I just read a story of CNN's website claiming that a registered sex offender is running for mayor of the small town of Wilmer, Texas. Approximately four years ago, he tried to solicit sex with what he thought was a 14-year-old girl online. Despite this "minor lapse of judgement," Brian Sliter is deciding to make a difference in the world by running for public office. He hopes that the citizens of Wilmer will forgive him for his indiscretion and move on.
Yeah, right.
How could anyone with good conscience elect a sex offender as mayor? Just thinking of someone with such awful morals in office makes me feel nervous about how this lack of morals will rub off on the community. I understand that it is possible for people to change; just because someone does something horrible in the past doesn't mean that this person's character remains constant forever. While this may be the case, if this sex offender wants to make a difference in the world, perhaps he should do so in a different way. Picking up trash or working in a humane society would be more fitting. I would just feel extremely uncomfortable with him or her in such a position of power and authority. I hope others feel the same way.
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