[BlackElk]

If so, why would Christian ladies and gentlemen repeat such "rumors?" The unnecessary spreading of harmful gossip is a moral defect called the sin of calumny even when the charges are known to be true. It is time to put this slimefest behind all of us on all sides.

I have never been personally present when Trump or Cruz or Kasich were having sex. Nor have I the slightest interest in witnessing them having sex. I also am not interested in talking about it as though I knew what I do not know and what I would bet no one here knows. I also am not interested in seeing FR descend into a swamp of unsupported and unsupportable calumny.

We can all do a lot better than this.

[Dr. Sivana]

The unnecessary spreading of harmful gossip is a moral defect called the sin of calumny even when the charges are known to be true.

Gentle correction: Calumny is when it is a known lie. Detraction is when it is true. It is not Detraction if there is a suitable reason for revealing the matter. For instance, John Smith was convicted for embezzlement 20 years ago is a perfectly suitable thing to say to a a firm hiring someone to handle payroll. It is not needed to reveal it about your next door neighbor to your friends who only know him casually.

The pictures existence MIGHT be justifiable to reveal discreetly if they weren't already widespread, IF there was danger of such being used as blackmail, which is not the case in the Melania Trump pics.