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After losing all major statewide races to Democrats for the first time in 24 years, Republicans in Virginia are pushing to replace a moderate GOP congressman with a candidate so conservative that he doesn’t even believe that spousal rape should be a crime.
On Wednesday, Mother Jones pointed out that state Sen. Richard H. “Dick” Black, who is running to take over retiring Rep. Frank Wolf’s seat, had fought against making spousal rape a crime because the woman was “sleeping in the same bed, she’s in a nightie.”
If you read the actual quote, the part about the 'nightie' is entirely incidental to the point. The point is just that spousal rape is inherently difficult to prove. We don't want a rapist to get away scot free, but at the same time we don't want an innocent man to be locked up for consensual sex. The flip side of that coin is that the left would tend to disagree--they would like to be able to lock up that innocent man.
The reference to 'nightie' is incidental, i.e. just another case of headline fraud from the left.
False claims of spousal abuse, including so-called marital rape, are mere tools for unscrupulous divorce lawyers to extricate money from potential ex-husbands. It's a game to them.
After losing all major statewide races to Democrats for the first time in 24 years, Republicans in Virginia are pushing to replace a moderate GOP congressman with a candidate so conservative that he doesn’t even believe that spousal rape should be a crime.
On Wednesday, Mother Jones pointed out that state Sen. Richard H. “Dick” Black, who is running to take over retiring Rep. Frank Wolf’s seat, had fought against making spousal rape a crime because the woman was “sleeping in the same bed, she’s in a nightie.”
After losing all major statewide races to Democrats for the first time in 24 years, Republicans in Virginia are pushing to replace a moderate GOP congressman with a candidate so conservative that he doesn’t even believe that spousal rape should be a crime.
On Wednesday, Mother Jones pointed out that state Sen. Richard H. “Dick” Black, who is running to take over retiring Rep. Frank Wolf’s seat, had fought against making spousal rape a crime because the woman was “sleeping in the same bed, she’s in a nightie.”
If you read the actual quote, the part about the 'nightie' is entirely incidental to the point. The point is just that spousal rape is inherently difficult to prove.
So this particular violation shouldn't be a crime because it's "inherently difficult to prove"? Does this philosophy extend to other violent acts that are "difficult to prove", or is it only for those committed against women by those who they're least able to defend against?
False claims of spousal abuse, including so-called marital rape, are mere tools for unscrupulous divorce lawyers to extricate money from potential ex-husbands. It's a game to them.
He is running to replace retiring Republican Congressman Frank Wolf of VA-10 (NOVA). It is the most Republican of the NOVA districts and redistricting made it a bit more Republican by including some of the further out areas, however this is not some uber Republican district, it is a swing district. Granted Black would still need to win a Primary, but this is not the type of guy that can win a district like this.
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