Rush Limbaugh Denounced

Say it ain't so, Rush.

I thoroughly enjoy Rush Limbaugh's bombastic broadcasts. He has a quick wit, and expresses conservative sentiments in an entertaining way. He brings news and information to the forefront that you don't hear in the mainstream media, something I appreciate. He is at once highly analytical, and brutally logical. I probably agree with him 90% of the time, although I might be a bit gentler in how I express my beliefs.

One thing I cannot agree with, though, is his casual view of marriage. Rush Limbaugh is getting a divorce.

I think it was his Tuesday broadcast where he announced that he, not his wife, was asking for the divorce. This isn't his first, but even so, he is much to old to say he married too young. In all candor, I am more disgusted by Rush Limbaugh's divorce announcement than I am over Bill Clinton's dalliances. Bill Clinton is thoroughly subsumed to his appetites, and really didn't purport to be much more than we saw unfold. Rush is another matter.

Rush spent the week of Reagan's passing lauding the expressions of faith. Rush speaks well of God and His role in society, but by breaking this most sacred of arrangements he demonstrates that this is mere lip service. We men are commanded to love our wives like Christ loved the church. Jesus died to preserve our souls, and it is this unflinching love that we husbands are to model.

Jesus told a crowd asking about divorce "because of the hardness of your hearts Moses gave you a bill of divorcement, but except for infidelity or abandonment, what God has put together, let no man put away." Unless Rush has been cuckolded or abandoned, he has no Christian right to put away his wife. By asking his wife for a divorce, he is being egregiously disobedient. Were I Rush's close friend, I would tell him to pass on communion until he repented of this sin.

I can see past falling under the spell of drugs, considering how much pain a spinal injury can be. His explanation for breaking the law is more or less satisfactory, though I would advise him to take his legal lumps like a man. Still, when a man falls, and is humbled by it, I think you can emerge better for it.

This is different. What is conservatism about if not preserving the family? Economic freedom, freedom of worship, the very role of government itself should be primarily about keeping societies' families healthy and safe. How can we complain bitterly about the effect of an amok society on the family if we ourselves will not fulfil our own commitments? By divorcing (assuming there is not just cause) he tells the world that he loves Jesus, but he doesn't let it affect his personal life.

I have little patience for this. If Rush can get help for his addiction, he can seek help for his marriage. Shame on him - he is an infidel.

Tim McNabb