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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,033 posts)
Mon Dec 4, 2017, 10:53 PM Dec 2017

Roy Moore recently argued that women arent morally suited for public office

Roy Moore already morally disqualified himself from becoming a U.S. senator with the revelation that he allegedly stalked and sexually abused teenage girls.

But there are many more chapters in his life that have received far less attention — including the fact that he is apparently opposed to basic civil rights for women.

According to a report by ThinkProgress, an academic course he coauthored in 2011 entitled “Law and Government: An Introductory Study Course” argued that the Bible defines the “ideal” women as staying in the home — and forbids women from participation in politics entirely.

The course, which Moore developed along with Doug Phillips — the leader of the now-defunct, far-right Vision Forum and an expert on “biblical patriarchy” — spoke critically of women’s suffrage:

By and large, the issue of the female magistrate ruling in authority in America would not have been anywhere near as controversial. The controversy was beginning to brew with the women’s suffrage movement.


The lectures in the course went on to say that women are not qualified to be in political office at all:

She’s not a warrior. She’s not a judge. She’s a woman. Created by God. Glorious in her place and in her conduct and in her role. Nothing is said in scripture that supports the notion that she is qualified or called to be a civil magistrate.


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Roy Moore recently argued that women arent morally suited for public office (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2017 OP
Apparently, he has not read Judges Chapter 4. marylandblue Dec 2017 #1
The rules and myths of a minor bronze age civilization VMA131Marine Dec 2017 #2
Alabama women will still vote for him. Hoyt Dec 2017 #3
Heh, I think it's the other way around...nt 2naSalit Dec 2017 #4

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
1. Apparently, he has not read Judges Chapter 4.
Mon Dec 4, 2017, 10:59 PM
Dec 2017

Story of Deborah THE JUDGE. There is no record of her molesting teenage boys, so Moore may have been confused about her qualifications.

VMA131Marine

(4,139 posts)
2. The rules and myths of a minor bronze age civilization
Mon Dec 4, 2017, 11:15 PM
Dec 2017

Are hardly relevant to today's world. To that end, I'm starting a religion based on the Lord of the Rings trilogy. It's got a much better backstory.

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