First of all, I should say that I am Oprah fan. I've been watching her show for years and even got a subscription to O magazine last year. But her show yesterday really pissed me off. She had as her guests Ted Haggard and his wife (I forget her first name, so I'll just call her Mrs. H). Well, Mrs. H has written a book about why she stayed with Mr. H after she found out that he'd lied about having an intimate relationship with another man. (The book, in fact, is called Why I Stayed.)
During the interview, Oprah made a smart ass comment implying that the reason Mrs. H stayed was because she was dependent and weak, and Mrs. H's decision was something that Oprah, in all her OPRAH-ness, would never do. I loved Mrs. H's comeback. She made it clear that she is a strong, independent woman who knows how to take care of herself and she chose to love her husband.
Even though Oprah says she's not judging, she so obviously is. Just because she doesn't understand that kind of unconditional love and forgiveness, doesn't mean that it's not real. I applaud Mrs. H for not letting anger and bitterness win in this situation. Oprah talks all this stuff about God and being a light to the world, but I wonder if that's all a bunch of hooey. What kind of light are you shining if you support divorce over reconciliation? Can anybody say "hypocrisy"?
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