THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, U.S.A.
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume V, Issue # 208, August 15, 2003
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
KOBE BRYANT -- SEX, LIES, & LIBERAL TRAITS:
CONTINUOUSLY ERODING FAMILY VALUES
By Paul Walfield
In America, unlike some of the more “progressive” nations of Europe, a person is innocent until proven guilty. While some folks
would like to make it out to be otherwise, that doesn’t change anything. And, as much as a whole lot of abuse is tossed in the
direction of celebrities accused of criminal activity, Kobe Bryant, and even accused murderers like Robert Blake, are walking
around unshackled and unsupervised till a jury says otherwise.
Kobe Bryant was accused by a woman of sexual assault. The District Attorney decided that there was enough truth and possible
evidence behind her statement to justify formal charges being brought against Mr. Bryant. Nevertheless, just because the state
brings charges does not mean that the actual events occurred, as alleged, and Kobe Bryant must be found guilty by a jury of his
peers before anyone has the right to claim he is guilty as charged.
Then there is the matter of his admitted infidelity. Kobe has been legally married for less than a year and he admitted to having
committed adultery. He straight out said so, and most every news organization has repeated that fact.
Well, not exactly. What most every news organization has said is, at the present time, prior to his trial, Kobe is “only” guilty of
adultery. How about that? Because adultery is no longer a state punishable offence, it is relegated to being prefaced by “only.”
Fidelity on the other hand, is relegated to the “really?” file. If anyone is found to have spent a lifetime, not only in love with the
same person, but true to that person as well, the usual response nowadays is, “really”?
We all know that appellate courts in many parts of the nation have, as they did in Flori- da, usurped parental authority by allowing
even 12 year olds to decide to have an abor- tion, “free” from parental interference. The courts no longer have, as their priority, the
maintenance of the family or of traditional values.
Feminist organizations, which long ago ceased to have, as their goal, equality between the sexes, now strive for a general dismissal
of marriage between a man and a woman as anything more than a relationship which stifles a woman’s independence, creativity
and/ or self-determination. In other words, fidelity, and a caring loving relationship with ref- erence to marriage is, in effect, a relic of
the past.
Marital fidelity has become a relic that is nothing more than an impediment to the con- trived goals of individuals who, incapable of
following in the honest and egalitarian foot- steps of their predecessors, have instead chosen a destructive and exclusive path that
serves no purpose other than to perpetuate the employment and power of a select few.
Kobe Bryant should not be singled out for his illicit behavior. There are many others who have transgressed at the expense of their
relationship and, more importantly, at the ex- pense of an innocent’s heart.
What makes Kobe’s misbehavior standout is its usefulness to those who seek to create a sense of acceptance of that behavior
and to those engaged in the obvious and concerted effort to diminish any outrage, not only by all concerned, but by the general
population as well.
In effect, those that believe they gain from lessening the allure of stable marriages or, more to the point, those that believe the
creating of tension and discord between men and women will keep them in positions of power and their organizations collecting
dona- tions couldn't care less about the continuation of marriage or of the traditional family, so long as they can strike a cord with the
discontent among us.
Kobe Bryant has been married for less than a year to, by anyone’s standards, a very attractive woman. Yet, he chose to betray his
marriage vows, and his wife’s trust, with the understanding by some in the media and elsewhere that, other than having to shell out
a fortune for lavish gifts for his aggrieved wife, he should be held without contempt or shame.
In other words, if the “other woman” had not alleged that she had been attacked, but rather simply claimed the affair existed, why
should anyone care, including Kobe’s wife, over such a minor indiscretion? If the folks who, in the short term, believe they and
their organizations gain because of a change in attitudes about fidelity, they will not have to continue to spew their vile rhetoric
about the “evils” of marriage. They need only sit back and watch the institution of marriage fall apart from the inside.
Unfortunately, along with it, there may be untold consequences to virtually everything decent people hold dear. America itself, the
way of life which honest folks believe is an admirable goal for all, may soon be changing. A not so small a number of Americans
believe we are already headed in that direction, and the end of what was once “normal,” is inevitable.
Sadly, in the 21st century, they might be right.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
Morality, Decency, & Traditional American Family Values
Paul Walfield is a freelance writer and member of the State Bar of California, with an undergraduate degree in Psychology and
post-graduate study in behavioral and analyt- ical psychology. He resided for a number of years in the small town of Houlton, Maine,
and is now a California attorney. His articles appear in numerous periodicals and on numerous websites. He has been the featured guest
on KTSA News Talk Radio. Wal- field has his own website, USA NEWS & VIEWS, located at www.usanewsandviews.com
. His
email address is as follows: paul.walfield@usnewsandviews.com