I disagree with her much of the time (she’s a big proponent on the radio of freezing out family members — when I prefer to go with Jesus’ methodology of forgiving 70 x 7), but even if I were to agree that her words were true (although they are often so rudely and unthinkingly cruelly proffered that she should probably just keep her mouth shut), the speaker of the words is not someone worthy of admiration. It’s like saying that if Bill Clinton came out against extramarital sex today he’d have some moral authority, because his actions were all in the past.
Dr. Laura (who by the way is a Ph.D. in Physiology, not in any therapeutic or psychological area) is someone who had her fun, lived her life as she wanted to, and then saw a way to make a lot of money telling others, in the harshest and most soundbite-friendly way possible, to live their lives in a totally different way than she did and does. The naked photos were from many decades ago. As far as stay-at-home Mom issue, she chose not to be one and now her children, IIRC, are grown — so telling others to stay-at-home, after her time to do so has passed, is something she really has no moral authority to do (again, it’s like Bill Clinton telling people to give up extramarital sex after beta blockers impact his sexual prowess); her husband remains not a breadwinner (except as her manager); her Mother died recently. And now she’s taking her toys and going home because she’s getting flack on the radio — something Rush Limbaugh, Hannity, and Glenn Beck have managed to weather for years. So she’s spoiled and thin-skinned on top of it all.
For someone who touts their their beliefs in forgiveness and Christianity, you certainly seem to reject any value of Redemption. And you know what, if Bill Clinton publicly repented of his behavior, publicly apologized to America and to his family for his devastating sexual behavior and the consequences that this country had to suffer through because of it, and it was clearly a real thing, than I would say that he— above anyone- could be a moral spokesperson on the issue and trumpet from the rooftops of why it’s not the road anyone should travel down.