Mike Pence, Marriage, and Spending Time Alone With a Man Who’s Not My Husband

**Editor’s note. I didn’t vote for Trump/Pence, or Clinton/Kaine. I had to go with my conscience and cast my vote for someone I knew would not win. My opinion on this matter discussed in this article is grounded not in political loyalty but in common sense and what I know to be true about marriage.

I was a little late to the controversy over Vice President Mike Pence’s “marriage rule”—I was out of town for work last when the brouhaha got started, and when I returned it had already been brewing for a few days. To catch you up, in case you missed it as well, waaaaaay back in 2002 when he was a congressman, Pence said that he never eats alone with another woman and that he never attends an event where alcohol is being served unless she is there. When the Washington Post published a profile of Karen Pence on March 28th, it mentioned this rule, a variation of the “Billy Graham rule” which many evangelicals are familiar with. The Atlantic then published his original quote, “‘If there’s alcohol being served and people are being loose, I want to have the best-looking brunette in the room standing next to me,’ Pence said.”


Jenny Rapson
Jenny Rapson
Jenny is a follower of Christ, a wife and mom of three from Ohio and a freelance writer and editor.

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