Marital rape law veto 'to kill DNA'

Thu, Mar 22nd 2012, 10:00 AM

 BRANVILLE McCartney's declaration that he does not believe women should be legally protected from being raped by their husbands will come back to haunt the DNA leader at the polls, Social Development Minister Loretta Butler-Turner said yesterday. Mrs Butler-Turner was responding to Mr McCartney's comments on the TV programme Citizen's Review, hosted by Erin Ferguson. When asked if the Marital Rape Bill would be passed by a DNA government, Mr McCartney said: "No, sir. When you get married to a person, you are one." The host suggested to him that in the Bahamas, there are high levels of domestic violence, a leading cause of murder. Bu ...

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