Protestant Preacher and Televangelist Rewrites Marriage Vows

"In sickness and in Health, For better or worse, as long as we both shall live.

Remember those words you recited at the altar? I do.

Now famous televangelist is quoted as saying that one can divorce a spouse with alzheimer's disease because she is "already dead." This reminds me of the time in scripture where the pharisees invoke the rule of "corban" to get out of the obligation to care for their loved ones. There is a long history of this in Christianity. When the going gets tough, change the rules. The reformers did it, Henry the 8th did it and modern evangelicals are doing it. Re-writing morality to fit their particular individual situation. Sadly, the moral relativity of our society has crept into the teachings and theological thought processes of many who use themselves and their personal interpretation of the perspicuous bible as the sole source of authority.

Everyone is outraged over Pat Robertson's statements(again). But who can rebuke him? Who has the authority? Where is his "bishop?" Who and how can he be reigned in? HE CAN'T BE! There is no way by which anyone in protestantism can claim any authority to deal with this rogue preacher. Theological seminaries can make statements and Christianity Today magazine can pontificate all they want on how outrageous this is, but the elephant in the room is the stark reality that protestant Christianity has no authority to deal with a member of their group who spouts heresy based on his personal interpretation of scripture. Nothing at all can be done with Mr. Robertson (again). This is the legacy of sola scriptura.
You don't like 'dem rules, it's ok to change'm. "Since my reformation, everyone has become their own pope!" (paraphrase of Martin Luther)