Who Is Without Sin?

1 And Jesus went unto mount Olivet. 2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him, and sitting down he taught them. 3 And the scribes and the Pharisees bring unto him a woman taken in adultery: and they set her in the midst, 4 And said to him: Master, this woman was even now taken in adultery. 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us to stone such a one. But what sayest thou?

6 And this they said tempting him, that they might accuse him. But Jesus bowing himself down, wrote with his finger on the ground. 7 When therefore they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said to them: He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. 8 And again stooping down, he wrote on the ground. 9 But they hearing this, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest. And Jesus alone remained, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 Then Jesus lifting up himself, said to her: Woman, where are they that accused thee? Hath no man condemned thee?

11 Who said: No man, Lord. And Jesus said: Neither will I condemn thee. Go, and now sin no more. (from the Douay-Rheims Bible)

Many families are going through the same trouble as the Palins, all over the world. But many of them will deal with the "problem" by insisting that the pregnant daughter have an abortion. Sarah Palin's daughter is carrying her baby to term. Unlike some who believe that unplanned babies of unwed mothers are a "punishment," this baby will be loved and cherished. The girl made a mistake, but she is not compounding that mistake by aborting her baby.

That Bristol made a mistake does not mean that she or her parents are bad people, but simply human. Unwed mothers are a part of every culture, everywhere, because none of us is perfect--we all make mistakes. I don't think Bristol's mistake means that her mother would be a bad vice-president. On the contrary, a woman who stands by her daughter as Mrs. Palin has done, who refuses to abort her own down syndrome baby, who stands up for her strong, conservative values, is just the kind of woman I want to vote for!