A classic

                                                               Where’s Your Conscious?

 

            The year is 1999.  Monica Lewinsky is a household name and blue dresses are scandalous.  In fact, one could fast forward 14 years to now and Monica Lewinsky and that blue dress are still controversial.  Why?  During his presidency, Bill Clinton was involved in an extramarital affair with a White House intern named – you guessed it – Monica Lewinsky.  According to the dictionary definition for adultery (voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than his or her spouse), the situation above would make Bill an adulterer.  Adultery, in general, is one of the worst actions a human being can commit.  While it is a physical action for one spouse, it is emotionally damaging to the other spouse. The spouse who commits adultery can simply blame their action on a “simple”, stupid mistake, but the faithful spouse, who did no wrong, has to deal with the most difficult part of the situation: rebuilding the broken trust, dealing with the emotional trauma caused by the cheating spouse, the list goes on!  Alongside being extremely frowned upon in the bible (7^th commandment), adultery is quite frowned upon in society, hence Clinton’s extreme punishment: impeachment (which is another story in itself).  If one truly loved his or her spouse, why in the world would one want to hurt them in one of the worst possible ways? It is almost as if the cheating partner is careless and basically reckless; almost as if they have no conscious to guilt them.