Oh, give me a break with that first stone crap...I am so sick of hearing that. Are we not supposed to call anything wrong? Is nothing evil? Is there not a difference between right and wrong?
I know in the liberal world there is not but where most conservatives live, there is a difference!
This is a sad story but he should have NEVER be lauded in People Magazine for making mistakes that will effect this child and society for a long time to come.
I pray this child finds a loving, two-parent, home to be raised in...
Just think if more people had spoken out in the past about this sort of thing being wrong....maybe it never would have happened...but then again someone, heaven forbid, might have had to call something wrong!!!!!!
Who needs enemies, when they have friends like you! You're all a real uplifting group! Perfect in every way!
Dont get me wrong, I consider People magazine beneath the level of lining a bird cage.
And of course, there is the "right " way to do things.
But also we have a society that men sire children and do not take any interest in marriage or taking care of the child.
It maybe a small first step, but it is a step in the right direction to note a man who after making a mistake is willing to take care of his child and do better.
Some people here at FR ONLY see thorns and do not see the Rose that might grow from between the thorns.
Oh yes, let's not present the stories of someone who has overcome his mistakes and is showing complete love for his daughter.
Just think if more people had spoken out in the past about this sort of thing being wrong...
I imagine when the situation happened a lot of his family and her family called it wrong. But it seems he stepped up and took responsibility. God can and will use situations that we may not understand to bring about His will. And believe it or not, and this will come as a shock to your tender sensibilities, some of those situations may include families that aren't two parent homes.
I see your point, BUT, your criticism would probably be better directed at someone who DID NOT try to correct his mistake. If this young man did not try to care for his child and make something of himself, THEN you could call him evil and wrong. BUT, as it is, he was making a positive out of a negative. THAT's what everyone is trying to say. So, lighten up a little on the ones that do try to straighten up, and throw your critisms at the ones who don't. Fair?
Oh sure we are... When someone has a heart which spits on the grave of a dead father for making mistakes we should call it wrong! Call his sin what it was, a sin... Then realize we have all sinned just as deeply against God and are all equally deserving of our own little room in hell. To read this story and have a hard heart about it is sad..
But why not feature it? The Bible is full of stories like this. In fact almost ALL the stories are like this.
It is not lauding him for his original screw up...it is lauding him for doing the right thing AFTER he screwed up.
His story may well have served as a warning to some who had not yet made mistakes...and as an inspiration to those who needed the courage to change their ways.
It's called redemption. It is the narrative of the ENTIRE Christian faith.