So, there's so many more temptations when you are a rock star, so that makes it okay. No, it does not. Yes, he sinned, and is to be forgiven, but dismissing it as okay because there's just so many temptations out there is dangerous thinking.
No. It's reality.
The ideal is that sports figures and rock stars would WAIT until the career winds down before thinking about marriage, but fate usually has other ideas.
We are not supposed to judge others, lest we be judged. I do not live in Ted's world -- a new city every tour night, zillions of women offering themselves, pressure and loneliness ... I can't conceive of it.
I won't judge him, God does that, eventually. But if I had a kid who wanted to be a rock or sports star my first piece of advice would be FOR GOD'S SAKE DON'T GET MARRIED!
"dismissing it as okay"
I think very few here are "dismissing it as OK." There is simply a difference between those who believe he should be thrown over the side for all eternity and those who think it's a grievous error but one we're not prepared to condemn him for. We'll let the condemnors do that.