New GOP candidate for U.S. Senate claims birth defects are God's punishment for women

[Tx4obama]

New GOP candidate for U.S. Senate claims birth defects are God's punishment for women who previously had an abortion

Infamous Virginia State Delegate Bob Marshall (R) threw his hat into a crowed GOP field to fill Virginia’s open Senate seat today. Marshall has made a name for himself by pursuing anti-gay and anti-women’s choice legislation with more zeal than hardly any other politician in the country, but has dabbled in far-right legislation across the policy spectrum.

Some of Bob Marshall’s greatest hits:

1. Suggested that children born with disabilities are God’s punishment to women who have previously had abortions. “When you abort the first born of any, nature takes its vengeance on the subsequent children,” he said.

2. Warned homosexual behavior “undermines the American economy” in an angry letter to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond after it flew a rainbow flag. The flag “celebrated” homosexual acts, which Marshall said are Class 6 felony in the state. He has also called homosexuality a “disordered behavior.”

3. Warned repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) will “jeopardize our alliances,” especially with Muslim countries, because foreign troops will refuse to fight alongside gay Americans.

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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/01/17/405200/bob-marshall-virginia-senate-candidate/

[pinto]

1. Ah geez...

[notadmblnd]

2. well why are the women with children with disabilities who've never had an abortion being punished?

what was their sin Mr. Marshall.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

3. GOP candidates are God's punishment for Republican women enablers.

[Journeyman]

4. Wow. What sins did his Mother commit to deserve him? . . .

[treestar]

5. Where do the Republicans find these horrible people?