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TexasTowelie

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Fri May 31, 2019, 02:08 PM May 2019

Florida Lawmaker Laughs When Constituents Ask if He Can Introduce a Bible-Based Bill to Put Gay

Florida Lawmaker Laughs When Constituents Ask if He Can Introduce a Bible-Based Bill to Put Gay People to Death


Florida Tea Party Republican state Representative Mike Hill thinks putting gay people to death because the Bible says to is funny.

At a local meeting last week of the Women for Responsible Legislation, held in the Pensacola City Hall, constituents asked Rep. Hill about a Democrat's legislation to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination.

One constituent chimed in, saying, "In 1 Corinthians, it says that a man who has an affair with another man will be put to death."

Rep. Hill did not miss a beat.

"It says that in the Old Testament, too," Hill noted, as an opinion piece in the Pensacola News Journal notes.

Read more: https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2019/05/florida-lawmaker-laughs-when-constituents-ask-if-he-can-introduce-a-bible-based-bill-to-put-gay-people-to-death/
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