VA GOP candidate: No incest exception for abortion because sometimes it’s ‘voluntary’
Virginia Republican Bob Marshall stands by remarks that raise eyebrows
Democrats see an easy victory
By David Sherfinski-The Washington Times
Delegate Robert G. Marshall has said that disabled children can be God’s vengeance against women who have had abortions. He has described incest as sometimes voluntary, and he has questioned the sexuality of a Supreme Court justice who has favored marriage equality.
But unlike W. Todd Akin, whose offhanded reference to “legitimate rape” cost the GOP a winnable Senate seat from Missouri in 2012, Mr. Marshall is unbowed over his history of controversial rhetoric as he seeks a seat in Congress representing Northern Virginia. “I don’t care. I mean, if I say something in public, I say it in public,” Mr. Marshall said Thursday.
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Speaking before a pro-life group last year, Mr. Marshall offered a long and detailed argument that Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s majority opinion in the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage was unsympathetic to social conservatives.
But it was the statement with which he capped his remarks that stood out. “For all I know, Kennedy’s a homosexual,” he said. “You can’t be doing some of these things without this kind of conclusion.”
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