Gary Johnson had a divorce.

[MelissaWV]

Yeah, being able to get out of a contract whose most basic terms have changed over the years... that's bad.

Let's just forget the decidedly misogynist leaning that those contracts had for many years. Divorce was a scandal.

Let's just forget the decidedly misandrist leaning that those contracts are taking on.

Tony Sutton has the right of it on this one for sure; the man's personal life should be between him and the people involved. They seem to have settled matters to their satisfaction. His voting record and his proposals should be the focus. If you're going to be from the camp that divorce makes you damaged goods and an oathbreaker (and how modern for it to apply to the man), then you're going to have a very rough time with candidates. While Ron Paul's marriage is a stellar example of two people who've made it work, it does not mean that someone whose marriage failed for one reason or another has a major character flaw.

Unless one of you is the former Mrs. Gary Johnson, I doubt you have all the facts, or even close to it.

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And yay for zombie threads

 

[speciallyblend]

It will be for me.

I've heard all the arguments there are, but my mind won't change on this. Morals matter to me.

so if someone geta a divorce they are un moral. sounds like the insane christian right to me!!

 

[MelissaWV]

Oh, and yeah, I'm immoral, but everyone knows that.

I did leave my husband.

I never voted to start a war, I never helped prop up the Federal Reserve, I never shirked my duty to make another human being's life as pleasant as I could when given the chance. I help the poor voluntarily, in addition to paying taxes that go to kill and feed the poor by turns, and I donate whatever I'm not using so it may be put to better use in another's hands. I take care of my parents, and my grandmother, and my sister, and my niece and nephew, and I've been known to stop and help a turtle across the road so it doesn't get run over. I love church, though I confess I mostly go when no one is there, just to sit in the cool dark building, read the prayer books, and wander around the place. I didn't even have it in me to get someone arrested for stabbing me in the arm because, on the balance, I got away and there was no point going back to vindictively put them in prison.

But I did leave my husband.

So I am immoral.

 

[Charles Lupton]

... and I've been known to stop and help a turtle across the road so it doesn't get run over.

Funny you say that. I did EXACTLY that (he had been hit alreadly and had a minor crack, but was up and moving) just two days ago(and not the first time). I also stopped to help put out a fire(small grass fire starting to get out of control and stayed for about 15 min till fire fighters showed up) and take a picture of a nice sunset. It meant my 2 hr dive home was 2 1/2 hrs. but to me it was worth it. Personally, I've been married just over 7 yrs and never regretted a day of it.

I didn't even have it in me to get someone arrested for stabbing me in the arm because

I've had a similar situation with my wife when she was hit by a drunk driver, we refused to sue her or her insurance (no pain and suffering only got the value of the totaled car). Bruises fade and scars heal. Sometimes you have to look at the situation and realize someone made a bad mistake which they may pay for(the other driver did get a DUI and we didn't want to make her problems worse), but I never considered it my right to judge anyone. That is why I said unless someone has facts and not opinion I'll reserve my personal judgement, but even then I'm unlikely to share it.

 

[Nathan Hale]

Divorce is not a third rail character trait in the 21st century. And he didn't leave his sickly wife in the lurch, they agreed to split long before it became apparent that she had serious health problems.