phase me anymore.
I do disagree on the comparison to Bill Clinton. He was the politician in question, not the child of the politician. And he was also an adult doing something stupid with his private life, and she is technically, still a kid making her own mistakes. So the I wouldn't, myself, lump them in the same category.
But my hopes that people leave this girl alone may be somewhat skewed as the product of teen pregnancy myself. It is already a delicate situation, and this girl messed up, but being the daughter of a politician wasn't her choice, but living out her situation under the scrutiny of the press will be a nightmare.
Amen and amen again!!! And not because I am a hypocrite, but because I have lived the teen pregnancy life (I had my son at 19).
I'm still miffed over the strategic side of his VP choice, and fear that it will work, but now this?
I agree with Sunshine--this is not analogous to Clinton's inability to keep his pants on. And if Chelsea was the one who got knocked up, there is no way the media would have touched the story. They were virtually hands-off with any negative story about Chelsea when Bill was in office. Not so much with the Bush twins back when they were partying hard.
I just don't see how that is analogous to Bristol's teenage motherhood, but then again I am assuming she didn't conceive in the governor's mansion.
When the Bible says that any sex outside of a marriage is a sin, and the people I'm talking about claim to be extremely Bible-oriented to the point of wanting to teach creationism in schools, I don't think it is right to cherry-pick (no pun intended) when it is ok or isn't simply depending on who did it.
It doesn't mean I want to brand them with scarlet letters, but I don't think it is a great idea either.
But seriously, do you not think that the Christian conservatives would have been outraged and foaming at the mouth if Chelsea had gotten pregnant at 17? Even with the assumption that she had not conceived in the White House?
They would have said that like parent, like child. That the Clintons were lacking in morality and were bad parents for their child to stray in such a manner.
Try to tell me that isn't true.
Thus, hypocrisy reigns.