MOORE, Okla. — A
Tea Party candidate running for
Oklahoma’s state House who wants to apply biblical principles to Oklahoma law is under fire for advocating that gays should be stoned to death because ‘it came directly from God.”
Scott Esk,
who is running for House District 91 state representative, made the remarks
on Facebook last year in comments regarding
Pope Francis’ now famous quote
“Who am I to judge?” in referencing gays who who hold strong religious beliefs.
Esk
posted old testament scriptures from Romans and Leviticus that referred to homosexuality being punished,
reports KFOR-TV.
One person on
Facebook on responded, “So just to be clear, you think we should execute homosexuals (presumably by stoning)?”
Esk responded, “I think we would be totally in the right to do it. That goes against some parts of libertarianism, I realize, and I’m largely libertarian, but ignoring as a nation things that are worthy of death is very remiss.”
Click here to read the full articleSource: LGBTQ Nation, June 11, 2014