The hypocrisy of putting politics over faith

The topic of the day seems to be Roy Moore's messy and highly controversial bid to be Alabama's next U.S. senator. Considering the preponderance of evidence of his sexually predatory behavior, it is incomprehensible how any of the good people of Moore's conservative Christian base continue to stand behind him. For anyone professing to be a person of faith, to put party politics over morality is hypocritical and reprehensible. The credibility of the victims and corroborating witnesses who have come forward overwhelmingly outweigh Moore's feeble denials, making him both a pervert and a liar. Neither of those are Christian attributes, nor should they be acceptable attributes of a member of the United States Senate or any other legislative, judicial or executive institution.

Speaking of hypocrites, while remaining silent about Moore, Donald Trump's self-righteous tweeting about Sen. Al Franken's recently revealed sexual transgression is hypocritical on several levels. The incident involving Franken is inexcusable, but it pales in terms of scope and baseness when compared to the credible charges of gross sexual impropriety that have been leveled against both Moore and Trump himself. Considering his and Moore's repetitive deviant patterns, Trump's pretended outrage over Franken is low, even by Trump's own standards.

One final note on the subject for Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Denial of wrongdoing, especially in light of strong evidence of guilt (as in the Access Hollywood recording, for starters), does not make a person innocent.

Bob Dohn

Schaumburg