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Friday, July 20, 2007
News Hypocrisy Alert
Posted By Karen Shugart on Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 4:35 PM
I'm no fan of Larry Flynt, nor do I generally don't favor "outing" people, but I've got to appreciate his efforts to expose politicians whose sexual practices are at odds with their rhetoric. And it looks like North Carolina could provide fodder for his crusade.
Witness the arrest of former state legislator and current Cabarrus County Commissioner Coy Privette (Charlotte Observer):
Privette, a prominent Republican with a 30-year career, is one of the state's most vocal opponents against alcohol sales and legal gambling. He also serves on the State Baptist Convention of North Carolina and as president of the Christian Action League of North Carolina.
From the Christian Action League of N.C.'s Web site:
We discourage the promotion and use of beverage alcohol and other drugs, pornography, sexual immorality and other sinful practices that not only undermine the spiritual lives of those who participate in them, but also undermine the strength of our State and National character.
Pam's House Blend and Pandagon, among others, have noted the rank sexual hypocrisy here. I'm just wondering ... as the (now suspended) president of the CAL, Privette opposed abortion, of course. What do you think he would have done if the 32-year-old woman he paid to have sex with had gotten pregnant?
Would he have welcomed the child has his own? Offered to take her to a pregnancy resource center? Kindly encouraged her to give it up for adoption?
Certainly, abortion wouldn't have crossed his mind. Noooo.
But that's just one of the issues raised here. Why do we keep electing people whose public stances are so at odds with our sexual practices? Most unmarried people have sex outside marriage and most adults have looked at porn occasionally. Yet we can't stomach politicians who are honest about sex. Sad.
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