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Time magazine asked several people the question, “Is Monogamy Obsolete?” Pastor Andy Stanley replied that it is more like an endangered species. “Rare, Valuable. Something to be protected.” According to Stanley, “beside the fact that women and children do not fare well in societies that embrace polygamy…

Dean and Cristy Parave promote fitness, and spouse swapping to Christians on their website. “I don’t think God would be mad at what we are doing,” Cristy said. “At first I was conflicted, but the more we looked at it, the more it makes sense to us.”—Jim L. Wilson http://nypost.com/2014/09/25/these-christian-swingers-like-sharing-bible-verses-sex-partners/…

How can a man of such great loyalty, sacrifice, honor, discipline, and willpower as General David Petraeus get caught up in an adulterous affair? “How could he allow things to go so far?” asks Joel Stein in his November 2012 Time Magazine column. Stein’s answer is that people in Petraeus’ situation are…

Sexting is described as exchanging sexual communications over the internet or via cell phones. The ethical question this raises is sexting while involved in a relationship with another, cheating? --The Week, July 1-8, 2011 p. 17 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell There is no question how…

A British researcher says many children are growing up believing marriages are not meant to last because so many high profile sports and pop stars set a bad example. Reg Bailey is preparing a report for the British Department of Education detailing the ways children learn about gender roles in life.…

INFIDELITY Bill Easterbrook and his wife, Joan, were thumbing through a travel brochure when Joan saw her husband in one of the photos. She wasn't excited about her discovery and neither was Bill. He was dancing at a nice hotel. You guessed it-the woman he was dancing with wasn't Joan. Bill's explanation?…

ACCOUNTABILITY On June 24, 2009, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford confessed: “I’ve been unfaithful to my wife.” Sanford, a professing Christian, and some of his closest friends attribute the unfaithfulness to a lack of accountability. Governor Sanford held himself aloof of accountability from those…

GOD’S LAW The Missouri Supreme Court has struck down that state’s “alienation of affection” law stating that “stealing” the love of a married person is an antiquated legal doctrine. The court’s ruling agreed with a woman who had been accused of marital infidelity. The State Supreme Court struck down…

FLIRTING In a column in the Chicago Tribune, Cheryl Lavin concluded that "the trick to flirting is knowing when to stop." She described two married couples whose flirting jeopardized their marriages because they took it too far. —Chicago Tribune, May 2, 2000, Tempo 8, Section 5 Illustration by Jim L.…

ADULTERY Mike Torchina doesn’t mind wearing a scarlet letter at all. In a recent article he wrote for Newsweek Magazine, he publicly stated that he’s had affairs with around 40 married women. He said, “I don’t feel bad about having had affairs with married women, because they were feeling neglected and…