Conservative ‘Christian’ Calls For Banning Women From Voting (AUDIO)

[SheilaT]

17. So here's what I'd like to ask this guy.

In your ideal world where all women marry and their wonderful loving husbands vote for them, what happens if the man dies and the woman is widowed? Does she then get to vote for herself?

I'm not even going to ask him about the real world most of us live in in which many women are on their own for at least part of their adult lives. Take me. I didn't get married until I was 32. Marriage lasted 25 years, then ended in divorce, nearly six years ago now. I live again by myself, quite happily, thank you for asking.

As it happens my ex was a pretty good guy, very much liked it that I was independent in my thinking. We are both very progressive/liberal Democrats. We generally voted for the same people, but that was because we saw things the same way, not because he told me how to vote.

If I were to somehow marry someone who was a Republican, I would make absolutely certain I'd vote independently, although I can't imagine a man like that being willing to spend much time with me, let alone marry me. Nor would I want to be with someone who wasn't essentially on the same page as me.