Canadian Candidate Wants Gays Executed

Apparently, the USA does not have a monopoly on lunatic Christianists who hate gays with a passion and who want the civil laws made subservient to their warped, hate filled version of the Bible. I continue to believe that extreme Christianists are just as crazy as the Islamic ones that are widespead in countries like Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran. The only difference is that the Christianists are usually more circumspect in publicly stating their true views and preferred manner of treating LGBT citizens. In the case of David Popescu, a federal candidate, he said what most Christianists think but do state in a public forum. I suspect that within hours I suspect Christianists in the USA will be whining that Popescu is being persecuted. Here are highlights from the Toronto Sun:

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Police are investigating whether an independent federal candidate committed a hate crime by telling high school students homosexuals should be executed. David Popescu was invited to participate in a federal candidates' discussion at Sudbury Secondary School on Tuesday. He made the comment after a student asked his opinion of gay marriage.

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Popescu introduced himself with a public prayer, blaming environmental damage and economic unrest on the wickedness of society. His comments were met with silence as some students grimaced and shifted in their seats.

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"A young man asked me what I think of homosexual marriages and I said I think homosexuals should be executed," he said. "My whole reason for running is the Bible and the Bible couldn't be more clear on that point."

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An advocate for the Sudbury Gay and Lesbian community said while Popescu's extreme views are well known, he has never said something "so extreme." "He's not simply saying that lesbians or gay men are mentally ill or somehow deviant or criminals. He's saying we should be subject to the death penalty," said Gary Kinsman. "I think sometimes violence and hatred towards gays and lesbians gets dressed up in sort of a religious guise and is somehow tolerated. I just don't think it should be tolerated at all." Kinsman was particularly concerned the comments were made before a group of young people.

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Can you imagine the outcry if gays were to publicly call for the execution of Christians? There should be an equal outcry against Popescu and those who think like him. Sadly, that does not occur. Anti-gay bigotry is the last acceptable hate-based bigotry.