[gatagato]

A lawyer in California has submitted a ballot initiative with the state Department of Justice calling for the death of anyone who engages in sodomy in the state, the San Diego Gay & Lesbian News reports.

The proposal by Matt McLaughlin, who lists his address in Huntington Beach, was received by the initiative coordinator at the Office of the Attorney General on Feb. 26. Enclosed was a $200 check and the complete text of his "Sodomite Suppression Act." The act outlines seven measures relating to those who engage in same-sex sodomy, "a monstrous evil that Almighty God, giver of freedom and liberty, commands us to suppress on pain of our utter destruction even as he overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha."

McLaughlin recommends punishment by death, even though a judge ruled that California's death penalty is unconstitutional last June:

"Seeing that it is better that offenders should die rather than that all of us should be killed by God's just wrath against us for the folly of tolerating-wickedness in our midst, the People of California wisely command, in the fear of God, that any person who willingly touches another person of the same gender for purposes of sexual gratification be put to death by bullets to the head or by any other convenient method."

The document goes on to push a ban on the distribution of "sodomistic propaganda" (we can only assume he was inspired by Russia, as some note) and on "sodomites" from serving in public office. He also wants the act to be "prominently" displayed in public school classrooms.



Ballot initiatives were added to the California Constitution in 1911 and allow for voters to propose constitutional amendments and statutes to be voted on by the larger populace. After an initiative is submitted, the sponsor must get signatures from five percent of the number of votes in the most recent gubernatorial election, Wonkette notes. That would be more than 350,000.

Kristin Ford, the press secretary with the Office of Attorney General Kamala D. Harris, told The Huffington Post they are in the process of reviewing the initiative.

http://www.salon.com/2015/03/03/cali...ium=socialflow

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/0...n_6786776.html

[kellyhound]

same guy who tried this.
http://articles.latimes.com/2004/jan.../me-bibleman12
And failed just like the above will fail.
His thinking is just as worse as ideas of islamic extremists.

[gatagato]

I agree, KH: regarding many of those islamic fundamentalists who believe that the Qur'an should be used as a guide to take over the world in the name of Islam, we can say that there are some mitigating circumstances like ignorance, which is the ideal soil to grow such a retarded mentality. BUT FFS, a California Lawyer acting like this, in the USA, in 2015 has no possible justification, it's really shocking and disgusting, this really left me speachless, people encouraging hatred, discrimination and bigotry are probably the last thing that this world needs.

[ralucagymnast]

Well, you know, its Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.

[Pigeon]

Crazy ass nutjob!

There's a whole lot of random shit in the bible specified as an abomination (often also warranting the death penalty) that I doubt he cares about. People like this tend to also criticize less homophobic Christians as being "cafeteria Christians".

[TheCreeperBEATNGU]

This can't be for real

[commondenom]

that's exactly what i think we should do to any religious people... fucking hell the world would be a nicer place without those assholes around

[Pyramid_Head]

He's religious, what a shock!

[CrunchyCripple]

I thiiiiink it might be time to pull his license(?) and put him under heavy watch - or lock him up.

Might not be long before he gets fed up and starts taking care of the "problem" himself.

[GregK]

What a psychopath.