Ronald Reagan with first wife, Jane Wyman
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Apart from his non-interest in religion, it is notable that Mr. Reagan was the only American president to divorce and remarry. None before, none since.
Conservative Christians -- particularly those who consider Mr. Reagan a sort of saint (if not a demi-god) -- might benefit by contemplating Jesus' own view of divorce (and remarriage) as set forth in Mark, the earliest of the four canonical gospels.
Mark 10
Divorce
Jesus then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his custom, he taught them. 2 Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” 3 “What did Moses command you?” he replied. 4 They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.” 5 “It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied. 6 “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’ 7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, 8 and the two will become one flesh.’[c] So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” 10 When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this. 11 He answered, “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. 12 And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”
Jesus then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his custom, he taught them. 2 Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” 3 “What did Moses command you?” he replied. 4 They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.” 5 “It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied. 6 “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’ 7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, 8 and the two will become one flesh.’[c] So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” 10 When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this. 11 He answered, “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. 12 And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”
New International Version (NIV)
More recently, conservative Christians supported the presidential candidacy of the first non-Christian aspirant to that office, Willard "Mitt" Romney.
See "Mormonism Is Not Christian and Founding Prophet, Joseph Smith, Was A Sexual Predator."
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/10/mormonism-is-not-christian-founding.html
Personally, I find no fault with non-Christian presidential candidates.
However, it is curious advocacy for Christians who consider themselves the nation's moral guardians.
Finally, there is the matter of conservative Christian support for Paul Ryan - and other conservative Republican leaders - who promote the philosophy of "Ayn Rand, Atheist Cornerstone of Tea Party Politics." http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/11/ayn-rand-atheist-cornerstone-of-tea.html
Again, I have nothing against atheists in high office. We render to Caesar...
But it is peculiar that the nation's moral guardians applaud a philosopher who said "I am against God. I don't approve of religion. It is a sign of psychological weakness... I regard it as evil."
"Yeshua Excoriates Fellow Pharisees: The Woe Passages"
To whom was he speaking? Satanic liberals? Or church-going religious conservatives?
To whom was he speaking? Satanic liberals? Or church-going religious conservatives?
Although Obama's church attendance has declined since election to the White House -- as happened with many presidents including "born again" George W. Bush -- he was a faithful church-goer in his home town.
Concerning the possible failure of Michelle and Barack's marriage... The prospect flies so far under radar as to require a submarine.
It deserves mention that Obama's two daughters, Sasha and Malia, attend a Christian school based on the peaceful principles at the heart of Yeshua's teaching. http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/02/love-your-enemies-do-good-to-those-who.html
Remarkably, Christian conservatives find fault with Pope Francis.
"Compendium of Pope Francis Links"
Pax on Both Houses
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/11/pope-francis-links.html