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Epp4@lemmynsfw.com 14 hours agoMormons took that and really ran with it, as their a “Doctrine & Covenants” are much more blatant in support of rape. Joseph Smith told Emma Hale that God would destroy her for refusing to marry him.
Cruel@programming.dev 10 hours ago
How do they support rape? Or do you consider it rape of I tell I woman she’ll go to hell if she doesn’t consent?
Epp4@lemmynsfw.com 5 hours ago
Because in D&C 132:54, Emma is threatened with destruction if she refuses. That’s called rape by duress.
Cruel@programming.dev 1 hour ago
I believe they were already married for many years before that. The threat of destruction was if she didn’t stay loyal to him in their marriage. She’s specially mentioned because she was consistently against polygamy, so this is more accurately described as intimidation to stay married. It’s a stretch to say it supports rape, no more than marriage itself is a social/legal pressure for those married to have sex with each other.
Epp4@lemmynsfw.com 38 minutes ago
They were not, and that’s not what it says, but you’re welcome to twist it however you like to believe differently - same as people do with the Bible.
If someone came up to your mom/sister/daughter and said “There’s a hidden sniper with his rifle trained on you right now. Marry me and stay loyal, or else he’ll shoot you” then you wouldn’t consider that to be rape? I most certainly would. Whenever you threaten someone with violence for refusing a sexual relationship, that is rape.