Yep. This isn’t just a christian thing though. Our entire culture is predicated on women and children forgiving the transgressions of men.

Absolutely. I am shocked by the number of commenters here wanting to make this an urban-rural, flyover v. coastal, progressive v. fundie issue.

For all those people posting about how this is a “rural”, “flyover”, or “fundamentalist” issue, you could NOT be more wrong and you are letting your prejudices cloud your judgement on an issue that actually harms children.

“I’ve often thought that someone should start a non-profit to assist relocation of women, minoirities, and LGBTQ people out of these backwater ass states that have no respect for them or their rights (to places like New York and California, where, even though far from perfect themselves, they have greater civil rights…