PAT ROBERSTON, THE HYPOCRITE

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Pat Robertson, the so-called staid Christian Conservative, has come out in favor of decriminalizing the use of marijuana. His reasoning: sending young offenders off to prisons for the use of marijuana turns the poor souls into hardened criminals.

Well, I’m not going to even debate the use of marijuana here, because that is not the issue. What IS the issue is that he has taken the stance that sentencing a murderer to 40 years in prison should be discontinued because the offender will only come out as a hardened criminal. How can you justify getting rid of the penalty for the commission of a crime on that basis?

It’s this distorted reasoning that is turning this country into a permissive socialistic state without mores and morals. The plain fact of the matter is that if you don’t want to go to jail, don’t commit the crime. If you commit the crime and come out as a hardened criminal, it is YOUR fault, not ours.

It seems to me that, in the same breath, this man of the cloth would tell you not to violate any of the Ten Commandments but, if you do, there should be no punishment attached. Or, is he simply saying that we should just toss the Ten Commandments all out because enforcing them is only going to cause misery anyway? Where in God’s infinite wisdom does that line of thinking come from?

Now, as for the legalization issue, I have seen lives ruined by the use of marijuana. But, I am open to being convinced that what I saw was a figment of my imagination. My mind is not closed on the issue, but it almost is. So, for me that is another argument for another day.

Now that he has displayed this line of reasoning, I can say beyond a doubt that I sure as hell am glad he never became President.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, the last one of the year, respectfully submitted.