Well, I do know that those folks who profess loudly to try and live a ‘good’ morally straight life out number those that don’t by a HUUUGGGGGE margin, so, I’d say by and large it’s a good thing to at least try.
As far as hypocrisy, be it from politicians , whomever, NO ONE I have ever heard of goes into their marriage planning to cheat, so, they took vows and are just as big a hypocrites as anyone else the slanted media coverage not withstanding.
Its always easy pointing the finger, from both sides, I don’t enjoy schmaltzy preachers/preaching’s either, but in the end we all or that is a huge portion of us aspire to try and live according to a moral code and keep our promises.
The common out used when a certain sect gets caught out in some moral morass is; “ I never espoused family values or preached morality so I am ‘less’ guilty and deserve some type of obviation over anyone else who has is, I am not a hypocrite”…
ok then so you’re not a hypocrite, but you’re still a pederast, or cheater, or whatever, that’s an argument in mitigation, not much else, you are still what you are, the hypocrite thing is just a smoke screen to protect them from the same punishments/recriminations due them, for the exact same offense.
I don’t think that child who has been molested feels any better or worse if his molester spoke against the very same thing he or she now does.