{"id":23106,"date":"2016-01-28T05:45:25","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T10:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/?p=23106"},"modified":"2016-01-27T10:52:54","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T15:52:54","slug":"ben-sasse-calls-out-trump-on-the-adultery-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2016\/01\/ben-sasse-calls-out-trump-on-the-adultery-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Sasse calls out Trump on the adultery issue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Sen. Ben Sasse (R, Neb) has called out Donald Trump for all of his bragging about his sexual exploits, including adultery with married women.\u00a0 He asked him, in a stream of questions on Twitter:<\/p>\n

You brag abt many affairs w\/ married women. Have you repented? To harmed children & spouses? Do you think it matters?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sen. Sasse\u2013a fellow Lutheran whom I know personally\u2013is raising an issue that Christian supporters of Trump like Rev. Jerry Falwell, Jr., have been steering clear of.\u00a0 Why is that, do you think?\u00a0 Doesn\u2019t that sort of thing matter to Christians anymore?<\/p>\n

Having set aside the requirements of being a Christian and being a conservative, many of our Christian activists are now also setting aside the requirement of good character.\u00a0 So what is left for a distinctly Christian political activism to support?\u00a0 Has being against immigration become the new single-issue voting criterion, replacing opposition to abortion?<\/p>\n

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From Nebraska Senator Raises Issue of Donald Trump\u2019s Sexual Affairs \u2013 First Draft. Political News, Now. \u2013 The New York Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska reeled off a stream of Twitter messages going after Donald J. Trump on Monday night, questioning the candidate\u2019s flip-flopping on gun rights and health care policy, his expansive view of presidential power \u2013 and his well-publicized history of bedroom exploits.<\/p>\n

Mr. Sasse, a first-term lawmaker with close ties to the elite conservative intelligentsia, delivered a 19-tweet critique of Mr. Trump, framed as a series of questions to the Republican about his inconstant views on issues of substance.<\/p>\n

His fourth question, however, raised Mr. Trump\u2019s \u201cmany affairs w\/ married women.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHave you repented?\u201d Mr. Sasse asked. \u201cTo harmed children & spouses? Do you think it matters?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump has described himself often in the past as a man of Don Juan-like romantic charisma, and has detailed his sexual adventures in some detail in media interviews. He has not emphasized that part of his life experience in running for president, stressing instead his love for his wife and children, and his reverence for the Bible.<\/p>\n

By questioning Mr. Trump\u2019s view of marriage and the family, Mr. Sasse, whose state neighbors Iowa, is injecting an issue into the race that has gone almost unmentioned by activists and party leaders.<\/p>\n

Iowa\u2019s Republican voters have typically gravitated toward candidates who emphasize their religious identities and support for traditional family values.<\/p>\n

So far, leading Christian activists, including leaders in Iowa, have largely avoided raising Mr. Trump\u2019s personal life in the campaign.<\/p>\n

[Keep reading. . .]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I like this from the New York Times<\/em>:\u00a0 \u201cclose ties to the elite conservative intelligentsia\u201d!\u00a0 What I want to know is, how soon can Ben Sasse run for president?<\/p><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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