State lawmaker in Olympia asks visiting teens if they’re virgins

[eridani]

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/state-lawmaker-asks-teens-about-their-virginity/

Walking into a meeting Monday morning with state Rep. Mary Dye, a group of Eastern Washington high-school students didn’t expect to be asked about their virginity.

But visiting as part of Planned Parenthood’s annual Teen Lobbying Day, the group of about a half-dozen got that question from Dye, a Republican lawmaker from Pomeroy, Garfield County.

After the students — part of a Pullman-area teen council chapter of Planned Parenthood visiting their lawmakers — advocated for bills that propose to expand insurance coverage for birth control, Dye did some advocating of her own.

Dye asked if the students were virgins and suggested one was not, according to the students and Rachel Todd, a Planned Parenthood worker accompanying the kids.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addresses an audience during an event Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, in Hooksett, N.H., during which Planned Parenthood endorsed Clinton in the presidential race. The endorsement by the group's political arm marks Planned Parenthood's first time wading into a presidential primary. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

“After she made the statement about virginity, all of my teens looked at me,” said Todd, an education specialist for Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho. “And I said, ‘You don’t have to answer that. You don’t have to answer that.’”

[merrily]

1. W. T. F.

[Sherman A1]

2. Because one is advocating for an issue

from any point of view upon that issue does not give the lawmaker the right to ask such personal questions. It would have been nice if one of the teens would have asked Rep. Mary Dye something embarrassing about her personal life as a counter question.

[rjsquirrel]

3. Someone should ask her

if she's ever had sex with anyone but her husband.

On mic.

[Sherman A1]

4. That would be a start

and I can think of a few other questions that might be worth asking, but I shall refrain......

[pscot]

5. Creepy

And sick.

[MisterP]

6. just check who's attracting unicorns