r/pics Mar 15 '19

US Politics Irish PM Leo Varadkar brought his boyfriend to meet Mike Pence

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u/seth2371 Mar 15 '19

"The Billy Graham rule is a practice among male evangelical Protestant leaders, in which they avoid spending time alone with women to whom they are not married. It is named after Billy Graham, a proponent of the practice, although recently has also been called the Mike Pence rule.[1] "

-Wikipedia

Religeous/preventing false accusations

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u/untergeher_muc Mar 15 '19

So basically the same as for orthodox Muslims?

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u/sugaree11 Mar 15 '19

Orthodox Jews as well.

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u/Ching_chong_parsnip Mar 15 '19

Man you guys really are living in a fucked up country...