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Coventina

(29,748 posts)
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 05:16 PM 7 hrs ago

The Women Who Believe That Women Should Lose the Right to Vote

When they prayed on the Sunday after Valentine’s Day, as on other Sundays, most of the women at King’s Way Reformed Church in the old mining town of Prescott, Ariz., wore dainty kerchiefs knotted over their hair to show devotion to God. Marybelle East, 36, wore hers all the time, she said — seven days a week — “for him to see that I submit to his authority.” Her husband’s authority, that is.

Her head scarf is a physical reminder of biblical patriarchy, the kind of marriage the church preaches. “It keeps me from running my mouth,” she said.

To her and the other women, patriarchy also means ceding their political voices to their husbands. They believe America would be better off if women could not vote.

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On social media, the pastor has attracted a following by posting incendiary commentary: railing against feminists, Catholics and gay people, describing immigration as “national suicide,” and labeling Islam and Hinduism “demonic.” He also calls for erasing women’s suffrage, which he lists as one reason “the world is falling apart.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/us/household-vote-women.html?

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They will pry my vote from my cold, dead hands!!

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The Women Who Believe That Women Should Lose the Right to Vote (Original Post) Coventina 7 hrs ago OP
The Serena's of the world!! Pisces 7 hrs ago #1
In cases of women who think like that, Disaffected 7 hrs ago #2
Yep BeneteauBum 5 hrs ago #9
... Disaffected 5 hrs ago #10
Absolutely Agree Dis popsdenver 4 hrs ago #12
They are welcome to stay home. 3catwoman3 7 hrs ago #3
Their husbands would tell them how to vote anyway Bayard 6 hrs ago #4
"It keeps me from running my mouth" Bettie 5 hrs ago #5
NYT broadening its "wow huh look at this position!" past whether trans people should exist, I see. WhiskeyGrinder 5 hrs ago #6
As a 72 your old woman, (closer to 73) I wouldn't refer to them as women. SamKnause 5 hrs ago #7
As an absolute, utter and complete feminist and a Christian. hamsterjill 5 hrs ago #8
Alice Paul EuterpeThelo 4 hrs ago #11
The REAL TRUTH is that we'd all be better off if ONLY women could vote FakeNoose 4 hrs ago #13
I wouldn't mind having THOSE women lose the right to vote. patphil 4 hrs ago #14

BeneteauBum

(507 posts)
9. Yep
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 07:18 PM
5 hrs ago

I have no interest in women who have no opinion…..dullards. In contrast, I love women who can engage in meaningful debate…..these are ladies who express their opinion by voting.

Peace ☮️


popsdenver

(2,313 posts)
12. Absolutely Agree Dis
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 07:41 PM
4 hrs ago

Almost without exception, all the Republican women I have ever talked to, all make the same statement..........

"I handle the house and the kids, My husband handles the money and politics.....I just vote for whoever he tells me....."

Bettie

(19,706 posts)
5. "It keeps me from running my mouth"
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 06:33 PM
5 hrs ago

that's what abusers say right before they smack a woman or a girl...."You better stop running your mouth"!

My guess is that she learned that in the early days of her marriage and now just sits saliently while he berates her about whatever made-up grievance he has on any given day. Then, when he starts hitting her, she hides the bruises and apologizes to him afterward for making him angry.

Men like that don't believe "in god" they believe that they are god.

WhiskeyGrinder

(26,959 posts)
6. NYT broadening its "wow huh look at this position!" past whether trans people should exist, I see.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 06:39 PM
5 hrs ago

hamsterjill

(17,581 posts)
8. As an absolute, utter and complete feminist and a Christian.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 06:44 PM
5 hrs ago

You don't want me to tell you what I'd do with women like that. The submission stuff is absolute bullshit in my book.

They will be prying my vote from my cold, dead hands, as well - and there may be a grenade clenched tight for a surprise.

EuterpeThelo

(364 posts)
11. Alice Paul
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 07:36 PM
4 hrs ago

did not eat worms in jail for THIS bullshit right here. Why can't all these awful people just leave and go start their own country somewhere else and leave the rest of us the hell alone?!?!!

FakeNoose

(41,666 posts)
13. The REAL TRUTH is that we'd all be better off if ONLY women could vote
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 07:48 PM
4 hrs ago

It's the men who have totally F*d up this country.....

Am I right girls!?

patphil

(9,079 posts)
14. I wouldn't mind having THOSE women lose the right to vote.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 07:59 PM
4 hrs ago

The "world is falling apart" because of men like that pastor.

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