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Children disabilities are not God's punishment
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    74 out of 1,000
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    1. Majority Virginia Delegate Leader (+ 1 other)
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      • Majority Virginia Delegate Leader (William J. Howell)
      • Virginia State Delegate (Bob Marshall)
  2. Created By
    Sean Pevsner
    Austin, TX
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On Thursday, Virginia State Delegate Bob Marshall (R) spoke at a press conference against state funding for Planned Parenthood. He blasted the organization for supporting a women’s right to choose, saying that God punishes women who have had abortions by giving them disabled children:
“The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion with handicaps has increased dramatically. Why? Because when you abort the first born of any, nature takes its vengeance on the subsequent children,” said Marshall, a Republican.
“In the Old Testament, the first born of every being, animal and man, was dedicated to the Lord. There’s a special punishment Christians would suggest.”

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People with any sense know that children with disabilities deserve love, caring and respect. Marshall's reprehensible assertion shows how low that a politician will go to push his personal agenda on others.

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Censure Bob Marshall for saying disabled children are God’s punishment

Fellow human beings

we demand that the Virginia House of Delegates pass a formal resolution censuring State Delegate Bob Marshall for asserting children with disabilities are God's punishment on women who have abortions. We need at least 5,000 signatures.

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Censor Bob Marshall for saying disabled children are God’s punishment

n Thursday, Virginia State Delegate Bob Marshall (R) spoke at a press conference against state funding for Planned Parenthood. He blasted the organization for supporting a women’s right to choose, saying that God punishes women who have had abortions by giving them disabled children:
“The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion with handicaps has increased dramatically. Why? Because when you abort the first born of any, nature takes its vengeance on the subsequent children,” said Marshall, a Republican.
“In the Old Testament, the first born of every being, animal and man, was dedicated to the Lord. There’s a special punishment Christians would suggest.”

People with any sense know that children with disabilities deserve love, caring and respect. Marshall's reprehensible assertion shows how low that a politician will go to push his personal agenda on others.
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