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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPro-Trump Candidate Calls for Executing Parents of LGBTQ+ Kids
The Trump-endorsed Republican candidate in South Carolinas 4th Congressional District called for the arrest and execution of those who advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and the protection of trans children.
During an appearance on The Stew Peters Show, Pastor Mark Burns was asked by host Jane Ruby to commit to voting for transphobic laws that target LGBTQ+ children and their parents and ending what she called this war on children. Burns went much further than committing to voting for legislation.
Not only will I vote to make sure that those parents be held for child abuse because theres no such thing as trans kids, only abusive parents, period, Burns responded adding that trans-supportive parents are unnaturally influencing their childrens development.
I want to make sure that those parents are being held accountable, Burns continued. We should start putting some of those parents in jail for abusing their childs minds, and especially in the school system. Any teacher is [sic] teaching that LGBT, transgenderism, flurries [sic], the groomers, any sexual orientation communication in the school system should be immediately terminated but also be held for abusing young children. Our children should not be born to be indoctrinated. That is 1922 Nazi Germany all over again.
The comments by Burns echo Republican leadership who have called LGBTQ+ people and allies "groomers" as well as calling gender-affirming health care for trans youth "child abuse."
https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/6/14/pro-trump-sc-candidate-mark-burns-calls-executing-allies-lgbtq-kids
This shit is getting out of hand...
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)They won't even pretend to give a shit??
onecaliberal
(32,858 posts)IngridsLittleAngel
(1,962 posts)This is beyond out of hand at this point...
His so-called "platform" needs to be treated as terrorist threats, and he needs to be hauled off in handcuffs. NOW.
And, no... This is not "freedom of speech." How long would it take for me to be arrested if I ran for office on a platform of "Executing all cishets" or "Executing Republicans"? I'm guessing that could be measured in seconds.
Fuck Mark bin Laden and his qult of hate and violence. Fuck the QOP.