Asked about what the proper role of government should be in sexual matters during a two-hour candidate forum sponsored by The Jewish Federation, O'Donnell echoed the sentiment of one audience member, who shouted, "it's personal."
"I agree with you, it's personal. When I go to Washington, D.C. the litmus test by which I cast my vote for every piece of legislation that comes across my desk will be whether or not it is constitutional," she replied.
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A video of O'Donnell equating masturbation to adultery and saying that sex acts should be reserved for married couples has been featured prominently on blogs and news shows since Tuesday's primary. O'Donnell, who is single herself, recorded the videos in the mid-nineties when she was president of the Savior's Alliance for Lifting the Truth, or SALT.
The tea party candidate also once wrote that she knew many virgins who were not "sexually pure" because they had looked at pornography. "The Bible says that lust in your heart is committing adultery. You can't masturbate without lust," O'Donnell wrote more than a decade ago.
"I was in my twenties and very excited and passionate about my newfound faith. But I can assure you, my faith has matured and when I go to Washington, D.C. it'll be the Constitution on which I base all of my decisions, not my personal beliefs," she explained Thursday to cheers.
Coons, who has been careful not to go near any of the controversial aspects of O'Donnell's record, appeared to agree that her commentary on sex should be off-limits.
"It's my hope that in the general election campaign, my opponent and I can focus on our policy proposals, on the constructive ideas that we've got . . . I don't think
are particularly interested in statements that either of us made 20 or 30 years ago," he said in a line that also won applause, including O'Donnell's.
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In one of the more surprising moments of the evening, the anti-abortion O'Donnell said she would support a woman's right to choose if her life was at risk — an exception that has not been made by many of her Tea Party counterparts.
"I would support abortion in cases of life, not health, but the life of the mother. That is one situation that my family personally experienced with my sister a couple years ago. But that's a family decision where it's one life or the other," O'Donnell said.
"I was not always on this side. I am pro-life and I was not always pro-life, because I began to look at the truth of this issue, that there's a heartbeat beating at 18 days. I began to change my position," she said, lamenting the "profound loss of respect for life in this country."
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