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Is Your Moral Compass Working?

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Original Publication Date:
November 2006

She made the announcement to drop out of the competition. Not that she had a chance to win—most likely she would have only lasted a few more weeks—but it didn't matter. There were more pressing issues taking place in her life that required her immediate and full attention. The reality show just had to go. Apparently, she's decided her husband of 13 years has to go, too.

Sara Evans might not be the greatest dancer, but the girl can sing. A rising country star, Sara is just hitting her stride. With a steady string of platinum hits, sold out concerts, legions of adoring fans, and accolades from her peers, Sara has established herself as one of country music's leading female vocalists. Ironically, she sings about loving and cheating and all those traditional heart wrenching topics one would typically expect out of a woman with a big voice with tons of twang. Unfortunately, for Sara, it looks like some of those tunes are coming to life, in her own life. Makes one wonder how things could have veered off in such a tragic direction and ended up in a ditch.

The initial reports are pretty scandalous for a gal like Sara, for her young children, and, especially, for her husband, Craig Schelske, who has previously walked in some serious political circles. (In 2002, he had an unsuccessful bid for Congress from the state of Oregon.) Allegations of adultery might not carry the same shock and awe value as in days gone by, but just ask the person on the receiving end, and you'll soon discover that nothing about this deceitful act has become commonplace. Allegations of inappropriate marital misconduct can cover a lot of other sticky bases, and the old stand by, irreconcilable differences, is included to round out the graphic, explicit, and disturbing charges that Sara now makes in the divorce papers she has filed against Craig. Craig, thus far, adamantly denies these accusations. In time, we'll see how this sordid tale plays out.

Another beauty, Christie Brinkley just resurfaced from her marriage melt-down in seclusion at Heart Break Hotel— to become the new voice of the Hyatt. (You can get a wake-up call from the supermodel and a buck from each call goes to Make-a-Wish Foundation.) Christie got her own wake-up call earlier this year when she learned Peter Cook, her architect husband of 10 years, was having an affair with a teen. Here's yet one more example of an individual operating with no moral compass, who had everything to lose and nothing to gain, beyond what the stoking of the ego brings when an 18 year-old personal assistant says yes to your charm, your money, and your advances. What was he thinking? Where was his compass? Was it even working? Peter, unlike Craig, came clean and admitted to what he couldn't escape, and hoped to salvage his wife and family, but the damage was done and the marriage is history.

Without question, the former Representative from Florida, Mark Foley, checked his moral compass at the door when he entered the hallowed halls of Congress. Conveniently, he only referred to it when the time came to make legislation that required sitting in judgment on issues regarding higher moral ground. Mr. Foley is entitled to his sexual preference and to live his life anyway he sees fit with other consenting adults. He is entitled to be gay or straight or stand on his head and juggle—that is irrelevant to the discussion. What Mr. Foley isn't entitled to be is a hypocrite on our time and at our expense. He isn't entitled to use the Page Program as a built-in chat service. He isn't entitled to talk one talk and walk another as an elected official with an agenda that makes a mockery of all that he purports to represent. We expect more from our leaders. Exercising good judgment is part of their job. Mark Foley isn't the only one in Washington who has a problem with truth and morality. Perhaps we need to examine all our leaders a little more closely, do a little House cleaning and toss some of these rotten apples out of office—it's called voting! He is the one, however, we're zeroing in on at the moment—his infractions are too egregious to ignore.

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