And now for Exhibit No. 6482 in the case of "The Republican Party Does Not Give A Shit About Sex Crimes."

Quote:A Republican Wyoming state senator who's running against US Rep. Liz Cheney for her House seat told a local newspaper he impregnated a 14-year-old girl when he was 18-years-old after he referenced the incident during a Facebook Live stream.
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He said they were able to get married at the time because under Florida law, a judge could approve the marriage if a pregnancy was involved and a parent consented. The state of Florida put a ban on child marriage into law in 2018, with some narrow exceptions for 17-year-olds.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/22/politics/...index.html

This, by the way, is one of the biggest people to challenge Liz Cheney's place on the Republican Party ticket. And this isn’t likely to change that.

And, by the way, here’s prominent Republican pundit L. Brent Bozell giving his take on the story:



And, for the record, the Statute of Limitations on Statutory Rape (which this would appear to be) in Florida would have passed over 30 years ago.

(May 24, 2021 at 9:42 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: And, for the record, the Statute of Limitations on Statutory Rape (which this would appear to be) in Florida would have passed over 30 years ago.

As I've said here before (when the story about the 13 year old girl who accused Dumbfuck of rape first broke), I'll never get the fact that there's a statute of limitations on any sexual offence. These things are fucking atrocious.

Well, THAT’S an easy out - if an adult has sex with a child, it’s not rape as long as she gets pregnant and he agrees to marry her.

Dafuq.

Boru

Hell, it's in the buy-bull. I wonder if he gave the dad the requisite amount of moolah?

(May 25, 2021 at 3:19 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Well, THAT’S an easy out - if an adult has sex with a child, it’s not rape as long as she gets pregnant and he agrees to marry her.

Dafuq.

Boru

So, Libby Anne from Love, Joy, Feminism made this very simple infographic about how fucking insane the conservative sexual ethic is:

I first found out about it in the wake of the first Josh Duggar scandal, and, frankly, it helps explain how they can excuse some horrific shit people on their side are accused of. We've focused on how insane it is when they blow fears about premarital sex or gay sex far out of proportion, but, especially with the new Josh Duggar shit, I'm starting to think there might be a flipside to it: that things like rape and pedophilia might not be viewed as all that bad by conservatives simply because it's been linked in their minds to a shitton of lesser peccadillos. Of course, the whole "Object of Power Being Power" thing likely helps. And, evidently, the same phoenomenon that allows shotgun weddings to be justified among conservative Christians can also be used to justify pedophilia and rape.

...and Epstien didn't commit suicide.

(May 26, 2021 at 8:56 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: ...and Epstien didn't commit suicide.

My thoughts: Flawed justification, he could have stopped an abortion by not squirting in the first place.

I see that his child bride committed suicide at age 20, two years after a divorce. Not necessarily related but it does make me wonder.

He claims the next guy abused her. Chefs kiss.

I didn't do what they say I did,

but if I did that wouldn't be bad,

and if it was bad then the other guy is worse.

Feels like backhanded underage slut shaming when you read between the lines.