California AG May Be Forced To Put Up With Extremist's 'Kill All Gays' Drive
A ballot initiative devised by a California lawyer that calls for the execution of gay people appears destined to make it past the state attorney general's desk, according to several legal experts.
"The Sodomite Suppression Act" is the brainchild of Orange County attorney Matt McLaughlin, and aside from legalizing the state killing of homosexuals, it would also outlaw preaching gay rights to minors, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Thursday.
The measure would require killing anyone who has engaged in homosexual activity via “bullets to the head or by any other convenient method.” For added convenience, the initiative proposes that any citizen can act as an executioner if the state fails to carry out its duties.
The Chronicle spoke to several legal experts, including a former state attorney general, who said that Attorney General Kamala Harris likely has no choice but to rubber stamp the initiative for circulation and allow McLaughlin to collect his signatures. "Once the sponsor has paid the required fee, state law directs the attorney general to prepare a title and a maximum 100-word summary of the initiative and forward it to the secretary of state for a 90-day period of public signature-gathering," the paper reported.
Passing judgment on the constitutionality of "The Sodomite Suppression Act" would go beyond Harris's powers as attorney general, ex-state Attorney General John Van de Kamp told the Chronicle.
The paper noted that the California Supreme Court would most likely quash the self-evidently unconstitutional proposal before it ever ended up on the state ballot.
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