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TexasTowelie

(112,161 posts)
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 12:17 AM Dec 2015

Anti-Gay Texas Lawmaker: ‘Rape Is Non-existent in Marriage, Take What You Want’



Right-wing Texas state Rep. Jonathan Stickland, who recently boasted about receiving an “F-” for his voting record on LGBT rights, is in hot water for denying marital rape and trying to cheat a drug test.

Stickland, a tea party darling who’s known for being a loudmouthed antagonist in the Texas House, was exposed this week as a former pot-smoker who lied about his drug use, but who now claims his sins have been forgiven.

The Quorum Report reported Monday on posts Stickland made to online forums that were dug up by his opponent in the March GOP Primary, Scott Fisher.

“Rape is non existent in marriage, take what you want my friend!” Stickland wrote in a fantasy sports forum in 2008, in response to someone who complained that his wife wouldn’t perform the “reverse cowboy” position.

Read more: http://www.towleroad.com/2015/12/anti-gay-texas-lawmaker-rape-non-existent-marriage-take-want/

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Anti-Gay Texas Lawmaker: ‘Rape Is Non-existent in Marriage, Take What You Want’ (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2015 OP
Middle finger reflex activated. SusanCalvin Dec 2015 #1
I hope his wife is in therapy Kalidurga Dec 2015 #2
Someone should update his wiki. Downwinder Dec 2015 #3
Texas has a long history of suppressing women newfie11 Dec 2015 #4

SusanCalvin

(6,592 posts)
1. Middle finger reflex activated.
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 12:49 AM
Dec 2015

Oh dearie, dear, can I resist teh Google re this "reverse cowboy"? Probably not.

Well, well. Apparently it's mostly for show. Surprise, surprise.

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080328151454AACftAE

Oh, and, teh Google said I really should have been searching for reverse *cowgirl*.

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