Showing posts with label Newsday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Newsday. Show all posts

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Trump throws social conservatives overboard, marginalizes opposition to homosexuality as anti-American, anti-Western

Which would come as quite a shock to the founding generation, whose colonies made homosexuals "universally subject to the death penalty."

From the story here:

Trump also called on Muslim-Americans to turn in members of their community that they suspect of terror links, saying radical Islam isn’t compatible with “Western values and institutions” because it is “anti-woman, anti-gay and anti-American.”

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Female Domestic Violence Lawyer Used "Legitimate Rape" Phrase In '09 Newsday Article

But when Rep. Todd Akin uses it it's wrong?

Well obviously! He's a man, a Protestant, and holds an MDiv degree from a theologically conservative seminary, making him once, twice, three times a . . . baddy.



Lois Schwaeber, director of legal services for the Nassau County Coalition Against Domestic Violence, said cases where people make false reports of rape hurt all legitimate rape victims seeking justice. But she said prosecuting someone who has made a false report will discourage real rape victims from coming forward as well.

Female Reporter Speaks Of "Legitimate Rape" For Long Island Newsday In 2009

But for some reason Rep. Akin made a mistake using the words "legitimate" and "rape" together.

The story is here by Ann Givens:


On the one hand, they will want to discourage people from lying to law enforcement, and show that there will be consequences for doing so, experts said. On the other, they don't want to discourage legitimate rape victims from coming forward, or discourage people who lied at first from telling the truth later on, experts said.


Here's the screenshot: