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Initech

(100,081 posts)
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:20 AM Mar 2013

Iowa GOP Legislature: We must make divorce harder to get or girls will be more promiscuous

On Monday, the Iowa state House moved out of committee a bill that would make no-fault divorces illegal. That’s a huge relief for one state legislator, who fears that no-fault divorce will turn his 16-year-old granddaughter into a harlot.

State Representative Tedd Gassman (R) spoke emotionally about the legislation — which would require all parents of children under 18 to prove their spouse had committed a crime, abandoned the family, or committed adultery — saying that it related to the real-life scenario of his daughter’s divorce. That situation, he said, was at risk of turning his daughter into a hormonal trollop:

“This basically is an attempt on my part to keep fathers in the home,” Gassman said. “I sincerely believe that the family is the foundation of this nation and this nation will go the direction of our families. If our families break up, so will this nation.”[...]

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/03/05/1670841/no-fault-divorce-promiscuity/?mobile=nc


Oh. My. God. they are stupid...
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Iowa GOP Legislature: We must make divorce harder to get or girls will be more promiscuous (Original Post) Initech Mar 2013 OP
This guy seriously needs to get a life. Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #1
I think that many of these christian culture warriors understand that this is it Demo_Chris Mar 2013 #2
Really In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #9
Nope, no agenda there. Rex Mar 2013 #3
A government small enough to fit in your bedroom. Kalidurga Mar 2013 #4
"This is basically an attempt on my part to keep fathers in the home." toddwv Mar 2013 #5
Good fucking grief. That is in the running for the stupidest thing I've ever heard of. talkingmime Mar 2013 #6
This Iowan doesn't think that no-fault divorce leads Cairycat Mar 2013 #7
Bill eliminating no-fault divorce will not advance in Iowa House: jsr Mar 2013 #8
 

Demo_Chris

(6,234 posts)
2. I think that many of these christian culture warriors understand that this is it
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:47 AM
Mar 2013

Young people today have unrestricted access to reality, and they are in ever growing numbers turning to atheism.

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
4. A government small enough to fit in your bedroom.
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 04:05 AM
Mar 2013

Seems that Republicans are really really obsessed with what women do with their hoohas. And who they do with their hoohas. If they aren't obsessed with that they are worried a couple of guys will want to get married and throw heterosexual marriages into a tail spin.

toddwv

(2,830 posts)
5. "This is basically an attempt on my part to keep fathers in the home."
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 09:24 AM
Mar 2013

Riiight.

Let's ignore the fact that forcing people to remain married would probably increase the likelihood of domestic violence.

Cairycat

(1,706 posts)
7. This Iowan doesn't think that no-fault divorce leads
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 11:42 AM
Mar 2013

teen girls (but not teen boys, wtf?) to promiscuity, but rather a shortage of parental involvement. That happens when parents have to work too hard for too little money. So the solution is not to make divorce difficult, but having employment situations that make a decent family life possible. Like paying living wages, like family leave time, like sick days, etc., etc., etc.

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