Ohio bill to outlaw marital rape gets zero support from GOP lawmakers

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory



DAVID EDWARDS
27 FEB 2017 AT 14:06 ET

Republican state lawmakers in Ohio are refusing to back a bill that would repeal the state’s “spousal exemption” for marital rape.

Democratic state Rep. Greta Johnson told the Akron Beacon Journal that she first introduced HB 234 in 2015 because marital rape is legal in Ohio as long as the rapist uses no force or threat of force, meaning a husband could legally drug and rape his wife.

“As a former prosecutor, I would argue that you could still try to prosecute under the forced rape statute, but unfortunately drugging and raping your spouse in Ohio is not illegal,” Johnson explained.

The 2015 bill died in committee with no Republican support. Johnson blamed the failure on partisanship and opposition to a provision that dropped the 20-year statute of limitations on rape and sexual assault.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/ohio-bill-to-outlaw-marital-rape-gets-zero-support-from-gop-lawmakers/

[madaboutharry]

1. GOP: Always on the wrong side of everything.

[Ohioblue22]

2. no con is going to put his name on a 'ok to rape your wife' bill

[Angry Dragon]

4. the bill was to say it was NOT okay to rape your wife

[Ohioblue22]

15. well no con will put his name to that either

[Angry Dragon]

3. Family values win again

[niyad]

5. his wife is his property, so of course he can do what he likes. these people truly HATE women.

[Panich52]

6. No surpriseTheir SCROTUS is a sex offender.

[Eliot Rosewater]

7. Cons attitude about all women is something we know about and have for a long time.

Sorry, but con men do not like or trust women, period.

[Turbineguy]

8. Arm the Wives.

[MADem]

9. Now that's an opportunity for BILLBOARDS--very specific, targeted to districts, BILLBOARDS.

With the name, party affiliation, and big fat smarmy faces of those assholes who refuse to back it.

Single issue, plain as day. A rather stark choice.

[Mendocino]

10. I live in this caveman state.

In a few years, I'll be able move to anywhere in the country that's affordable. Coastal Oregon is my first choice.

[DK504]

11. Husband's can rape their wives, but wives can't testify

against their husbands. WTF?

[Runningdawg]

12. In the near future I expect

the "rule of thumb" to become law again. I also suspect one of the Trump businesses to sell the appropriately sized rod with MAGA inscribed on the shaft. But of course this law shouldn't concern us, we must concentrate on keeping Sharia law out of our court system.

[pansypoo53219]

13. pro marital RAPE. just say it. no other option.

[Liberalagogo]

14. "I like rape."

[NickB79]

16. 2017. This is 2017. In America

I have to keep reminding myself or I'll forget and think its the 1600's again.

[keithbvadu2]

17. " the Speaker had not had a chance to review the bill. "

" the Speaker had not had a chance to review the bill. "

Does he intend to care enough to find a chance?

[benfranklin1776]

18. Perhaps he can't read.

What exactly is there to review there Mr. Speaker it seems pretty plain: Rape your wife you get treated by the legal system as any other criminal scumbag rapist. Perhaps he doesn't want to discourage Nero the Orange from visiting Ohio lest he be subject to criminal penalties for attacking his wife as he has done before.

[Rex]

19. Of course!

Nothing surprising about that.