"Kill the gays" initiative

[Luddly Neddite]

California Lawyer Matt McLaughlin Introduces “Kill the Gays” Ballot Initiative


California Lawyer Matt McLaughlin Introduces “Kill the Gays” Ballot Initiative March 21, 2015 By Erin Nanasi A California lawyer has devised an initiative titled “The Sodomite Suppression Act.” Yes, this isn’t something from The Onion or National Report, this is a very real ballot initiative designed by someone who is both nutty and probably thinks more about making sexy time more than members of the gay community do.

The language of the measure is, well, insane. For example: The abominable crime against nature known as buggery, called also sodomy, is a monstrous evil that Almighty God, giver of freedom and liberty, commands us to suppress on pain of our utter destruction even as he overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha.

Read more at: California Lawyer Matt McLaughlin Introduces Kill the Gays Ballot Initiative


Who says the fundie nutters don't want sharia law?

 

[The Irish Ram]

You're an idiot.

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

Sounds like another California Satanist pretending to be a protestant Christian in order to mar / destroy the reputation of Christ. Bottom line is the New Testament teaches no such thing - this man is not following the teachings of Jesus Christ. He is most likely a satanist Jesuit - look for where he graduated from. MCLaughlin is an Irish name - he is most likely Roman Catholic with a Jesuit education. (pretending to be a Protestant). There is a lot of that out in California.

 

[BluesLegend]

Liberals own California their problem not mine.

 

[LeftofLeft]

California Lawyer Matt McLaughlin Introduces “Kill the Gays” Ballot Initiative


California Lawyer Matt McLaughlin Introduces “Kill the Gays” Ballot Initiative March 21, 2015 By Erin Nanasi A California lawyer has devised an initiative titled “The Sodomite Suppression Act.” Yes, this isn’t something from The Onion or National Report, this is a very real ballot initiative designed by someone who is both nutty and probably thinks more about making sexy time more than members of the gay community do.

The language of the measure is, well, insane. For example: The abominable crime against nature known as buggery, called also sodomy, is a monstrous evil that Almighty God, giver of freedom and liberty, commands us to suppress on pain of our utter destruction even as he overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha.

Read more at: California Lawyer Matt McLaughlin Introduces Kill the Gays Ballot Initiative


Who says the fundie nutters don't want sharia law?

This guy is a nut bag. The likelihood of its passage or even consideration is far less of a threat that Sharia law represents to gays. Which side of the spectrum is about shutting down sharia law and which side is open to it?

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

I did a search on his name. There is an article that says no one can find this guy other than a mail box account. No history. Strange for a lawyer not to have contact information, no advertising, no listing, nothing. Wow. This is sounding more and more like another set up against Christians.


Secret Agent Lawyer Files CA Ballot Initiative To Put Sodomites To Death Wonkette
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Now you see why we wanted to sic The Google on this guy, right? Because WTF, is this even real? But he’s extremely invisible online.
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What kind of Lawyer is impossible to contact or find? The kind that is up to games such as this one. This story is not going to fly, Luddly. It's dead in the water. Why not tackle a real threat such as the fight against ALAC which is over Islamists trying to stop ALAC in order to put Shariah law into America's courtrooms? That is a real threat. Go after it!
(Sharia law calls for the execution of gays)

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

California Lawyer Matt McLaughlin Introduces “Kill the Gays” Ballot Initiative


California Lawyer Matt McLaughlin Introduces “Kill the Gays” Ballot Initiative March 21, 2015 By Erin Nanasi A California lawyer has devised an initiative titled “The Sodomite Suppression Act.” Yes, this isn’t something from The Onion or National Report, this is a very real ballot initiative designed by someone who is both nutty and probably thinks more about making sexy time more than members of the gay community do.

The language of the measure is, well, insane. For example: The abominable crime against nature known as buggery, called also sodomy, is a monstrous evil that Almighty God, giver of freedom and liberty, commands us to suppress on pain of our utter destruction even as he overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha.

Read more at: California Lawyer Matt McLaughlin Introduces Kill the Gays Ballot Initiative


Who says the fundie nutters don't want sharia law?

This guy is a nut bag. The likelihood of its passage or even consideration is far less of a threat that Sharia law represents to gays. Which side of the spectrum is about shutting down sharia law and which side is open to it?

They cannot even trace him. There are no court cases on file other than one in which it is claimed he wanted to give school children bibles. No cases since 2004? Really? ha! ha! This is a set up against Protestant Christians. Amazing how people will listen to something like this knowing full well there is no such teaching in the Bible -for Christians to call for the execution of gays. Simply ridiculous.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

I did a search on his name. There is an article that says no one can find this guy other than a mail box account. No history. Strange for a lawyer not to have contact information, no advertising, no listing, nothing. Wow. This is sounding more and more like another set up against Christians.


Secret Agent Lawyer Files CA Ballot Initiative To Put Sodomites To Death Wonkette
clip from story:
Now you see why we wanted to sic The Google on this guy, right? Because WTF, is this even real? But he’s extremely invisible online.
------------------------

What kind of Lawyer is impossible to contact or find? The kind that is up to games such as this one. This story is not going to fly, Luddly. It's dead in the water. Why not tackle a real threat such as the fight against ALAC which is over Islamists trying to stop ALAC in order to put Shariah law into America's courtrooms? That is a real threat. Go after it!
(Sharia law calls for the execution of gays)

Jeremiah

For you, everything is about satan, catholics, jesuits and you're welcome to it. Or, if you want to discuss ALAC, go start a thread.

As outrageous as this initiative would be coming from normal people, there are a lot of christian nutters who would be in favor of killing gays.

A search turned up quite a few links. Here's what Snopes has to say about it -

It is true that McLaughlin really did file the proposal (along with the required $200 filing fee), but that act alone will not get it voted upon by California residents. McLaughlin still has to collect 365,000 signatures from Californians first, and as the San Diego Union-Tribune observed, this measure has zero chance of actually making its way onto a ballot, being approved by voters, or withstanding constitutional scrutiny:
It's unclear if [McLaughlin] will actually make an effort to collect signatures.

If he does, he will need to collect the valid signatures of more than 365,000 registered California voters in just 180 days. He won't be able to do it.

If, miraculously, he did gather sufficient signatures, it would go on the ballot in November 2016. California voters would overwhelmingly reject it.

If, through some incredible and shocking mistake, voters approved it, it would be quickly challenged in court again and at that point it would be quickly ruled unconstitutional.

Read more at snopes.com Sodomite Suppression Act Proposed in California
snopes.com Sodomite Suppression Act Proposed in California

 

[Valerie]

...the complete text of his "Sodomite Suppression Act." The act outlines seven measures relating to those who engage in same-sex sodomy, "a monstrous evil that Almighty God, giver of freedom and liberty, commands us to suppress on pain of our utter destruction even as he overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha."



"Seeing that it is better that offenders should die rather than that all of us should be killed by God's just wrath against us for the folly of tolerating-wickedness in our midst, the People of California wisely command, in the fear of God, that any person who willingly touches another person of the same gender for purposes of sexual gratification be put to death by bullets to the head or by any other convenient method."



The document goes on to push a ban on the distribution of "sodomistic propaganda" (we can only assume he was inspired by Russia, as some note) and on "sodomites" from serving in public office. He also wants the act to be "prominently" displayed in public school classrooms.


Lawyer In California Proposes Killing Gays With Sodomite Suppression Act

 

[SuperDemocrat]

California Lawyer Matt McLaughlin Introduces “Kill the Gays” Ballot Initiative


California Lawyer Matt McLaughlin Introduces “Kill the Gays” Ballot Initiative March 21, 2015 By Erin Nanasi A California lawyer has devised an initiative titled “The Sodomite Suppression Act.” Yes, this isn’t something from The Onion or National Report, this is a very real ballot initiative designed by someone who is both nutty and probably thinks more about making sexy time more than members of the gay community do.

The language of the measure is, well, insane. For example: The abominable crime against nature known as buggery, called also sodomy, is a monstrous evil that Almighty God, giver of freedom and liberty, commands us to suppress on pain of our utter destruction even as he overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha.

Read more at: California Lawyer Matt McLaughlin Introduces Kill the Gays Ballot Initiative


Who says the fundie nutters don't want sharia law?

I knew something was up in California when I heard that they were water rationing. Just stop giving gays water. That should dry them off!

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Jeremiah

I don't know why "they" say they can't find him because the California Bar can find three by that name.

ame Status Number City Admission Date
McLaughlin, Gary Matthew Active 217832 Los Angeles December 2001
McLaughlin, Matthew Gregory Active 198329 Huntington Beach December 1998
McLaughlin, Matthew S. Active 299646 San Diego December 2014

QuickSearch

Needless to say, I cannot guarantee any of the three are the creep who introduced this.


Edited to add:

It looks like its the one in Huntington Beach.

Shoot the gays initiative likely to be circulated - Politics Blog

 

[Valerie]

Ballot initiatives were added to the California Constitution in 1911 and allow for voters to propose constitutional amendments and statutes to be voted on by the larger populace. After an initiative is submitted, the sponsor must get signatures from five percent of the number of votes in the most recent gubernatorial election, Wonkette notes. That would be more than 350,000.

Kristin Ford, the press secretary with the Office of Attorney General Kamala D. Harris, told The Huffington Post they are in the process of reviewing the initiative.

 

[kaz]

California Lawyer Matt McLaughlin Introduces “Kill the Gays” Ballot Initiative


California Lawyer Matt McLaughlin Introduces “Kill the Gays” Ballot Initiative March 21, 2015 By Erin Nanasi A California lawyer has devised an initiative titled “The Sodomite Suppression Act.” Yes, this isn’t something from The Onion or National Report, this is a very real ballot initiative designed by someone who is both nutty and probably thinks more about making sexy time more than members of the gay community do.

The language of the measure is, well, insane. For example: The abominable crime against nature known as buggery, called also sodomy, is a monstrous evil that Almighty God, giver of freedom and liberty, commands us to suppress on pain of our utter destruction even as he overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha.

Read more at: California Lawyer Matt McLaughlin Introduces Kill the Gays Ballot Initiative


Who says the fundie nutters don't want sharia law?

OMG, Republicans are whack jobs! Vote Democrat I say, vote Democrat!



You do like pissing from the trees, don't you? Sadly this thread will probably stay in politics

 

[aaronleland]

I don't support his initiative, but I do support use of the word buggery.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Jeremiah

Not at all difficult to find info on him.

Here's his office address - a box number in a shopping center:


Matt McLaughlin, 45 -- who listed his business address as 19744 Beach Blvd., No. 219, a Mail Boxes Express site in the Newland Shopping Center in Huntington Beach, CA 92648 -- filed his notice in late February and it was marked as received on Feb. 26 by the Initiative Coordinator in the California Attorney General’s Office.

Who is Matthew Gregory McLaughlin?

Matthew Gregory McLaughlin is an attorney who lives in Huntington Beach, California. He lists his phone number as 949-285-7902.

He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of California Irvine and his law degree from George Mason University School of Law in Virginia. He was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1998, according to martindale.com

The State Bar of California shows that McLaughlin is on active status with the bar. It also noted that he was listed as “inactive” in 2012. The bar did not list any disciplinary or administrative actions taken against him.

McLaughlin has very little of an imprint via the Internet, and the last time he raised controversy was in 2004 when the Los Angeles Times wrote: Bible's Lessons Inspired Initiative. McLaughlin told the newspaper that he wanted to amend the California Constitution to mandate the use of the Bible in literature classes in public schools. The Times also reported that he was doing this alone, not backed by any church or political organization.

- See more at: OC lawyer wants to kill the gays in California according to initiative goal San Diego Gay and Lesbian News

 

[kaz]

Jeremiah

Not at all difficult to find info on him.

Here's his office address - a box number in a shopping center:


Matt McLaughlin, 45 -- who listed his business address as 19744 Beach Blvd., No. 219, a Mail Boxes Express site in the Newland Shopping Center in Huntington Beach, CA 92648 -- filed his notice in late February and it was marked as received on Feb. 26 by the Initiative Coordinator in the California Attorney General’s Office.

Who is Matthew Gregory McLaughlin?

Matthew Gregory McLaughlin is an attorney who lives in Huntington Beach, California. He lists his phone number as 949-285-7902.

He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of California Irvine and his law degree from George Mason University School of Law in Virginia. He was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1998, according to martindale.com

The State Bar of California shows that McLaughlin is on active status with the bar. It also noted that he was listed as “inactive” in 2012. The bar did not list any disciplinary or administrative actions taken against him.

McLaughlin has very little of an imprint via the Internet, and the last time he raised controversy was in 2004 when the Los Angeles Times wrote: Bible's Lessons Inspired Initiative. McLaughlin told the newspaper that he wanted to amend the California Constitution to mandate the use of the Bible in literature classes in public schools. The Times also reported that he was doing this alone, not backed by any church or political organization.

- See more at: OC lawyer wants to kill the gays in California according to initiative goal San Diego Gay and Lesbian News

What a bunch of racists. Don't you hate people who label entire groups like Republicans do? Luddy?

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Jeremiah

Calif State Bar Assoc

State Bar of CA Matthew Gregory McLaughlin

 

[The Irish Ram]

It's a non issue. It's Luddly just getting some hate on. More people will address it on a message board than in Cal.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

 

[Mac1958]

I don't support his initiative, but I do support use of the word buggery.

A vastly underutilized term, in my estimation.

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