RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A former Virginia lawmaker is marrying the woman at the center of a sex scandal that sent him to jail.
Joseph Morrissey said Friday that he plans to marry Myrna Warren on Saturday at a farm in Varina.
Morrissey spent his days at the General Assembly and his nights at a county jail during the 2014 legislative session after he was accused of having sex with Warren while she was his 17-year-old receptionist.
The couple now have two children and Morrissey is running to be Richmond’s next mayor.
Morrissey said the wedding will be officiated by the Rev. Wayne Ball, who served as a family confidant to former Gov. Bob McDonnell during his federal corruption trial.
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Well, some people lead very interesting lives, all I’ve got to say.
What is it with these politicians and sex? Are most male politicians oversexed?
I just Googled Joseph Dee Morrissey (born September 23, 1957)…so he’s 11 years younger than me, and he was sleeping with a 17 year old when he was in his 50’s? They have two children?
Some people lead very interesting lives, all I’ve got to say.
Ooops, there’s something more we all might want to know about this guy…
Morrissey attracted national attention in January 2013, when during a debate on gun control he pulled an unloaded AK-47 from under his desk and flourished it on the floor of the House of Delegates, after a Republican-controlled subcommittee had killed a bill of his that would have tightened gun controls in the commonwealth on weapons such as AK-47s. He announced, “A lot of people don’t know that in many locations in the commonwealth, you can take this gun, you can walk in the middle of Main Street loaded and not be in violation of the law.”
Sounds like he may have flourished his 17 year old receptionist on the floor, also. Are you saying that being against weapons such as an AK-47, makes it okay to have sex with a child? Doing so does not make his life “interesting”. It makes him a criminal.
That depends on when you have the sex. As far as I know, it’s legal for an adult to marry a 17 year old in all 50 states. If you have sex without marrying, it’s a crime. If you get married first, you have the blessing of the state.
Remember, he is ABOUT TO get married, and the couple already have two children.
So we have here a criminal, running for mayor of a city in VA.
It must be a really slow news day in the conservatives do the darndest things category.