red state blues

pondering morality, how it wanders and why so many feel so compelled to pontificate about theirs, i stumbled upon these bits:

• of the states that voted for mccain, 8 of them are in the top 10 for divorce rates.
• demonstrating the true value of abstinence-only sex ed, red on the map holds 8 out of 10 spots for highest rates of teen pregnancy.
• states where residents agree that “I have old-fashioned values about family and marriage” have higher subscription rates, to on-line porn, with utah leading the heaving pack. these are the same people who also agree with the following when asked by pew surveys:
  
  "Even today miracles are performed by the power of God”
  
  “I never doubt the existence of God,”
  
  “AIDS might be God’s punishment for immoral sexual behavior."
  
  and once again, somebody did something bad and claims that god is telling him to keep on, keepin' on. why wasn't god telling him to not cavort south of the border? to honor his wife and children -- ya know like sanford told everybody else to do, until he found somebody that made him not want to do that? if god told him to jump off a bridge? if he's pulling king david out of the old testament as a parallel, is he just waiting for god to take one of his sons as tribute? david actually had a pretty bad time of it post-uriah snuffing, but context is such a bother. rather than allowing him to continue to self-flagellate in public, can we just stone him in the town square? send him out into the desert in a hairshirt?
  
  
  regardless of the lack of objective evidence, most americans believe in god and a huge number also believe in angels. (well, he'd be awfully lonely without them, i guess.)
  
  
  more than anything, it's the narcissism that's creeping me out. he won't shut up about *himself*. his wife was well down the list when he was passing out the"i'm sorries". maria was first, cuz yeah, the whole getting caught thing sucks. the purple prose of the emails and the whole soul-mate nonsense make him sound like some 14-year old girl gone all pms and emo about johnny depp. (or chace crawford, or a jonas brother -- i don't know who kids like now, ffs.) he's in this lavender fog of sunsets and walks on the beach and puppies. you admit not loving your wife. if maria is all that, pack up and go. hand jenny the keys to your ditch digger and git. or has the latin lady lovebox closed up shop?
  
  the god dodge is just that. conveniently, he and sanford want the exact same thing! wow, that's a miracle! i'm changing my mind, i'm thinking...
  
  course, them god thumpers loves them some revelations cuz it's all vengeance and stuff burning. i'm thinking sanford forgets the part where "fornicators and adulterers will not be allowed into the kingdom of god" and that they will "burn forever in a lake of fire."
  
  both sanford and our friend sarah palin were talking this week about god opening doors for them. careful where you put your foot, kids, cuz eternal hell is very hot..