ADULTERERS
BEWARE

Topics: Adultery; Betrayal; Community; Example; Faithfulness; Marriage; Purity; Relationships; Self-control; Tolerance; Unfaithfulness; Vows; Workplace

References: Exodus 20:14; Proverbs 6:20–35; Matthew 5:27–30; Romans 2:17–24

Sheriff’s deputies in Pinellas County, Florida, will be suspended if they commit adultery. So says Country Sheriff Dennis Fowler. His reason is that adultery is not a victimless crime. Rather, it has created difficulties within his department that go beyond the offenders. “Adultery affects other people in the workplace, people’s ability to do their job, and I think that is relevant,” Fowler says.

—“County to Suspend ‘Cheating’ Sheriff’s Deputies,” local6.com (February 8, 2006)