Virginia GOP candidate: Spousal rape isn't a crime if she is 'wearing a nightie' (Click on this heading to read more)
By David EdwardsWednesday, January 15, 2014 10:52 EST
After losing all major statewide races to Democrats for the first time in 24 years, Republicans in Virginia are pushing to replace a moderate GOP congressman with a candidate so conservative that he doesn't even believe that spousal rape should be a crime.
On Wednesday, Mother Jones pointed out that state Sen. Richard H. "Dick" Black, who is running to take over retiring Rep. Frank Wolf's seat, had fought against making spousal rape a crime because the woman was "sleeping in the same bed, she's in a nightie."
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Democrat Shawn Mitchell had uncovered the 2002 video of Black talking about spousal rape for an attack ad during the 2011 campaign for Virginia state Senate.
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