| The 17 year old daughter of Republican Vice | | | | qualified to get a good paying job, their career |
| Presidential candidate is pregnant. The announcement | | | | choices are severely limited, and the chance of the |
| was made Monday to knock down rumors by liberals | | | | father sticking around, or the marriage surviving is |
| that Palin faked her own pregnancy to cover up for | | | | extremely small. |
| her daughter. | | | | The Palins have plenty of money to help with the |
| The young couple, her and her fiancee, have made | | | | situation, most people don't, that should be |
| the decision to keep the child. Although this comes at | | | | emphasized, it places an extreme burden on the |
| a time in their life when it will be extremely hard for | | | | family, children need to be taught restraint and the |
| them and their family. To not only to care for and | | | | value of subduing our passions. This is an extremely |
| raise the child, saying nothing for the difficulties it will | | | | hard way to learn a lesson. |
| pose for Sarah in her bid for the vice presidency, | | | | No one is perfect, everyone does things that are not |
| none of them feel as though they are "being | | | | conducive to a "perfect" life. That doesn't mean we |
| punished" with a baby. | | | | should stop trying or just succumb to our |
| It would have been a lot easier to go running off and | | | | temptations, or try to sweep our mistakes under the |
| get an abortion,(the acceptable way to deal with an | | | | carpet. |
| unplanned pregnancy today,) or put the baby up for | | | | The Palins are in an extremely difficult situation, they |
| adoption. However these two options are no easy | | | | are dealing with it in their own way, they aren't |
| fix, a lot of women who have had abortions or have | | | | blaming someone else or seeking an easy way out. |
| given children up for adoption , live with that decision | | | | Thankfully they have the financial resources to make |
| every day. Some times these choices can be an only | | | | it work out. I hope the hate monger bloggers realize |
| option, however they are no quick fix, or an | | | | that these people are humans like the rest of us and |
| acceptable form of birth control, as portrayed by the | | | | need our support in a time like this, not their narrow |
| media and left wing. | | | | minded judgments based on politics or self |
| I hope they make the point that having a child at 17 | | | | righteousness. |
| leaves the mothers, (and fathers) in a very difficult | | | | There is an old Indian proverb," Criticize no one until |
| position. When this happens the parents will have a | | | | you walk a mile in their moccasins." This needs to be |
| very difficult time making ends meet, neither are | | | | considered at this time. |