'God Intended Rape Pregnancies' - GOP Backpedals

"Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock became the latest Republican to stir up controversy -- and potential trouble for the Romney campaign -- when he said during a debate that "even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that is something that God intended to happen."

Mourdock, a tea party-backed conservative Republican, unseated longtime Sen. Richard Lugar after a heated primary campaign. On Sunday, with his general election race tightening, he received Mitt Romney's official support. Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch is the only other candidate Romney has appeared on camera to endorse.

"With so much at stake, I hope you'll join me in supporting Richard Mourdock for U.S. Senate," Romney says in the new web video.

Mourdock made his controversial remarks during a debate with with Rep. Joe Donnelly, a three-term congressman who is also anti-abortion, on Tuesday night. By early this morning, the Democratic National Committee had already edited the Romney endorsement video to include Mourdock's comments from the night before."* Cenk Uygur breaks down the GOP's and Mourdock's backpedaling on the controversial statement and why it doesn't amount to much.

*Read more from Gregory J Kreig and Chris Good/ABC News:

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[artgrrl]

These people are soooo out of touch with the reality for so many of us. Using any religion to legislate into law anything should be immediately be eschewed as rhetoric, as religion are.

[Avrysatos]

they believe that not being able to oppress others is oppression of their religious freedom though.

[oTheresao]

I'm sorry, but when did "because God" become an allowable justification for laws? Where is the separation of church and state??

[BottleConcreteBlond]

What's weird is that he's saying people misunderstood him--the problem for him is that they understood him exactly.

[Avrysatos]

Because they're so damned intent on taking it AWAY.

I WISH people who were not doctors would STOP legislating anything even remotely medical and start dealing with actual issues of governing. Like our jobs, economy and the fact that the low income assistance programs we have are designed to keep people poor rather than helping them get a true leg up, but instead they have try to take away the only option to me if I were raped.

[LtShock]

"I apologize if you got offended by what I said and I apologize if you misunderstood". What a bullshit apology. He didn't apologize a all. He stand by what he said. If you get raped, god intended that to happen. That's what he thinks.

[PaulOrtiz]

Life is a gift from God...unless it's the life of a child unfortunate enough to have been born into the wrong faith and in the wrong part of the world. Obviously.

[edwardjohnson]

we gotta vote this Christianity out of our politics.these people allow terrorisam...want terror and back it up..

[Heartmugenn]

So in the big picture of 'Everything', why doesn't the the all good all powerful God do everything in his power to prevent ALL rape. Is he lazy or just favors others? If God made 'Everything' he is just as guilty for rape.

[hollyrosumny]

The audacity that this man believes he knows gods will.

[meganwright]

I love the total walk around apology 8:40, I apologize that my word weren' taken correctly, but...:

[SCHaworth]

So long as I am alive, No woman shall be forced to have a rapists spawn.
Such evil dictators should be purged from society.

[robertmike]

Another consequence of rape is suicide by the victim. I'm making a video where that victim has a name. According to Mourock's God, that rape victim can go to hell.

[lukethekanefan]

so a women gets raped has that child that child is has half of the rapists DNA and may resemble the rapist do you want to be reminded of that horrible act everyday no

[kaysandesses]

If God was truly interested in justice for women he would give them the power held by the Bene Gesserit to permanently damage rapists as Gaius Mohiam did to Vladimir Harkonnen.

[AresXII]

Hell no, Im glad I got out of that shit when i was 13 years old!

[venusinleo]

i get that they are trying to defend pro-life by spinning rape, but they are really digging themselves into a ridiculous hole.
stop trying to redifine the definition of rape and start trying to END it

[blackwolf]

Believing in absurdities is the basis of making excuses for atrocities, if not committing them.

[razorspoon]

How can god intend for something to happen that requires the free will of a human being?

[CmdrGendoIkari]

Only US Americans foolishly believe this is the greatest country on Earth.