Now it's starting to pop up on Facebook and other places as gospel.
Hold up and let's take a breath.
1) Scalia rarely gives interviews or makes public comments, particularly about issues the high court is still weighing (DOMA) and especially regarding hot button issues such as gay marriage.
2) I question if folks who are posting and reposting this story even read it, or just read the headline and thought, "We've got one for our side!"
Consider this line from the article: “Some of the happiest memories of my adult life have been as a scoutmaster. Huddling under blankets around the campfire, and so forth. But now, all of that has been ruined. Ruined.”
Is there any way possible to read this in which it doesn't make Scalia sound like a pedophile?
Then this one: "Shortly after sending the letter, Justice Scalia destroyed his scoutmaster uniform in the blazing fireplace of his Supreme Court office."
Who knows if he really has a fireplace in his office or not, but doesn't that strike you as brash reaction by someone who is so seemingly cool and levelheaded?
3) Marty Duren warns us, especially as Christians, that "The good news of Jesus should not be obscured by our penchant for spreading error riddled bad news." Read that article here.
As Christians, we do not help ourselves, the church, or the cause of Christ by blindly repeating and sharing stories like these. At best we appear to be lazy and sloppy. At worst we appear to be incompetent and violators of the 9th commandment.
How can we expect to be taken seriously on any number of significant issues when we do not offer up any credibility? Christians need not be FoxNews 2.0. Christians need be faithful disciples of Christ, a disciple who has done their homework.
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