For the record, I'm not that religious, however, the reason why I think it is an issue, is that I would like be consistent. If I criticize Bill Clinton for his behavior than I have to criticize Trump for his behavior.
I am not that religious either. And I have no illusions that all men, even men we otherwise respect are necessarily perfect especially in their sex lives.
However, I do find it strange and hypercritical that a pastor would use a term like “mulligan†to excuse Trump’s very real and alleged marital infidelities especially considering what Trump has unrepentantly said himself about them and said he thinks he doesn’t need to ask for forgiveness from God.
If someone confesses their sin and repents and goes on to sin no more, that I can understand a pastor or man of God saying the sinner is forgiven, but a "mulligan"? I don't recall Jesus ever using that term or saying…. “Bear with each other and give a mulligan to one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Give a mulligan as the Lord gave a mulligan to you.â€
And for what it's worth, as someone who plays the game, in golf, a mulligan is actually against the rules. It is typically a bad tee shot that someone doesn't count as a stroke and takes over as if the first one never happened and people who take mulligans in golf are known as cheaters. And FWIW, Trump has been known as doing just that - cheating in golf by not counting all his strokes and not playing by the rules.
But the even bigger issue to me, lest anyone loses sight of it, was the (alleged) payoff for the silence.
If he’s willing to pay off whores to keep his sexcapades silent, who else and for what else is he willing to pay off? Think about that.
With Nixon and Clinton, it was the cover up and the lying about the cover up that nailed them.
