Sex Scandals: A Study in Contrasts, In Politics and the Church
Why isn't the ERLC #CaringWell about Tara Reade or Juanita Broaddrick?
by Rod D. Martin
May 2, 2020
Joe Biden, Herman Cain, Paige Patterson, Brett Kavanaugh and Roy Moore: A Study in Contrasts, In Politics and the Church
As the Tara Reade story finally gains a tiny bit of traction, after weeks of crickets, it occurs to me to write to you some thoughts on how it all relates to recent scandals past, and particularly to the meaning of the reactions by some in politics and some in the church. It ain't pretty.
The Democrats -- and more than a few on our side, friends of ours, people who frequent my Facebook wall -- gleefully destroyed Roy Moore. Roy was accused by seven separate people of acts that were not crimes, not even if he committed them, not one with corroboration, and the most prominent of his accusers was forced to admit that her "evidence" -- a mere yearbook signature! -- was forged.
They happily and zealously participated in Moore's destruction despite no hint of scandal on the man through all of seven statewide elections. They told us "everyone in h…