This blog previously noted how a referendum issue had been initiated in California that seeks to have a statewide referendum on whether gays should be executed. The measure - "The Sodomite Suppression Act," - was submitted by extreme right wing fanatic Matthew Gregory McLaughlin, an Orange County lawyer, on February 26, 2015. California Attorney General Kamala Harris (pictured above) indicated today that she will be seeking a court order suppressing the measure and barring it from proceeding to the petition signature gathering stage. While the proposal was submitted by a single individual, there are many voices among the Christofascists who would happily see gays murdered by the state. It is little wonder that more and more Americans are walking away from religion. Here are highlights from Talking Points Memo:
"The Sodomite Suppression Act," submitted by Orange County lawyer Matthew Gregory McLaughlin on Feb. 26, would legalize the killing of homosexuals via "a bullet to the head."
While normal protocol would require Harris to review and summarize the potential ballot measure within 30 days, said she would be seeking authority from the Supreme Court to abort the measure.
"This proposal not only threatens public safety, it is patently unconstitutional, utterly reprehensible, and has no place in a civil society," she said. "Today, I am filing an action for declaratory relief with the Court seeking judicial authorization for relief from the duty to prepare and issue the title and summary for the 'Sodomite Suppression Act.'"
"If the Court does not grant this relief, my office will be forced to issue a title and summary for a proposal that seeks to legalize discrimination and vigilantism.”
In order for it to appear on a ballot, however, McLaughlin would have to collect more than 365,000 signatures from Californian citizens. Even then, experts said the State Supreme Court would most likely quash the self-evidently unconstitutional measure.
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