Column: Rape is rape, even if it happens in prisons

When neurosurgeon and presidential-hopeful Ben Carson caused a big flap a few weeks ago with his comments about prison turning people gay, this page made no comment — in part because Carson is not going to be the Republicans’ nominee for president, and in part because almost nobody seriously agrees with Carson’s ideas about gay people. He’s a lone voice in the wilderness, shouting things like “a lot of people […] go into prison straight — and when they come out, they’re gay” into the wind. Who cares?