Ron Paul believes in the existence of "honest rape," but turns a blind eye to the dishonest rapes out there. Former Missouri representative Todd Akin believes in "legitimate rape" and the oxymoronic "forcible rape," not to be confused with all that illegitimate rape going on. Mourdock is certainly not alone in offering up opinions about rape. I am also reminded that women, more often than not, are the recipient of God's intentions and must also bear the burdens of these intentions. Just as there are many different kinds of rape, there are many different kinds of God. “We also have to consider the many different kinds of rape we have learned about over the past few years as conservative politicians blunder through trying to explain their stances on sexual violence and abortion.įor instance, Indiana treasurer Richard Mourdock, running for the US Senate in 2012, said, in a debate, "I struggled with it myself for a long time, and I realized that life is a gift from God, and I think even when life begins int hat horrible situation of rape, that is something God intended to happen." I've been obsessing over these words, and trying to understand how someone who purports to believe in God can also believe that anything born of rape is God-intended.
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