Women. Against. Deal.
NATHAN DEAL’S ANTI-WOMEN VOTING RECORD · In 1988, Deal voted against FOUR domestic violence bills. On one occasion - he was THE ONLY member of the entire Georgia legislature to vote against a domestic violence bill. · Deal also fought against the Georgia Domestic Violence Act that Roy Barnes sponsored. The bill allowed police officers to arrest a spouse suspected of abusing another spouse without a warrant. Deal opposed the bill because it would "violate the sanctity of the family." · In 1991, Deal wrote a bill that would dismantle Georgia's rape shield. Deal's bill would have allowed defense attorneys to put a rape victim on the stand and question what she was wearing at the time of the crime, and her past sexual and social history. In effect, it would have let defense attorneys suggest that a woman ASK...