We went through all this with Ronald Reagan because Reagan was divorced. I used to tell people I was happy to support Reagan as president of the U.S.,... but not for an elder of my church.
Different jobs, different requirements.
I’d be more comfortable as a Christian supporting Donald Trump than as a Christian supporting Mike Huckabee. Trump speaks merely as a lay person. Huckabee, as governor who postured as a former minister, released prisoners from jail that killed people upon release.
Ironically, in the eyes of the Catholic Church, Ronald Reagan and Nancy’s marriage was always valid.
Jane Wyman was married to someone else in 1937. The marriage broke up in no time. She married Reagan in 1940, and divorced him in 1949.
Reagan married Nancy in, IIRC, 1951.
Wyman became a Catholic in 1954, and at that time, the Church declared her marriage to Reagan null, because of the prior marriage bond.
In the eyes of the State, Reagan was divorced and remarried. In the eyes of the Catholic Church, Reagan was married once.
WE HAVE A WINNER FOLKS!!!!!
“I’d be more comfortable as a Christian supporting Donald Trump than as a Christian supporting Mike Huckabee. Trump speaks merely as a lay person. Huckabee, as governor who postured as a former minister, released prisoners from jail that killed people upon release.”
What you said a thousand times over!
As an active member of an evangelical church, it drives me crazy when people confuse and conflate those jobs. No one would want to be operated on by an incompetent surgeon just because the guy could quote scripture.
We are called to be as innocent as doves, but also as clever as serpents. Sometimes I think folks forget the second part.
God bless!