That was the headline for an op-ed piece in a recent issue of Christianity Today magazine.

Click here to read the piece on CT's blog.

At issue is some advice Mr. Robertson offered on a recent broadcast of his 700 Club TV show, saying that the spouse of an Alizheimer's victim would be justified to divorce that person because he or she is "not there" anymore.

Some of Pat's friends are saying that he was misquoted or that the quotation has been taken out of context by the hyper-critical media. Listen for yourself, if you like, and see what you think: click here to listen to the program

Personally, I agree with the editorialist, whose name is Russell Moore.

Pat's position on this is utterly and completely indefensible—and more than that, it's disgusting. My own family has been touched by this horrible disease (Alzheimer's), so I certainly empathize with men and women whose spouses suffer from it. I know it can be a dark and lonely road to travel.

However, when we take those marriage vows, we pledge ourselves to be faithful to the one we love "in sickness and in health, 'til death do us part." 

So we have to ask ourselves, When we take these vows, do we mean it or not?

We're critical of secularists for tinkering with the institution of marriage (vis-à-vis the legitimization of same sex marriage, for instance), yet Pat turns right around and does precisely the same thing with an irresponsible pronouncement like this.

Are we being too hard on Pat—particularly given his history of far-fetched and off-the-cuff remarks? Should we just consider the source and let it go? Or is it important for the rest of us to let the world know that we don't agree with him? 

Why not weigh in and let us know what you think?

Note: here's another entry from the CT blog on the same topic