I know that Iris Robinson had a lot of publicity last year over her comments about homosexuality and while many of us agree with her, there was a lot of opposition to her standpoint.  As is the case with moral issues, there are always differences of opinion (which is allowed – we all have a free will to make our choices, some chose the The Way, The Truth and The Life, others don’t).   In light of the events revealed this week, there have been many accusations that she is a hypocrite because she had opinion on homosexuality while she was involved in adulterous behavior herself.  It is a fact that adultery is breaking God’s law, as outlined in the ten commandments.  As a Christian, I do not judge IR for her actions, but I recognize it was sinful and I believe she needs to repent to the Lord, and receive forgiveness. However, this does not mean that all other opinions she expressed, based on her religious beliefs, were wrong!  That would be like me saying because I acted disrespectfully to my parents as a child, that I have no right to teach my child to be respectful to me!

More importantly, why are people judging her as a Christian?  So much of what I’ve been reading online has focused on her faith rather than her shortcomings as a politician.  Honestly, it is none of our business whether God has forgiven IR or not.  There are already blog posts reporting how pastors and ministers are confirming that IR will find forgiveness from God, and this true, but what on earth has it got to do with the electorate or the media?!  Should we not be looking at the situation from the viewpoint that she was elected to public office and acted deceitfully with her finances?  Is it not more of an issues that our First Minister may have turned a blind eye to this and not fulfilled his lawful duty to report it?  Above all,  why is there not an almighty concern for the consequences of this on the stability of our government?!  This should be the main concern, not how IR stands before God, that is her business, hers alone.