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Kirk Cameron Defends Todd Akin Amid Candidate’s Rape Remark Controversy

11:33 am, August 21st, 2012

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Kirk Cameron defended embattled Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin during a CNN appearance on Tuesday.

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Akin caused an uproar when he told an interviewer that in cases of “legitimate rape,” women’s bodies can sometimes shut down an unwanted pregnancy.

His controversial comments have sparked outrage on both sides of the political divide.

The socially conservative Cameron, however, who was himself at the center of a firestorm when he called homosexuality “destructive” last March, argued on CNN’s “Starting Point” that Akin “misspoke” and that he should be evaluated on more than just his rape remark.

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  • christr

    I agree with the term “legitimate rape” but not the conclusion.

    I think it was a radical lesbian activist (possibly Rosie Odonnel?) that said (and I paraphrase) all sex between a man and woman is a form of rape. What a stupid comment.

    This makes those who are actually raped feel like cr@p!

    The rest of his idea of the body “shutting down” seems equally as stupid as that statement.

  • http://twitter.com/KariAliciaa kari alicia allen

    Beyond stupid. He had the nerve to throw the word “science” into it

  • http://twitter.com/KariAliciaa kari alicia allen

    I really don’t appreciate Republicans saying whatever they think will make sense instead of just admitting the truth. Like most Republicans, Atkins has extremely f*cked up views on life period.

  • Real Life

    Another moron who is not a woman.

  • Anonymous

    He explained what went wrong and tried to rectify it. Nothing wrong with that he owned up to it. There’s serious issues at hand than bashing Republicans and Democrats Please…

  • christr

    What a lame generalized statements. I don’t like (insert group) saying (blah blah). Cripes EVERY group can do this! It’s not exclusive to the GOP. Why don’t you make the comment about liberal activists that say consensual sex is rape!? Oh wait…would that make your party look bad? Can’t do that can we?

    Get off the grouping together of ANY party and address the individual! The GOP immediately called for him to stop his campaign and they pulled funding from him.

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  • christr

    Yes….and the person who said consensual sex is a woman AND a moron. Now what?

  • Guest

    Well, as Forest Gump would say “Stupid is as stupid does!!”

  • David Bersen

    This guys is about to get the boot, people are tired of these lies being spread. Please support this cause and booth is mofo –

    http://www.youstand.com/cause/82112/remove-todd-akin-from-the-house-science-committee

    Please take a stand and support this.

  • Santera

    Have you lost your marbles? What’s legitimate about rape?

  • KnowledgeIsPower

    I really don’t appreciate people stereotyping others. At what point are people going to get off the HATE train and start appreciating others for their differences? Instead of name calling and hating others with differing opinions and lifestyles why not embrace their differences. You might learn something.

  • Dddd
  • mayhemgirl

    Having Kurt Cameron defend a political candidate is like having Courtney Love defend rehab. Do you really want this person in your corner? Why would anyone listen to him?

  • Guest

    Does anyone seriously care what the has been Kirk Cameron has to say on this? What has he done other than speak out on his conservative, religious views? I can’t stand it when celebs no matter what side of the aisle they’re on get on their soapbox with their political views. As if they could ever influence how I’m going to vote or feel on political matter. They only thing they persuade me on is not to watch them on their shows. You guys are suppose to entertain the public. Who gives a rat’s a** what you think? Not me.

  • June

    Only a woman who has been in such position can truly emphasize with such a situation, we don’t need men telling us how live or even go on with our lives after such an incident; especially if they themselves have never been a victim os it.

  • christr

    If you read my post, it’s when a person is actually raped (against his or her will)….not as an activist once said that any sex between a man and a woman is rape.

  • christr

    VERY dangerous road June. Does that mean you should never have a say so in a man’s life? What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.

    This argument is way over used. Does a man know what any other individual is feeling (man or woman)….no, because we are all unique. Your reaction in any circumstance (rape or anything else) is personal and not the same as another person in the same circumstance.

  • Fred

    That quote was attributed to Catherine MacKinnon… however, she never actually said it. http://www.snopes.com/quotes/mackinnon.asp

  • Fred

    Again… that is a bogus quote you’re throwing around as fact….

  • Anonymous

    The thing is, Rep. Akin did not “mis-speak.” What he said is what many conservative, anti-abortion people have been spreading around for many years. They think that if a woman gets pregnant from a rape then she “wanted it” and that’s why she got pregnant. They believe exactly what Akin said, a woman’s body “shuts down” from shock when she is being raped. They even have doctors they can quote who have said exactly that. So, what this man has said is indefendable and that’s why his party has deserted him.

    As for Kirk Cameron . . . even he is not actually defending this fool, only saying to not judge him on one thing. I don’t agree because Akin is an ultra-conservative who will deny a woman all rights to her own body. He needs to be stopped and perhaps this will stop him and the others like him, or at least slow them down.

  • Anonymous

    Yes and one of those serious issues is the politicians that want to redefine rape and abolish the right to have an abortion based on the comments of people like this.
    If you don’t think a statement like this is serious, maybe you should consider if this thought process were used in the court systems then any woman who was raped and got pregnant by the rapist was not really raped because her body didn’t shut down so she wanted it, and he shouldn’t be prosecuted. Thus leaving a violent criminal on the street to hurt more people. I find that serious. Quite frankly more serious than Obama’s birth certificate or Romney’s aversion to paying taxes.

  • christr

    I’m anti-abortion and this “shut” down idea is a) stupid and b) new to me. I have never heard people say a body can tell whether it’s a rape or not.

    I have heard that those dressing in sexy close are inviting sexual advances. Obviously that is true…otherwise why dress that way.

    That being said, it doesn’t matter once a woma says no. After that it is a case of rape.

  • christr

    Doh! “close”= “clothes”

  • christr

    I saw that but there were others shown as using that (paraphrased) quote.

  • VelvetStaccato

    So you stand by the term “legitimate rape”, right? You said that so don’t try to backtrack now! OK, if you truly believe there is EVER a time when raping someone is legitimate, I can only hope that your legitimate rape session is just around the corner, and at the hands of an HIV-infected person. I’d love to see your body try to “pinch off” the rapist’s semen so that you don’t get HIV! How’s that for “legitimate”?

  • Fred

    Where?

  • Randomlibra

    2 words? Really? Thank you Kirk for jumping right on that IDIOT Band Wagon. 2 birds, 1 stone. SO easy.

  • christr

    Legitimate rape = rape

    Read what I said before before overreacting.

    Hugs and kisses to you too.

  • Santera

    So you flagged my comment because I asked you what is legitimate about rape? What’s the matter with you?

  • christr

    Looks like this discussion is being censored.

  • KnowledgeIsPower

    Why are comments that are NOT offensive being removed????

  • KnowledgeIsPower

    I’m wondering why all comments have been deleted with the exception of Karis hateful stereotyping comment.

  • Anonymous

    He never actually defended his remarks, he just said he believes Atkin is a good person. He never defended his comments.

  • catca

    @christr, I think you are misunderstanding what he is saying when he says legitimate rape. He’s making a distinction between forced rape at say gun point and date rape. He may be correcting himself to say rape is rape right now, but he’s introduced legislation that would limit what can be considered rape, effectively putting women who dare to go out on a date fair game for becoming a rape victim.

    As far as Kirk Cameron, he is a very social conservative activist and will only be taken seriously by other very social conservatives, who were probably already okay with what Akin said. These are views that are held by a fairly significant minority in the country that are largely based on their religious beliefs. I not only disagree with their beliefs, but if they become enacted legislation, I actually think they will be very harmful to women and low income people. But my disagreement is ideological, I agree with Kirk in the sense that the people who hold these beliefs are not bad people (badly misguided perhaps, but not bad).

  • peppermintulip

    If Rosie actually said that it’s probably because she’s a victim of sexual abuse. When your a woman who was raped by a man like Rosie that’s probably why she would feel that way.

  • Facts

    Interesting. I vote republican. I don’t vote for the party of slavery, Jim Crow, and the Klan. Or infanticide. Apparently, you do.

  • PleaseGetAClue

    Kirk,
    You say you are the type of person to not evaluate someone by his 2 words. Well, those “2 words” say everything about that man and what his policies might do if he goes up further in politics. Plainly shows a stupid, insensitive man who clearly has no respect for any woman including his own women in his life around him.
    I think I can understand why you don’t want to be evaluated by just a few words or few works. It would mean most of us would judge you by that family show you were in. And that’s understandable.

  • Jennifer

    And you name yourself Facts? LOLOLOL!

    Well, not surprised, really. That response would definitely qualify you as Repuglican, the worst weasel-wording twisters of “facts” in the known Universe. I have yet to see “facts” get in the way of GOP/Baggers spreading the poison.

  • Jennifer

    Kirk Cameron doesn’t seem to know when he’s well off. He should be grateful the furor has died down after the last time he embarrassed himself with his bigotry, but no… He has to poke his head up again, this time defending an even more ignorant bigot. WTG, Kirk.

  • Facts

    Well, that was a lame response. It may come as a shock to you that Abe Lincoln was the first republican president? Republicans freed the slaves, the first black congressmen were all Republican, Jim Crow took affect in the Democrat south, where the Klan was formed and given praise by Democrat president Woodrow Wilson. And planned parenthood was formed by Margaret Sanger who wanted to suppress the black population by aborting their unborn. Those are facts. Happy to be of service.

  • KnowledgeIsPower

    You can’t feed facts to liberals. They have been drinking the koolaid so long they’ve lost the ability to do the research and think for themselves.

  • KnowledgeIsPower

    @kari… and I don’t appreciate anybody stereotyping others. It’s really sad that people can’t have differing opinions without some Liberal wannabe making assumptions about who they are as a person. Too bad you can’t embrace differences in others beliefs and lifestyles. You would sound a lot less hateful and angry if you would just learn to live and let live.

    Who would have thought that Liberals, once upon a time claimed to be the party of tolerance and acceptance could be so intolerant and exclusionary.

    Guess they are only tolerant and accepting to those who agree with them.

  • Facts

    I’ve changed a few minds… It takes a hell of a lot of time, patience and reasoning though. Remember, they’ve been thrown into a brainwashing program since kindergarten, and it takes a while to deprogram.

  • Facts

    Do they really believe in tolerance? – to patiently endure opposition without retribution? Or did they redefine tolerance to mean we must give them “approval and applause” for their erroneous views? Do they only expect people they hate to practice this “new tolerance”? Do they use it as a weapon to smash you over the head, until you are ashamed you ever disagreed with their Secular Progressive Marxist Utopian nightmare? … Forgive me. Those were all rhetorical questions. I’m sorry for asking the obvious.

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