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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMaine GOP Legislator: Rape should be legal. No, seriously.
Nope, not The Onion.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/17/1307761/-GOP-Rape-Advisory-Chart-How-the-hell-did-this-one-escape-my-attention
Republican Maine state Representative Lawrence Lockman is under fire for comments hes made in the media regarding rape, abortion, and homosexuality.
An investigation by Mike Tipping, an activist with Maine Peoples Alliance, found numerous offensive comments made by the Republican in various newspaper interviews.
Perhaps the most inflammatory was a press statement from 1995 in which Lockman says If a woman has (the right to an abortion), why shouldnt a man be free to use his superior strength to force himself on a woman? At least the rapists pursuit of sexual freedom doesnt (in most cases) result in anyones death.
An investigation by Mike Tipping, an activist with Maine Peoples Alliance, found numerous offensive comments made by the Republican in various newspaper interviews.
Perhaps the most inflammatory was a press statement from 1995 in which Lockman says If a woman has (the right to an abortion), why shouldnt a man be free to use his superior strength to force himself on a woman? At least the rapists pursuit of sexual freedom doesnt (in most cases) result in anyones death.
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Maine GOP Legislator: Rape should be legal. No, seriously. (Original Post)
KamaAina
Jun 2014
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onehandle
(51,122 posts)1. I'm in pretty good shape. What if I use my superior strength to rape him.
Would that be ok in the GOPNRAteahadistlibertarian universe?
Skittles
(153,122 posts)3. I always wonder about these guys excusing rape
would he call it "pursuit of sexual freedom" if a man raped HIM via "superior physical strength"? These guys are nothing but misogynist creeps.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)2. WTF??
How on earth do people like this get elected?
Aristus
(66,294 posts)4. By playing to the cheap seats,
and the cheap people sitting in them.