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Scuba

(53,475 posts)
Sat Dec 1, 2012, 08:04 AM Dec 2012

Wisconsin: Single parent = child abuser says candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction

Tea Party Republican Don Pridemore thinks he would be an excellent Superintendent of Public Instruction, despite his poor grammar skills and despite his shocking attitudes towards our citizens.


http://cognidissidence.blogspot.com/2012/11/don-pridemore-part-2.html


Don Pridemore was a proud sponsor to Glenn Grothman's single parent act, and he was not scared to outcrazy Grothman(yes I did not know it was possible either):

Remember earlier this month when another Wisconsin lawmaker thoughtfully suggested that maybe single parenthood should be considered a factor that may be indicative of child abuse? Pridemore was a co-sponsor of the bill that would've made it a crime for a person to dare try to raise a child on their own outside of the pillowy soft Magic Zone of marriage. But what about women who are being abused by their husbands? Shouldn't they have the option to extract themselves from an unhealthy situation? Nope, says Pridemore. And he's got some expert abused spouse marital advice as well: "If they can refind those reasons and get back to why they got married in the first place it might help."

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A new wrinkle has surfaced as the bills’ co-sponsor, Representative Don Pridemore (R-Heartless Scumbag) has gone on the record as opposing divorce even in the event of a abusive spouse.

So if you are a woman regularly being beaten by your husband, you are a bad mother if you seek a divorce.
“If they can refind those reasons and get back to why they got married in the first place it might help,” said Representative Don Pridemore.





Details of Pridemore's grammatically-challenged press release here: http://cognidissidence.blogspot.com/2012/11/don-pridemore.html
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Wisconsin: Single parent = child abuser says candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction (Original Post) Scuba Dec 2012 OP
Since our elected officials can't create jobs, improve our infrastructure, prevent the poor from midnight Dec 2012 #1

midnight

(26,624 posts)
1. Since our elected officials can't create jobs, improve our infrastructure, prevent the poor from
Sat Dec 1, 2012, 08:56 AM
Dec 2012

from going hungry.... They are going after women who are single and parents? This is what Wisconsin gets for allowing the GAB to outsource our states computer source code.

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