Recently, GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich signed a pledge, promising in writing that he would defend and strengthen the family and uphold the institution on marriage.
The pact, called the Marriage Pledge, is a construct of a group called Family Leader, a socially conservative group based in Iowa. The Family Leader has called on all 2012 GOP presidential candidates to sign the Marriage Pledge, which is, among other things, a veiled litmus test to sure up strong opposition for and of same sex marriage. Clearly, the pledge is also a call for fidelity in marriage. Newt has had his issues with past marriages.
But, I don't care about what Newt does with his wife or anyone else. We have all sinned--from lying about how well someone looks, to the failure to help someone in need, to sending military troops into a war to kill. (Yes, all of those are sins.) No sin is more egregious than another.
But, what is troubling about this pledge is this: all of the GOP presidential candidates are married and call themselves Christians. By accepting Christ as their savior and reciting wedding vows, they have already made the Pledge to the entity that matters. You know, the Creator. Newt, the other GOP presidential candidates, and the rest of us for that matter are only answerable to the Creator for how we construe marriage.
Defining the terms or construct of marriage is wholly the job of the creator, not the Family Leader. Why don't we just let the Creator do the Creator's job. She has it covered.
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