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marble falls

(56,371 posts)
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 09:59 PM Jun 2014

Maine GOP Legislator: Rape should be legal.

Maine GOP Legislator: Rape should be legal.
by BrainwrapFollow



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Republican: If a Woman Has Right to an Abortion, a Man Should Have Right to Force Himself on a Woman

Republican Maine state Representative Lawrence Lockman is under fire for comments he’s made in the media regarding rape, abortion, and homosexuality.

An investigation by Mike Tipping, an activist with Maine People’s 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 shouldn’t a man be free to use his superior strength to force himself on a woman? At least the rapist’s pursuit of sexual freedom doesn’t (in most cases) result in anyone’s death.”

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/17/1307761/-GOP-Rape-Advisory-Chart-How-the-hell-did-this-one-escape-my-attention?detail=facebook#


This guy is sooooo whacko:

http://thetippingpoint.bangordailynews.com/2014/02/25/state-politics/maine-rep-lawrence-lockmans-deacades-long-history-of-extremism/


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Maine GOP Legislator: Rape should be legal. (Original Post) marble falls Jun 2014 OP
Whacko doesn't even come close GP6971 Jun 2014 #1
I don't even understand the point the guy is making Shoulders of Giants Jun 2014 #2
This guy is wacky himself, what is even more concerning to me are those that vote in RKP5637 Jun 2014 #3
If the guy wins the people who voted for him should be banned from voting rpannier Jun 2014 #4
no words roguevalley Jun 2014 #5
that dude is asking to get yanked into a dark alley and get himself done NightWatcher Jun 2014 #6

GP6971

(31,018 posts)
1. Whacko doesn't even come close
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 10:03 PM
Jun 2014

to describing this idiot. Deranged is more like it, and seriously deranged.

2. I don't even understand the point the guy is making
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 10:05 PM
Jun 2014

The punishment for rape should have nothing to do with whether abortion is legal or not. What do these two things have to do with each other?

RKP5637

(67,032 posts)
3. This guy is wacky himself, what is even more concerning to me are those that vote in
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 10:05 PM
Jun 2014

assholes like this.

rpannier

(24,304 posts)
4. If the guy wins the people who voted for him should be banned from voting
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 10:06 PM
Jun 2014

or at the very least I want to find the region where his supporters are because I would never want to visit a region like that

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
6. that dude is asking to get yanked into a dark alley and get himself done
Fri Jun 20, 2014, 09:50 PM
Jun 2014

I bet he hangs around airport bathrooms

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