GOP official says God chooses to bless raped women with pregnancy

[rsmith6621]

http://www.examiner.com/article/gop-official-says-god-chooses-to-bless-raped-women-with-pregnancy?fb_action_ids=10151020073598091&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582

The state of Missouri has been in the national spotlight recently because of comments made by Republican Congressman Todd Akin who claimed that raped women rarely get pregnant. After his statements hit the Internet, immediate outrage burned across the country. Akin later apologized, but his statements have rekindled a nationwide debate. One that republicans desperately do not want to have, lest they alienate a wide majority of female voters.

Sharon Barnes, a high ranking state Republican, came to the defense of her conservative colleague who she believes only "phrased it (his statement) badly."

Barnes was quoted by The New York Times saying, "abortion is never an option." Barnes went on to biblically claim that, "If God has chosen to bless this person [the rape victim] with a life, you don’t kill it."

[sakabatou]

1. Good god...

[hifiguy]

2. How effing stupid are these people?

Good dawg, do they ever think of how brutally imbecilic they sound? I ask only rhertorically, of course.

[DURHAM D]

3. They think they have the wind at their back.

I hope they keep it up.

[hifiguy]

6. So do I.

The only wind behind them is the one coming off the dump.

[meow2u3]

4. Since when did a vicious crime against the most intimate part of a woman

become a blessing? Is this self-hating cow trying to say rape is a virtue?

[_Liann_]

5. Basically an EXTREME BLASPHEMY, that any rapist can compel god to put a soul in some womb

I can't believe how blasphemous these people are, that god is nothing but an errand-boy delivering souls to zygotes on the demand of rapists!

[Incitatus]

7. How about the rapists that have AIDS?

Did God bless those victims too?

[Ilsa]

12. AIDS, HPV, Syphyllus, Gonorrhea, etc.

Yes, the victim has to worry about that crap for years.

[southernyankeebelle]

8. Let's pray that this politican's wife or daughter gets that same blessing then we will see how he

will feel.

[Freddie]

10. This politician is a woman

1000x worse than a man saying such garbage.
I simply can't fathom how she can hate her own gender so much.

[southernyankeebelle]

16. She doesn't really believe that garbage. She wants votes. She still could have daughters.

[spanone]

9. our education system must be broken beyond comprehension...we're inundated with stupid fucks

[Raine]

11. What about God blessing people with the knowledge in having the option to abort? nt

[thecrow]

13. Every little girl's dream

good god these people are ignorant.

[fascisthunter]

14. Nutcase party

[muntrv]

15. Hey Sharon! Would you like to "be blessed with a life" this way?

[eShirl]

17. so raping someone is doing them a huge favor?

Delusional twits.

[Zambero]

18. And if the rape victim does not become pregnant?

Hence "unblessed" by God. What then, high-ranking Sharon? Does she keep praying and hoping for another assault until a "blessing" occurs?