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Candidates call for gay executions
Candidates far Texas governor and Ohio
Senate both advocating death penalty
far homosexuality
by Mark Smith
WASHINGTON, D.C. — If this wasn’t so
offensive it might be a little comical.
Seems there are two candidates in two
separate states running for office — and both
of them are advocating death sentences for
gays and lesbians.
In this year’s Ohio elections Democratic
Senate Candidate Merrill Keiser wants to
make homosexual behavior a capital crime
punishable by the death penalty.
Keiser is a trucker with no political expe
rience, but he hopes to beat a fellow
Democrat in the May primary. The winner
will try to unseat Republican incumbent Sen.
Mike DeWine, assuming he wins the GOP
primary.
“Just like we have laws against murder,
we have laws against stealing, we have laws
against taking drugs — we should have laws
against immoral conduct,” Keiser told
WTOL-TV in Toledo.
Keiser also says there needs to be more
adherence to biblical values in government,
business and education.
In an interview with the Fairfax-Va.- based
radio talk show “The Edge," Keiser told the
show’s host he favored execut
ing Vice President Dick
Cheney’s daughter Mary
Cheney and British rock artist
Elton John because they are gay.
During the interview, Keiser
said Elton John was, in fact,
“worthy of death.” When
pressed if he would have Mary
Cheney killed, he said, “how
else would you do it?” if you
wanted to follow a law that
Keiser indicated he would con
sider proposing if elected to the
U.S. Senate.
“I am happy we were able to
expose the truth about this
man and his beliefs,” said
“Edge” host Chad Larson. “It
shows that there is still extreme
homophobia in this world and
that we still have a long way to
go before we can say we have
achieved equality.”
In Texas there’s independent
governor hopeful Larry Kilgore.
Setting the stage for his
2008 bid, Kilgore has already
made his ideas for the future of
the country readily available on
his website. '
“My first priority as gover-
1$ ol' sparky in the future for
gays? Ohio Senate candidate
Merrill Keiser (left) and Texas
governor hopeful Larry
Kilgore say they support gay
execution.
nor will be to submit to
Biblical law given to us by the
King of Kings and Lord of
Lords, Jesus Christ. My job,
according to 1st Peter 2:14,
will be to punish those who
do wrong and to commend
those who do right.”
In a section of the website
where he defines the various
issues, we have a chance to
see Kilgore’s outlined punish
ment system for dealing with
“those who do wrong.”
• 1-40 lashes for crime of
maliciousness, like graffiti,
porn, strip clubs.
• Execution for crime of mur
der including abortion.
(Exodus 21:12, 21:22-23)
• Execution for crime of adul
tery. (Leviticus 20:10)
• Execution for crime of
homosexual acts. (Leviticus
20:13)
While most voters are see
ing these two as crackpot,
fringe lunatics, the question
remains — if they were
speaking out against other
minorities — would they be
arrested for death threats?
Former Jesse Helms protege
nabbed for refund scams
Anti-gay Republican Claude Allen also Bush administration qffidal
by John Marble and Donald Miller
On March 13 it was revealed that
Claude Allen, a Republican activist, for
mer George W. Bush administration offi
cial and former Jesse Helms aide, was
arrested for theft and accused of con
ducting refund scams at several big-box
retailers, including Target stores in subur
ban Maryland.
According to the Montgomery County
Police Department, Allen purchased $5,000
worth of goods from Target and Hecht’s
stores and stowed them in his car. He then
returned to the stores with receipts, took
identical items off store shelves and
demanded refunds for them. In another odd
development, Allen also reportedly suggest
ed that his wayward twin brother Floyd —
a former pro football player — might b>e
responsible for the shoplifting.
While media reports have focused on
Allen’s positions held within the Bush Administration and White House, Allen is also
known as a chief architect for anti-gay policy for the
Bush administration and within Republican circles. see ANTI-GAYon 10
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According to the Family Research
Council, Claude Allen was a chief
author of the anti-gay planks that
were central to the 2004 Republican
Party notional platform.
A soldier's story
Lost friends and found
chemicals
Editor's Note: These ore the thoughts of a gay
soldier — a North Carolina native — who has
been deployed to Iraq. Because of the military's
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, he must remain
anonymous.
This past week, a near and dear friend of mine was
murdered in Baghdad, shot three times as he exited a
store in a local market. He worked right alongside me day
in and out. He will be
terribly missed by all of
us — his memory and
work ethic will live on
in my heart forever.
Some interesting
information has sur
faced in recent days
about Saddam Hussein and the weapons of mass
destruction that were the initial impetus behind this
incursion. Stories are floating about regarding the possi
ble involvement of Syria, Iran — and maylse even Russia
— In the hiding of arsenals prior to the start of the war.
Recently traces of three chemicals were found on
equipment located on the
premises just two miles see SOLDIER'S on 14