Not much happened in the last legislative session. There isn’t a budget yet. The state DREAM Act and Reproductive Parity Act didn’t even get a vote, for God’s sake. But at least it’s now always a crime to rape a married partner.
Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill Wednesday to change state law, calling it a “very important advance.” The measure removes the spousal exemption from both rape in the third degree – in which no physical force is used – and from taking indecent liberties.
Congrats to us for doing something most other states did decades ago.
Also, those comments are probably not the worst I’ve ever read (hello, I write for HA) but the incongruity between the good news in the article and the paranoid awfulness of the comments is pretty incredible.
Economic rape should be a crime, too.
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Economic rape is the standard of conservative economic policy. without theft and fraud, they have no other way to make money. Thats what the drug war is all about. Without that underground money system, they have no way to hide their malfeasance.
Here’s a doozy from near the top of the list:
“Any man with assets to protect is a fool for getting married in America”
Well, not if you’ve actually taken care to get to know the person you’re marrying, and marrying her because you’re actually both in love with each other.
The war on drugs is a waste of time. It’s prohibition all over gain.