Acting on a tip from a reader, the editors at Wonkette have uncovered papers filed with the California Attorney General’s Office by a Huntington Beach attorney, calling for a proposed ballot initiative called “The Sodomite Suppression Act,” which he hopes will save the Golden State from “God’s just wrath.”The filing, along with a check for $200, will allow attorney Matthew McLaughlin to begin the process of collecting the approximately 365,000 signatures needed to put the measure before California voters on an upcoming ballot.According to McLaughlin’s filing, “The abominable crime against nature known as buggery, called also sodomy, is 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.”Saying that it is better if offenders (“sodomites”) be put to death rather than “all of us should be killed by God’s just wrath against us for tolerating wickedness in our midst,” the attorney proposes 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.”While a federal judge struck down California’s death penalty as unconstitutional in 2014, McLaughlin has that covered.“This law is effective immediately and shall not be rendered ineffective or invalidated by any court, state or federal, until heard by a quorum of the Supreme Court of California consisting only of judges who are neither sodomites nor subject to disqualification hereunder.”McLaughlin’s law would also call for anyone who “distributes, performs, or transmits any sodomistic propaganda” to be fined $1 million and imprisoned for up to ten years for occurrence,” after which they would be cast from the state. Additionally, the law ban all sodomites, and those who promote sodomy, from holding political office.As noted at Wonkette, McLaughlin previously filed papers in 2004, seeking a ballot measure to provide public school students with a Bible as a literary text which, thus far, has failed to appear on a ballot for the voters consideration.
Nut jobs shouldnt be let in high positions like that
Quote from: Oss on March 03, 2015, 10:42:42 AMNut jobs shouldnt be let in high positions like thatBrah, lawyer isn't exactly a high position. Anyone with a degree can be one.OT: This would be a violation of the US constitution so even in the near impossible event that it would pass it would end up being over turned.Almost as stupid as that "split California into seven states" gerrymandering scheme.
Almost as stupid as that "split California into seven states" gerrymandering scheme.
Quote from: LC on March 03, 2015, 10:56:36 AMAlmost as stupid as that "split California into seven states" gerrymandering scheme.I'll admit it was entertaining to see the responses to that from both sides.
“This law is effective immediately and shall not be rendered ineffective or invalidated by any court, state or federal, until heard by a quorum of the Supreme Court of California consisting only of judges who are neither sodomites nor subject to disqualification hereunder.”
Quote from: LC on March 03, 2015, 10:56:36 AMAlmost as stupid as that "split California into seven states" gerrymandering scheme.Fucking please.Why the fuck should Norcal folks have to be tied to cities they have no cultural ties to and vote completely different from?The people elected by the coastal population centers do not represent the interests or the ideals of rural Californians.
Anyway, OT, so the guy's a looney, who cares? Crazy people do crazy shit. I mean it's asinine and all, but, like, fuck, it's fucking 2015. Yeah, homophobia is bad and all, but it's going down the drain fast in the west. The fact that we can all agree it's asinine is reason enough not to worry about it. This shit just turns into a circlejerk of disgust and it's really boring.
Acting on a tip from a reader
Quote from: LC on March 03, 2015, 11:20:54 AMQuote from: Arm The Mob on March 03, 2015, 11:14:45 AMQuote from: LC on March 03, 2015, 10:56:36 AMAlmost as stupid as that "split California into seven states" gerrymandering scheme.Fucking please.Why the fuck should Norcal folks have to be tied to cities they have no cultural ties to and vote completely different from?The people elected by the coastal population centers do not represent the interests or the ideals of rural Californians.You mean the majority doesn't hold the same views as the minority?No fucking way. I guess in the interest of fairness we should just turn everything over to the interests of the minority though as that's truly how a representative democracy should function.Because that's exactly what I'm saying.No, these cities are culturally and politically disconnected from the inner portion of the state, and this spans a big enough geographic area that it is more reasonable to cut California into two or at most three smaller states than to tie these rural people to urban centers they have nothing to do with and want nothing to do with. That is not representation, that is abuse of districting.If the situation were reversed, and it was something like Austin, a small liberal enclave held down by the conservative areas tied to it, not a single one of you would be opposed to it. But because California is the center of liberal power in the US, you don't want to see anything change, even when there is a clear cultural divide between the coastal and inland portions of the state.
Quote from: Arm The Mob on March 03, 2015, 11:14:45 AMQuote from: LC on March 03, 2015, 10:56:36 AMAlmost as stupid as that "split California into seven states" gerrymandering scheme.Fucking please.Why the fuck should Norcal folks have to be tied to cities they have no cultural ties to and vote completely different from?The people elected by the coastal population centers do not represent the interests or the ideals of rural Californians.You mean the majority doesn't hold the same views as the minority?No fucking way. I guess in the interest of fairness we should just turn everything over to the interests of the minority though as that's truly how a representative democracy should function.
Quote from: Arm The Mob on March 03, 2015, 11:21:24 AMAnyway, OT, so the guy's a looney, who cares? Crazy people do crazy shit. I mean it's asinine and all, but, like, fuck, it's fucking 2015. Yeah, homophobia is bad and all, but it's going down the drain fast in the west. The fact that we can all agree it's asinine is reason enough not to worry about it. This shit just turns into a circlejerk of disgust and it's really boring.it's a FUCKTON more interesting than the gamergate meme
Quote from: Rape Culture on March 03, 2015, 12:48:29 PMQuote from: Arm The Mob on March 03, 2015, 11:21:24 AMAnyway, OT, so the guy's a looney, who cares? Crazy people do crazy shit. I mean it's asinine and all, but, like, fuck, it's fucking 2015. Yeah, homophobia is bad and all, but it's going down the drain fast in the west. The fact that we can all agree it's asinine is reason enough not to worry about it. This shit just turns into a circlejerk of disgust and it's really boring.it's a FUCKTON more interesting than the gamergate meme>parroting "DAS SO H0M0FOBIC" back and forth>interestingYeah, we get it. He's a piece of shit. How many threads do we have to have on homophobia anyway? 99% of the forum already agrees that it's reprehensible. It's lost its discussion value. Not that there was anything to discuss in the first place other than the backwater hicks spouting this shit, which we all agree are retards.
Quote from: Madman Mordo on March 03, 2015, 04:54:23 PMQuote from: Rape Culture on March 03, 2015, 12:48:29 PMQuote from: Arm The Mob on March 03, 2015, 11:21:24 AMAnyway, OT, so the guy's a looney, who cares? Crazy people do crazy shit. I mean it's asinine and all, but, like, fuck, it's fucking 2015. Yeah, homophobia is bad and all, but it's going down the drain fast in the west. The fact that we can all agree it's asinine is reason enough not to worry about it. This shit just turns into a circlejerk of disgust and it's really boring.it's a FUCKTON more interesting than the gamergate meme>parroting "DAS SO H0M0FOBIC" back and forth>interestingYeah, we get it. He's a piece of shit. How many threads do we have to have on homophobia anyway? 99% of the forum already agrees that it's reprehensible. It's lost its discussion value. Not that there was anything to discuss in the first place other than the backwater hicks spouting this shit, which we all agree are retards.>parroting GG IS A BIG DEAL AND WE HATE WOMEN>interesring