Tennessee Republican David Hooven has vowed not to be alone with “a member of another sex” if elected to the state’s House of Representatives, as “from Presidents to janitors all are tempted.” Hooven made the pledge on his official campaign website, where he said that if elected “my primary focus will be to honor God.”

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    “my primary focus will be to honor God.”

    Ever hire on to a new job, and immediately say your primary focus will be something completely irrelevant to your job description/duties?

    Like if I hire on as a nurse at a local hospital, and the first thing I tell the nurse manager is: “My primary focus will be browsing cat memes.” Guess I can take care of a patient here and there if I get bored. No biggie, right?

    …right?

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    I find it super weird that all these men who claim to be super-religious simultaneously claim that they don’t have control over their own animal urges. He is basically saying “All men are tempted by all women, and there’s nothing I can do about it, so we should just eject unescorted women from anything important, for their own protection, because I can’t be trusted”.

    Thats bullshit. That man took a (presumably religious) vow to honor his wife, and shouldn’t expect the rest of the world to perform the hard part of that vow for him.

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      And if you think such a man wouldn’t vote to make it a crime to be alone with someone of the opposite sex who isn’t your spouse then you haven’t been paying attention. They want us to become Gilead.

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      If he wants to honor god, shouldn’t he become a priest or something? It’s bullshit how many politicians think it’s okay to push their religious views onto everyone else (and even more bullshit how they don’t even get punished or stopped from doing so).

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    “You can’t trust me to behave like an adult in a room with just one other person, but you can trust me with the power of the state.”

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      I mean it sounds a heck of a lot more like he doesn’t want to create any room for false accusations. I know professors who follow this logic and don’t hold private meetings with any students primary out of protection of themselves from being accused of something. If you’re a politician with enemies I can at least see the logic to some extent.

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        That is standard, but what this nut is saying is that he wont do it because of God, not what you are talking about.

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    Next week’s article: “Tennessee Republican David Hooven’s mistress has alleged…”

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      …that his homosexual relationship with the representative did not violate his promise to not be alone with the opposite sex.

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      Right?! This reads like “had some issues in the past, but so far they’ve all been under the rug, and need to keep it that way.”

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        It didn’t, and you have to wonder if that’s telling, or if he’s not saying that because it would make his statements more suspect.

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    I must be some kind of super human man as I can spend hours with women without having sex. Is there any way to monetize this outworldly power?

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      I respect that he’s taking the steps necessary to prevent him from raping women.

      though perhaps the lack of self control that renders these steps necessary… should be considered disqualifying for elected office.

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      These people know that everyone knows they can’t be trusted, so they set up these weird rules that I guess they assume are what normal virtuous people do.

      It’s like proving you’re not an alcoholic by showing everyone you’re throwing out all the alcohol in your house. Sure that’s good I guess, but normal people don’t have to do that in the first place, and also nothing that you did actually prevents you from completely going back on your word.

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    Hooven made the pledge on his official campaign website, where he said that if elected “my primary focus will be to honor God.”

    Wait, does he know becoming a religious leader is an option? And I don’t…Think you need to be elected for it? So it’s even more affordable!

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    Completely unnecessary thing to commit to for a normal person with a properly aligned moral compass. This dude is creepy as fuck.

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    Men can have sex with each other too. As a man, I don’t know if I’d feel safe alone with him. Maybe no one should be alone with him. I don’t think anyone would be safe.