9 Responses to “How Should We React to the Bristol Palin Pregnancy?”

1. Bill Fawcett
   September 4th, 2008 @ 6:30 pm

   Should Palin have made a statement that “this was wrong” (sex before marriage)? I think she should be sensitive to her daughter who is now thrust into the spotlight.

   I think she handled it well in her speech the day after this broadcast:

   “From the inside, no family ever seems typical.

   That’s how it is with us.

   Our family has the same ups and downs as any other … the same challenges and the same joys.

   Sometimes even the greatest joys bring challenge.”

   -Bill

2. Ewan
   September 8th, 2008 @ 8:58 am

   Here is a great video of Sarah Palin speaking at her home church.

3. Ryan Dube
   September 8th, 2008 @ 10:28 am

   So she allows for her daughter to engage in premarital sex and she allows her oldest son to mark his body with tattoos… Not a model mother, hopefully she will be a strong president when McCain is out of commission. It’s a good thing that leaders of foreign nations see women as equals in the global community. She is good looking though, I will give her that! Go Hockey Mom!

4. Ewan
   September 9th, 2008 @ 8:39 am

   Ryan, I think that’s unfair in the extreme to suggest Palin “allows for her daughter to engage in premarital sex”. Clearly, given everything we know about her she would not condone this, but in this sin soaked society it is very difficult to keep young people on the ‘straight and narrow’. As for the tattoos, I agree with you, but again Sarah clearly expressed her disapproval of them on that video.

5. Ryan Dube
   September 10th, 2008 @ 6:18 pm

   here you go, maybe this will give you a different outlook on Palin:

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f14z3cnNzzo

   We are doomed!

6. Ryan Dube
   September 10th, 2008 @ 10:48 pm

   No good can come from women in power, that is why they are not to minister, that is why we had Deborah as a judge, it was not the norm, it meant that they were under God’s judgement. And if McCain/Pailn wins I think that would not be a good sign for us.

   The fault for Bristol, lies on her father and her mother (Sarah) in teaching their “Christian” values on their children. Even the son that marked his body…

   Do me a favor, go to YouTube, and do a search on there for “Voddie Baucham and Sarah Palin”, I found it very justifying.

7. Ewan
   September 10th, 2008 @ 11:29 pm

   I watched the video. Voddie Baucham made some good points re the role of women and Margaret Feinberg was wrong to invoke Ephesians 5 for her argument. But the point that was overlooked is that the state and the church are different institutions and have different biblical responsibilities.

   I would lean towards the view that women should not be in senior ministry positions in the church, but I don’t see that when it comes to government this same rule should apply. In any case, it would be a far worse sign for the USA to have the pro-death, pro-gay marriage Obama in the White House than it would be if the McCain-Palin team was there.

8. Ryan Dube
   September 11th, 2008 @ 7:26 am

   so being pro-choice is now seen as pro-death? hmmm

   What a great spin on it, so sending boys to war is not pro-death?

9. Ewan
   September 11th, 2008 @ 10:41 am

   Clearly those who support abortion are supporting the death of the innocent. Pro-death is therefore an extremely appropriate term for them. Obama even goes one step further than this in that he supports infanticide! See this video.

   Endorsing war under appropriate circumstances (within just war theory) is certainly not “pro-death”. Those who like to compare the Iraq war to abortion are committing the fallacy of moral equivalence. How can anyone compare the slaughter of millions of innocent pre-born babies to the unintended casualties in a war to remove an oppressive and murderous tyrant and bring freedom to millions of Iraqis?

   For Christians this November’s Presidential election is a total no-brainer. The choice is stark – a pro-death, pro-gay marriage Democratic ticket versus a pro-life, pro-traditional marriage Republican ticket. It doesn’t come much clearer than this – I mean what else matters? These are the defining issues, not global-warming, not poverty, not the economy, etc., etc. Listen to the first 10 minutes of Earthly Politics and the Battle in the Heavenlies if you need any more convincing.

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