I'm afraid I can't think of a single example of a conservative public figure who was both (a) on the record as being against premarital sex and (b) involved in a sex scandal.
Sarah Palin has not been involved in a sex scandal and that fact that her daughter had a child out of wedlock is not an example of a sex scandal. Her daughter is not a public figure...
A dubious source perhaps, but there is likelihood that Sarah Palin has indeed been involved in a sex scandal of her own:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2037211/Sarah-Palin-took-cocaine-affairs-Glen-Rice-husbands-business-partner.htmlWhen Sarah Palin became a public figure her family became public figures by extension.
Sarah Palin campaigned on her family being a prime example of her values...and then...
And you only need to look a couple years back to see her daughter AND boyfriend plastered over all kinds of tabloids. They are now public figures, ignominious or otherwise.
It doesn't necessarily follow that people who are against premarital sex are also against birth control.
The reasoning behind religious "wait until after marriage" is just that. You don't use birth control because sex isn't meant to be a pleasurable act, but an act of copulation, of reproduction.
In that logic it is totally reasonable to assume a religious link if you happen to run into someone who opposes sex before marriage––especially if you live in America where we have a very vocal, Christian religious community that purports these values.
Interesting how you've advised Mike not to judge this young woman for her choices, yet you've done precisely that with respect to those who have a different viewpoint than you do. Now, that's hypocrisy.
Hahaha! If we play the "you're a hypocrite!" game eventually everyone is going to be hypocritical about something!
I can see Razor, however, why you would point to my statement as being hypocritical, so let me fill in the background on how I made that argument:
I've reached my point from the synthesis and absorption of the news and education I've received.
Sarah Palin's daughter IS a public figure.
Conservative public figures have been involved in sex or hypocrisy scandals.
Some preachers have come out blasting homosexuality, only for it to be discovered that they are secretly gay themselves.
Other religious figures have preached the gospel and secretly molested children.
These crimes or scandals aren't worse than those committed by those who have no religion.
What makes these people hypocrites, however, is that they so publicly exhibit these values, and then it is discovered that they do otherwise.
And in that way, it's not hypocritical for someone like me to demand them to own up to their chosen values––if you choose not to have sex before marriage, do so and stick to it.
Don't publicly state that's what you're about, secretly do otherwise, and then only own up to it later after you've been caught.
If you choose to take your decided high road, the onus is on you to live by it––especially if you make it part of your public identity.
And if you hold such rigid viewpoints, and profess them onto others, attempt to convert others, expect to be judged by those same others who do not hold such viewpoints when you are acting contrary to your values.
Expect to be called out about it if you say one thing and do another, especially when you supposedly subscribe to a belief in a higher power.
^^To be as clear as I can, this is where my statement equating "no sex before marriage beliefs" and "hypocrites" comes from––it is a hypothesis arrived at by my education (college, graduate studies) as well as reading the news.
And as to my hypocrisy, well, my statement perhaps could have been better phrased, but I stand by the fact that MOST people I've encountered in the news and in my personal life who happen to hold such beliefs also happen to not follow them, making their actions hypocritical. I didn't just throw the statement out there.
And why this tickles me is because this discussion feels as if it has become a judgment of this woman solely because she has had multiple relationships that involved sexual intercourse, but does not appear to subscribe to any values that preclude such normal, healthy activities.