Dr. Mintle sticks by her negative comments about Kate

The highlights:

• Their lives are a media spectacle. That is a fact. I do not believe it is healthy for Kate to stay in the limelight of Hollywood at this time
• I do not hate Kate. There is no place in the heart of any Christian to hate anyone. On the contrary, I am concerned about the choices she is making and the impact they are having on her family. (We don't hate Kate either--we hate her choices. Big difference.)
• For those of you who think she has to be a celebrity to make money to feed her children, I want to ask, is God limited to this as a provision? There are so many other ways that God could provide that wouldn’t exploit her. (Excellent points again, especially about Kate herself being exploited. The children aren't the only ones being taken advantage of, Kate is being exploited as well.)
• I can judge what she does against the Word of God and against what I know to be true to raise a healthy family. (Couldn't have said it better ourselves)
• Confronting behavior that leads someone down an unhealthy path is not hate. It is actually something we seem to have lost in the name of tolerance. (Again, well said.)
  
  http://blogs.cbn.com/familymatters/archive/2010/04/29/in-response-to-kate-start-parenting.aspx

Marriage and Family Therapist and PhD to KATE: 'Do not use your children to live the high life'

Dr. Linda Mintle has written an excellent, excellent article to Kate for the Christian Broadcast Network. As a Christian myself, I'm very pleased to see another Christian with guts enough to see something very wrong and speak out about it. We are of the view this is exactly what Christians, or frankly, anyone with morals and values, are supposed to do when something is wrong, especially when it comes to eight innocent children. (Rep. Murt is also a Christian) Some highlights:

• How do plastic surgeries and makeovers help her children?
• Do not use your children as an excuse to live the high life and hob-nob with the stars.
• Stop pretending to be an everyday mom sacrificing for the children. We are not so naïve as to think that her appearances on Dancing with the Stars have nothing to do with her upcoming book release and new TV show.
• It’s hard enough for children to go through a divorce without adding absence and celebrity drama to their lives. And what mother thinks that six-year-olds can make decisions about whether or not she should go to Hollywood?
• The children need a mom and a dad who are physically, emotionally, and spiritually present

Thank you, Dr. Mintle.
http://blogs.cbn.com/familymatters/archive/2010/04/22/kate-start-parenting.aspx


Proverbs 31:9: Speak up and defend the rights of the needy.