N.H. GOPer: “A lot of people like being in abusive relationships”

Salon writes, During a debate in the New Hampshire statehouse about a bill to reduce the penalty for assault, Republican state Rep. Mark Warden argued that "people are always free to leave" abusive relationships. “Some people could make the argument that a lot of people like being in abusive relationships," Warden said, the Concord Monitor reports. "It’s a love-hate relationship. It’s very, very common for people to stick around with somebody that they love who also abuses him or her." Warden added during the hearing: "Is the solution to those kind of dysfunctional relationships going to be more…

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