Voluntary intoxication is not a licence for gang rape.
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U.S. Lieutenant Governors
Quotes from current and former U.S. state lieutenant governors.
Current lieutenant governors
ALWill AinsworthAlabama
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IDScott BedkeIdaho7 Quotes
CTSusan BysiewiczConnecticut13 Quotes
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DEKyle Evans GayDelaware
MIGarlin GilchristMichigan19 Quotes
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NCRachel HuntNorth Carolina
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HISylvia LukeHawaii1 Quote
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KSDavid TolandKansas
OHJim TresselOhio1 Quote
MODavid WasingerMissouri
Former lieutenant governors
This young woman had already endured something that is utterly unspeakable, and then at every turn she was failed by people and institutions with an obligation to protect her.
Every parent who sends their child off to college expects them to be safe, and if something terrible happens, the student deserves to know that the people they turn to will listen to them, protect them, and fight for them. That is the bare…
If someone is too intoxicated to consent, it should not matter whether they chose to use drugs or alcohol. Voluntary intoxication is not a license for sexual assault or gang-rape. Period.
I’m deeply disturbed at Cornell University’s police and how they handled this.
PEPRA was a necessary reform born of a crisis exacerbated by past policy decisions.
I am deeply disturbed by how Cornell University police and the Tompkins County district attorney’s office handled allegations of a 2024 sexual assault at the university.





