Dr. Laura: The Rest of the Story

***Dave quotes a story by forward.com talking about Dr. Laura lapsing from Judaism. The forward.com article quotes the lapse as follows:

In a shocking if little-noticed revelation, Schlessinger — who very publicly converted to Judaism five years ago — opened "The Dr. Laura Schlessinger Program" on August 5 with the confession that she will no longer practice Judaism. Although Schlessinger said she still "considers" herself Jewish, "My identifying with this entity and my fulfilling the rituals, etc., of the entity — that has ended."

From this ***Dave concludes:

I listen to Dr. L. sometimes on the drive home on Fridays. While she's sometimes blindingly black-and-white in her thinking, I've tended to find her no-nonsense insistence on keep your commitments and don't use your feelings as an all-trumping excuse to be refreshing. To basically have her be unable to live up to that in her own life (and, evidently, not see that herself) is pretty sad.

Well, has Dr. Laura dropped her commitments that she commends to all her listeners? Well, in a word, no. Note, the following worldnetdaily article (which predates the forward.com article by a week) with a more extended quote:

Schlessinger, known to millions as Dr. Laura, says she is "very committed still to all my moral issues, and the charitable issues. I mean that hasn't changed. My putting out hasn't changed. My identifying with this entity and fulfilling the rituals, etc., of the entity — that has ended." [emphasis mine]

While I disagree with many of the commitments of Dr. Laura, it is a stretch to say that she lacks commitment. It is my hope and prayer that she shifts her commitments from her previous moralism to the God of Scripture who loves His people and sent his Son to die for them. Only time will tell if that will happen.