Vows have meaning

I was looking at my birth certificate today and noted I was born in 1932. A box on the certificate was marked yes, under legitimate. Can you imagine this box on today’s birth certificate? It would probably be against some law.

Yes, our society has come a long way since 1932, but has it all been for the good? I leave it up to you.

Women are about equal to men in the business world, and minorities are treated equally in most instances, etc.

Yes, society has changed to the point we are not surprised when politicians, evangelists and others in public life are caught in adultery.

A word seldom used anymore as it’s too biblical. We call it having an affair or being unfaithful. Call it anything you want, but it still destroys your marriage and family.

I was together with my wife for 25 years and never broke my vows. It was difficult at times, yet so simple to keep my vows. When asked by other macho males why I didn’t stray, I simply said, “I loved my wife and she loved me. I wouldn’t want her cheating on me. So why would I cheat on her.”

It’s just that simple.

So you see, Gov. Mark Sanford and all others who fall in his category, just because society seemingly has gone to hell in an immoral handbasket doesn’t mean that you and others like you have to fill it.

James Nelson

Spokane