News And Opinion About The Republican War On Women And Issues Important To Women
Monday, August 20, 2012
Akin’s Spiritual Mentor: Women Occasionally Invite Rape, Victims Are ‘Hysterical’
Akin’s Spiritual Mentor: Women Occasionally Invite Rape, Victims Are ‘Hysterical’: Rep. Todd Akin’s (R-MO) spiritual mentor Reverend D. James Kennedy harbored extreme and sometimes flatly misogynistic views about rape and abortion, according to a ThinkProgress review of Kennedy’s sermons on the topic. The Senate candidate, who set off a massive controversy by claiming this weekend that victims of “legitimate rape” don’t get pregnant, has deep [...]/p