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This week, U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-New York) admitted using Twitter to send a lewd photo of himself to a woman. He is married to a top staffer to Sec. of State Hillary Clinton.
This comes on the heels of a Gawker report that U.S. Rep. Christopher Lee (R-New York) sent a shirtless photo of himself to a woman on Craigslist. He is also married and resigned his position.
Do you think they cheated on their spouses by making online contact with women? Does it take physical contact to be considered adultery?
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Their behavior is inappropriate and disrespectful, why would we want people with such apparent lack of values to run our country? They seem entirely out of touch with reality.
Like Jimmy Carter said, “I have lusted in my heart.”
Lust is lust. To me, that’s just one step away from committing the physical act.
It may not the standard definition of adultery, but it would be extremely hard for me to trust my husband if he was caught doing something like this. There’s that nagging part of me that would always wonder what he had gotten away with before he got busted!
I wouldn’t use the word adultery, but I would say that it constitutes unfaithfulness. In today’s wired world, a person who wants extra-marital dalliances must be extra smart. Evidently Weiner and Lee are not. That’s another reason to want them out of office–as if we needed another one.
I agree with Susan. Rep. Weiner has been unfaithful to his wife, and he made things worse by repeatedly lying about the situation.
Great minds certainly do think alike. We both chose the same photo and pose the same question in our WW blogs today. That Anthony Weiner certainly inspired us to think along the same lines. Of course, I was writing from the perspective of the Newlyweds Guide and you from the perspective of the Media Guide. I will admit here that I believe he cheated, he cheated, and he cheated.
My first husband starting making plans with a girl he met online while we were separated. They never met but had an explicit phone conversation, as well as exchanged similar emails. He doesn’t consider it cheating.
I do and I believe Weiner cheated as well.
If you ignore the morality of this situation (which I can’t and we shouldn’t – yes, I would consider this wrong, especially if my husband did this!!!)… what I find most disturbing is Weiner’s lack of discretion and wisdom. Someone whom we trust with our vote should not act so immaturely and irresponsibility.