SC, as I posted above, any comments are not directed at her daughter, but at Sarah as an avowed Evangelical. Premarital sex is not typically an advocated Evangelical article of faith. The shoe is definitely on the other foot.
Also, as I posted above, I bet that if such a pregnancy happened to one of Biden's daughters, Evangelical's would be laying its blame at the door of her liberal upbringing.
I don't know why you're explaining this to me. I never commented against this.
FWIW - I agree with you on both points here. I find it ironic that Palin is an abstinence-only supporter of sex education in schools.
Sorry SC. I meant SB.
In addition to myself, someone else posted above that, essentially, Conservatives/Republicans/Evangelicals represent themselves as the paragons of virtue. They are the first to assign blame for a child's transgressions to the home environment, a permissive environment, a relaxation of moral standards, etc. They thus set up the potential for a huge contrast between their standards and what happens in their families. Well, it did happen in the Palin family. What lack of family standards led to the pregnancy of Palin's daughter? Does that pregancy reflect upon her upbringing?
You might also note that Conservatives/Repiblicans/Evangelicals are not commenting on the moral aspects pf her pregancy. Instead, they are engaging in a moral slight of hand that seeks to direct our attention to the loving family into which the child will be born, that the young couple will, post-facto, be married, and how the Palin's are looking forward to being grandparents. Those are echoes of the Chaneys also looking forward to being grandpartents to the child of their Lesbian daughter and ignoring the fact that their Conservatives/Republicans/Evangelical buddies would otherwise stone them all outside the city walls.
