in·teg·ri·ty
1. adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.
2.the state of being whole, entire, or undiminished: to preserve the integrity of the empire.
The last few years of job transitions and medical craziness has taught me a lot of things. But something that I learned about myself is that one of the qualities I value most about other people and the quality that I strive to make most important in my life is INTEGRITY.
I posted a link on Facebook yesterday about how Georgetown University had invited Kathleen Sebelius to speak at one of their graduation ceremonies. I happened to mention that I thought it was pretty disgraceful that a Catholic university would invite someone who openly goes against this faith to speak in a place of honor. And, as is usual with my eclectic group of friends on FB, I got a bit of backlash.
"Colleges shouldn't be in the practice of banning speakers," they said. "Sebelius has done a lot of great things as well," they said.
Yeah... I get that. That's not really the point. The point for me as that I don't think our Secretary of Health has a great deal of integrity. And for that matter... neither does our VP... or Nancy Pelosi. And here's why:
If you are going to publicly profess what religion you are. If you are going to claim that you are a Buddhist, a Catholic, an Evangelical, a Mormon... or whatever... then you better actually BE and SUPPORT the beliefs of that particular religion. Don't say you're Catholic, and then go speak at a NARAL convention about how important it is that women should be able to kill their children if they so wish. Don't say you're Catholic and then engaged in a public disagreement with the leadership of your Church on how your new mandate isn't REALLY taking away their religious freedom.
That's not integrity. If you're going to profess a faith... then live it. LIVE IT OUT LOUD.
And I'm not saying that you can't question teachings or develop your own ideas about why you practice a certain faith... that's natural. It's human. It's a path to maturity.
But when you publicly deny some of the basic tenents of that faith that you "PROFESS", then maybe it's time to rethink why you're professing it in the first place.
As a person who gets the opportunity to vote for you, how am I to trust any value you stand on if I can't even trust they way you practice your relationship with God? It makes me question your integrity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnO7qa7fMRc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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ReplyDeleteI think Sebelius (and other prominent "Catholics" are convenient Catholics. It sounds nice, Itz an identity. I also think they must be extremely conceited for these individuas to presume they can live their own version of Catholicism. A private institution is private for a reason and should stand by the religious principals they are founded on. It is disgusting that any Catholic organization would have such an openly pro-abortion person as speaker. Regarding professional vs. personal integrity - I may have to may professional decisions that I don't agree with but there is certainly a line not to be crossed. If my boss asks me to steal copy paper can I justify the theft as "professional". I wouldn't steal but I had to for work.
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