Saturday, May 19, 2012

Mississippi GOP Lawmaker Quotes Leviticus On How to Deal With Gays

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If this weeks actions by the GOP controlled Virginia House of Delegates wasn't enough to demonstrate that gay Republicans are akin to blacks joining the KKK or those of Jewish descent seeking Nazi Party membership, the remarks of a GOP state lawmaker in Mississippi ought to tip the balance.  As Towleroad is reporting Mississippi state Representative Andy Gipson attacked gays on his Facebook page following Obama's endorsement of same-sex marriage.  Note the approving reference to Leviticus 20:13 which reads as follows (NIV version):

 If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.


When confronted with this indirect reference to putting gays to death, Gipson tried to back away yet still managed to malign and denigrate LGBT citizens:

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If one is going to be a gay Republican, why not become a self-loathing "ex-gay for pay" while you're at it.  It makes just about as much sense in my book. 



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