GOP lawmaker apologizes for calling unwed teen parents 'sluts'

[meegbear]

A Republican state representative in Colorado has apologized for calling unmarried teenage parents "sluts."

Larry Liston of Colorado Springs was talking at a GOP caucus meeting about teenagers who have babies and expect the government to support them.

"In my parents' day and age, they were sent away, they were shunned, they were called what they are," Liston told the caucus. "There was at least a sense of shame." He then used the word "slut," adding, "I don't mean just the women. I mean the men, too."

Rep. Stella Garza-Hicks, who was at the meeting, said she was "disturbed' and "offended" by Liston's use of the word. Other Republican women in the Colorado House of Representatives also called it inappropriate.

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http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Lawmakers_uses_slut_to_refer_to_0208.html

[More Than A Feeling]

1. "How DARE they refuse to let men control their sexuality!"

:eyes:

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2. Only the sluts have babies.

The nice girls get abortions.

[rockymountaindem]

3. Colorado Springs once again standing tall on the national stage

First Douglas Bruce kicks a photographer, now this.

Sorry everybody. Believe it or not, things are actually improving.

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4. Back in the old days, there was a thing called "shame"

Shame still exists, but now the reasons for shame include being a sexist asshole.