European Knight
03-26-2015, 03:07 PM
California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris on Wednesday attempted to block a proposed ballot initiative that calls for the execution of those who engage in gay sex. Harris has asked for judicial authorization to quash the so-called "Sodomite Suppression Act," authored by a Southern California lawyer last month.
According to the proposed initiative, those involved in gay sex should be “be put to death by bullets to the head by any other convenient method.” It also called for those indulging in “sodomistic propaganda” to be fined $1 million per occurrence and/or up to 10 years in jail, and/or exile from California.
In a statement, Harris said she was seeking judicial authorization to not write the title and summary for the Act. “It is my sworn duty to uphold the California and United States Constitutions and to protect the rights of all Californians,” she said. “This proposal not only threatens public safety, it is patently unconstitutional, utterly reprehensible and has no place in a civil society.”
The bill’s backer, Matt McLaughlin, the Orange County lawyer, has paid the $200 filing fee, which means Harris is legally required to prepare a title and summary. This would allow McLaughlin to begin campaigning to get the 365,880 signatures he would need for the proposal to appear on the November 2016 ballot.
http://www.ibtimes.com/gay-execution-initiative-california-attorney-general-attempts-block-proposal-1859912
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California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris
According to the proposed initiative, those involved in gay sex should be “be put to death by bullets to the head by any other convenient method.” It also called for those indulging in “sodomistic propaganda” to be fined $1 million per occurrence and/or up to 10 years in jail, and/or exile from California.
In a statement, Harris said she was seeking judicial authorization to not write the title and summary for the Act. “It is my sworn duty to uphold the California and United States Constitutions and to protect the rights of all Californians,” she said. “This proposal not only threatens public safety, it is patently unconstitutional, utterly reprehensible and has no place in a civil society.”
The bill’s backer, Matt McLaughlin, the Orange County lawyer, has paid the $200 filing fee, which means Harris is legally required to prepare a title and summary. This would allow McLaughlin to begin campaigning to get the 365,880 signatures he would need for the proposal to appear on the November 2016 ballot.
http://www.ibtimes.com/gay-execution-initiative-california-attorney-general-attempts-block-proposal-1859912
http://s1.ibtimes.com/sites/www.ibtimes.com/files/styles/v2_article_large/public/2015/03/26/kamala-harris.jpg?itok=Jc5-wJcA
California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris