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lowkell

(671 posts)
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 04:00 PM Feb 2014

Virginia GOP Sen. Steve Martin Calls Women "the child's host (some refer to them as mothers)"

He also says that pro-choice advocates are "really sick people." Virginia Democrats demand an apology...don't hold your breath!

http://www.bluevirginia.us/showDiary.do?diaryId=11099

P.S. Here's a screenshot of his original Facebook post, before he deleted the phrase "child's host"

http://www.bluevirginia.us/showComment.do?commentId=38897

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Virginia GOP Sen. Steve Martin Calls Women "the child's host (some refer to them as mothers)" (Original Post) lowkell Feb 2014 OP
He's one wild and crazy guy Politicalboi Feb 2014 #1
Well, doesn't that make a zygote/morula/fetus a parasite....? MADem Feb 2014 #2
He is crazy, but the card is poorly worded. Mass Feb 2014 #3
Host? HappyMe Feb 2014 #4
Rep. Martin's inadvertently fallen into a serious hole jmowreader Feb 2014 #5
GOP = women = incubators = sluts. So, burqua wearing = problem solved. blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #6
 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
1. He's one wild and crazy guy
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 04:02 PM
Feb 2014

Oh, wrong Steve Martin. And since I could have been that "host" but wasn't, I want to tell Steve Martin that us "hosts" no longer need a "physical" man to create life. Asshole!

MADem

(135,425 posts)
2. Well, doesn't that make a zygote/morula/fetus a parasite....?
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 04:08 PM
Feb 2014

Hell, if you have a tapeworm, you're a "host" for the thing....?

Mass

(27,315 posts)
3. He is crazy, but the card is poorly worded.
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 04:10 PM
Feb 2014

"raising healthy children" does not belong in the list of reproductive rights (or we need context, such good healthcare to allow healthy pregnancies).

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
5. Rep. Martin's inadvertently fallen into a serious hole
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 11:10 PM
Feb 2014

Referring to a woman as a "host" implies the child is a "parasite."

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