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Bs has already !een shown from =uoted Acri ture, +hristians do well not to !uy in to this fallacy of rivate and u!lic se aration" It is a stance that needs to !e challenged for the hy ocrisy it re resents" #ailure to s ea& out against this convenient stance leads to a schiDo hrenic situation where leaders are e) ected u!licly to !e role models in morality, in ethical soundness, while rivately indulging in atterns of immorality" Martin ?iemoller was a Protestant astor in ?aDi *ermany" He watched assively as others were trodden u on" #inally it was his turn and he went through the hell of 2achau" Bfterwards he voiced these famous words9%hey first came for the communists, and I didn1t s ea& u , for I was not a communistE %hen they came for the 8ews, and I didn1t s ea& u for I was not a 8ewE %hen they came for the @nionist, and I didn1t s ea& u , for I was not a @nionistE %hen they came for the +atholics, and I didn1t s ea& u , for I was not a +atholicE Bnd they came for meFBnd !y that time there was no one left to s ea& u ": #or wrong ethical erce tions and actions to fester, all it ta&es is for the righteous to remain silent, however let it !e &nown that Grighteousness e)alteth a nation- !ut sin is a re roach to any eo le1 ,Prover!s 3<-;</" It has !een said that re resentatives of the eo le are to !e Ga!ove re roach"1 %he 0i!le certainly is clear that office !earers in the +hurch of +hrist are to !e such ,cf" 3 %imothy ;/" %his Ga!ove re roach1 delineation is 0i!lically defined in the rivate s here to determine whether a man is suited for u!lic office" Pro!lematic in the world out there is the fact that in order to define some one as !eing Ga!ove re roach1 an o!'ective standard is re=uired !y which to determine whether a erson is re roacha!le or not" %hat o!'ective standard H and the only one availa!le to man&ind is the Cord of *od as it has come to man from outside man himself, thus ma&ing it i so facto o!'ective H has !een eroded, shoved aside, with man now increasingly !eing the measure of his own morality" #or that reason it is understanda!le that the #rench President did not meet with challengers to his rivacy statement" %here was no o!'ective !asis for such a challenge in the roomI