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N.H. state representative says some people may ‘like being in abusive relationships’
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| Last Edited | RBH Mar 25, 2013 02:16pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Feb 27, 2013 02:15pm |
| Description | Some people may like being in abusive relationships, and they’re free to leave them at any time, a state representative said yesterday during a debate on a bill to reduce the penalty for simple assault in some cases.
“Some people could make the argument that a lot of people like being in abusive relationships. It’s a love-hate relationship. It’s very, very common for people to stick around with somebody they love who also abuses him or her,” said Rep. Mark Warden, a Republican who represents Deering, Goffstown and Weare, during a meeting of the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, according to a video provided by Granite State Progress, a liberal advocacy group.
According to the video, Warden added, “Is the solution to those kind of dysfunctional relationships going to be more government, another law? I’d say no. People are always free to leave.”
Warden, who is serving his second term in the House, declined yesterday to discuss his remarks, which Democrats and others quickly circulated in a truncated form on Twitter and Facebook. |
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