aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Advocating the death penalty for gays in America

This guy’s not alone in his beliefs:

TOLEDO—Merrill Keiser, Jr., is a trucker by trade, and he’s hoping his next journey takes him all the way to Washington. His goal is a seat in the US Senate, but first he has to make it through the primary that will determine which Ohio Democrat will be the November ballot.

The Fremont man is causing some controversy with one of his beliefs. He tells News 11 homosexuality should be a felony, punishable by death. “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 says.

Keiser has no political background. He says the only reason he’s running as a Democrat is because that’s how he was registered the last time he voted.

For a more detailed look at where this kind of thinking comes from, see Russell Shorto’s What’s Their Real Problem with Gay Marriage (It’s the Gay Part), summarized here.

Via PageOneQ.