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Former Virginia lawmaker plans to wed teenager involved in sex scandal
Reuters ^ | May 21, 2015 | Gary Robertson

Posted on 05/22/2015 5:09:07 AM PDT by Zakeet

A former Virginia Democratic lawmaker who became a pariah in the state legislature after a sex scandal involving a teenage receptionist has announced that he plans to marry the woman, a day after he acknowledged fathering her 9-week-old baby.

Joseph D. Morrissey, 57, told a news conference on Thursday that the woman, Myrna Pride, gave birth to their baby about a week before she turned 19. She is still employed at his law office, he said.

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Morrissey also said that he was father to a total of four children born out of wedlock with different women.

Last December, Morrissey, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor for his relationship with Pride. The sentence was later reduced to a 90 days in work release.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: absolutemorals; brownsugar; democrat; scandal; virginia
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I know that some of you bad old Freepers are wondering if I married the broad in order to keep her quiet ... and because a wife can't testify against her husband ... but you need to realize that I took lessons about the sanctity of marriage from that other paragon of Democrat virtue, John Edwards ... and I intend to honor our sacred vows ... this time ... and I will keep her happy despite our 40 year age differential!

1 posted on 05/22/2015 5:09:07 AM PDT by Zakeet
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2 posted on 05/22/2015 5:14:58 AM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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We poke fun, but actually we are all jealous of this sucker. Kinda. Sorta.


3 posted on 05/22/2015 5:16:43 AM PDT by mbarker12474
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57? Has he been married before and what led to the breakup of that marriage?


4 posted on 05/22/2015 5:17:00 AM PDT by kalee
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To: Zakeet

And he is STILL IN OFFICE!


5 posted on 05/22/2015 5:17:08 AM PDT by verga (I might as well be playing chess with pigeons,.)
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To: areukiddingme1

How diverse of him...


6 posted on 05/22/2015 5:18:43 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: verga

“former Democratic Virginia lawmaker”


7 posted on 05/22/2015 5:23:15 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: areukiddingme1

Real life movie: “The Help.”


8 posted on 05/22/2015 5:27:38 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: areukiddingme1

Thanks for the pics. I had the opposite color scheme in mind.


9 posted on 05/22/2015 5:35:39 AM PDT by wita
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We poke fun, but actually we are all jealous of this sucker. Kinda. Sorta.

Assuming the above picture is of him and his blushing bride, we have an obviously mentally disturbed old white guy marrying a teenaged black whore. Anybody who is "kinda/sorta" jealous of this is in as dire need of psychological help as the reprobates in the pic.

10 posted on 05/22/2015 5:37:07 AM PDT by LouAvul (We've been sold down the river, and I can't swim.)
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and because a wife can't testify against her husband ...

Good time to put that canard to rest.

Wife cannot be compelled to testify against her husband.

11 posted on 05/22/2015 5:37:35 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (`)
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Looks like al-Reuters is playing fast and loose with facts. Sources all list him as a current office-holder, and he just got out of jail!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/virginia-lawmaker-joe-morrissey-completes-jail-sentence/2015/03/10/98e5ca52-c76b-11e4-aa1a-86135599fb0f_story.html


12 posted on 05/22/2015 5:38:57 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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Just my own personal creed—’don’t marry anyone old enough to be your mother or young enough to be your daughter’. Absolutely never with one of the same genitalia, ehehehe.


13 posted on 05/22/2015 5:39:22 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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4 kids out of wedlock. I’m sure this will be a lasting marriage. LOL

This guy can’t keep his junk in his pants.


14 posted on 05/22/2015 5:39:25 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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A former Virginia Democratic lawmaker . . . has announced that he plans to marry the woman . . . Joseph D. Morrissey, 57 . . . Myrna Pride, gave birth to their baby about a week before she turned 19. She is still employed at his law office . . . Morrissey also said that he was father to a total of four children born out of wedlock with different women.

He's triple her age, a serial cheater, and she works for him. I'm sure this time he's taking his vows seriously. Congratulations to the blushing bride who bagged such a great catch.

15 posted on 05/22/2015 5:43:18 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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“This guy can’t keep his junk in his pants.”

It’s basically the liberal manifesto...It’s their creed that they live by, everything is measured by your sex organs and where you put them.


16 posted on 05/22/2015 5:44:53 AM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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“former Democratic Virginia lawmaker”

From the article: Morrissey stunned political pundits by winning re-election to his House of Delegates seat in a special election in January, while he was serving his sentence. Under the work-release program, he had been to able to leave jail during the day and he made campaign calls from his law office.

17 posted on 05/22/2015 5:44:54 AM PDT by verga (I might as well be playing chess with pigeons,.)
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Democrats don’t care about morals....this guy is just one of them and perfectly electable!!!


18 posted on 05/22/2015 5:49:51 AM PDT by ontap
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To: mbarker12474

Uh, no we are not.


19 posted on 05/22/2015 5:52:55 AM PDT by anton
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To: Zakeet

The account of this in the Atlanta newspaper managed to avoid mentioning his political party altogether.


20 posted on 05/22/2015 6:09:28 AM PDT by madprof98
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