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Republicans Retreat on Domestic Violence

nytimes.com — Recalcitrant lawmakers should explain to voters why they refuse to get behind the federal fight against domestic viol... Feb 10, 2012

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rotfoxFeb 11, 2012Buried

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Isn't domestic violence considered universally bad? Why not make it a federal issue and have it dealt with properly once.

kgermFeb 11, 2012Buried

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"Domestic violence is often faked"....
and often under reported !

back in the 70s and 80s having seen my mother get the s**t beat out of her by my "father" on several occasions to with in inches of her life, and then f**king useless good old boy cop club never did a f**king thing. he never even spent the night in jail!

i dont see how this is a bad thing

4heavenssakeFeb 11, 2012Buried

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And I'd really, really like to hear their excuses for not fighting against domestic violence and sexual assaults.

ageofmasteryFeb 11, 2012Buried

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So you're in favor of letting men beat their wives, nice to know where the right wing stands.

ammattikiFeb 11, 2012Buried

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The two issues that were added to this bill are good policy. Repubs are dicks for not passing this.

4heavenssakeFeb 11, 2012Buried

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I was unable to digg the first comment with which I so agree, so here goes again. Not only women should be all over this, but intelligent, fair-minded men and kids should be too. Domestic violence and sexual assaults are crimes and sins. They both should be reported to the police and recorded, with no "loss" of their reports or efforts, plus the police should take court action against the abusers.

ageofmasteryFeb 11, 2012Buried

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You're saying it's your right as a man to beat women? Nice to know where the right wing stands on this...

susan56Feb 10, 2012Buried

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Women should be all over this one. Where re their voices?

laurahoustonFeb 11, 2012Buried

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Republicans don't like any federal lvl protection laws because it stops the hundreds of thousands of local hometown 'police' they get special treatment from.

gianpoFeb 11, 2012Buried

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Liebeschtick clearly abused a woman and got into trouble for it and is now super bitter.

mtownFeb 11, 2012Buried

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It's only man-hateful if you're a man that beats his spouse.

publiclurkerFeb 11, 2012Buried

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Sounds like you were a bad father for a lot of reasons.

4heavenssakeFeb 11, 2012Buried

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I was unable to digg the first comment with which I so agree, so here goes again. Not only women should be all over this, but intelligent, fair-minded men and kids should be too. Domestic violence and sexual assaults are crimes and sins. They both should be reported to the police and recorded, with no "loss" of their reports or efforts, plus the police should take court action against the abusers.

kareemachanFeb 11, 2012Buried

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So you admit to physical violence. Anything else? You yell at her? Call her names? Emotional abuse?

publiclurkerFeb 11, 2012Buried

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you admit that you beat your wife, so stop crying about false accusations. I know you don't have much manhood, since you have to get your jollies beating women, but can't you borrow some in order to man up to the fact that you deserve what you got?

kgermFeb 11, 2012Buried

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i can sympathize with you, having a false restraining order put on me, after i found out she was cheating on me, and having seen what happened to my mother i would NEVER harm a woman EVER! it sucks bro, the misuse of our justice system

brewbeauFeb 12, 2012Buried

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It's good your kids are now safe from you.

talcosFeb 11, 2012Buried

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So, in other words...

* It's not domestic violence if a gay woman is abused by her partner, because abuse is something that happens only between men and women.
* Transgender women are not entitled to the programs and services provided by VAWA, because they aren't "real" women.
* Women who are illegal immigrants ought to be left to suffer, because they aren't our problem.

VAWA exists to ensure that consistent and appropriate action is taken to reduce violence against women in our country. Gay women, transgender women, and women who are illegal immigrants are among those who have been chronically underserved by the systems we have in place.

If the Republicans who were opposed are genuinely interested in meeting the needs of all women, then they should propose an alternative that actually does that, rather than ignoring the realities of violence against women in America.

publiclurkerFeb 11, 2012Buried

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Sounds like someone's wife got tired of having to teal with living with a failed excuse of a man who gets off on beating women.

kareemachanFeb 11, 2012Buried

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Yup. Even if liebe's story is true, it might have taken that year of him being gone for his wife to get up the courage to go through with this. Thinking of walking away from a marriage with kids is damned scary.

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