Sarah Palin’s Pick For State Attorney General Allegedly Defends Marital Rape
Posted by: Amelia McDonell-Parry
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10:00AM, Monday April 13th 2009
Sarah Palin. Remember her? Despite Levi Johnston’s TV talk show circuit tour having ended, the Alaska governor is still under the microscope. Wayne Anthony Ross, Palin’s nominee for Alaska’s state attorney general, is facing accusations of supporting marital rape. Leah Burton, a veteran lobbyist on children’s issues and domestic violence, told the Alaska State Judiciary Committee that Ross said in a 1991 speech—given in front of the “father’s rights” group Dads Against Discrimination—“If a guy can’t rape his wife, who’s he gonna rape?” Hmm, is this the kind of “common sense” Jack was talking about? Burton also claims Ross once said, “If a woman would keep her mouth shut, there wouldn’t be an issue with domestic violence.” Ross denies making these statements—“I don’t talk like that!” he says—but rumor has it Palin may withdraw her nomination in order to save face. [The Daily Beast]
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Perceptible
wrote on April 13 2009 @ 10:19 am: [report]
If any of this is true it is just plain disgusting. Raping your wife is okay? Women staying quiet will eliminate domestic violence? Seriously, it is simply an exercise in futility to try understand nut jobs who think this way. And unfortunately, it is unlikely that their minds will ever be changed. They’ll stay warped sickos for life. How does a person even begin to think like this?
PinkRanger
wrote on April 13 2009 @ 10:21 am: [report]
It wasn’t too long ago that legally a man couldn’t rape his wife. It breaks my heart that there are men who still feel this way, even if Ross were to turn out to not be one of them.
fallonthecity
wrote on April 13 2009 @ 12:48 pm: [report]
this is so sad.
AgentBeryllium
wrote on April 13 2009 @ 01:39 pm: [report]
I am flat out disgusted! Is there some where we can put these A$$h0l3$ so they can be raped and we can find out if they agree with these current statements? Maybe if we stuck them in prison and if they just kept their mouths shut then no one would hurt them.
If if a woman kept her mouth shut, there would still be injustices made against her. These pr1ck$ are just pissed because we ruined the party!