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diabeticman

(3,121 posts)
Thu Sep 17, 2015, 05:40 PM Sep 2015

Kim Davis inspires NC mayoral candidate to jail gays: ‘What’s wrong with eradicating homosexuals?’

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/kim-davis-inspires-nc-mayoral-candidate-to-jail-gays-whats-wrong-with-eradicating-homosexuals/


A mayoral candidate in a small Charlotte suburb wants to “eradicate” homosexuality and throw LGBT people in jail, the Kings Mountain Herald reports.

Eugene Holmes, who is running for mayor of Kings Mountain, says he doesn’t want to be mayor, but he’s running because of his anti-gay views. He views Kentucky clerk Kim Davis as something of a role model.

“In my administration I would do just like Mrs. Davis did in Kentucky,” Holmes said. “If you elect me, I’ll uphold the law of the state of North Carolina. I would get the D.A. to swear out a warrant on any man who says he’s gay. Sodomy is a crime, a felony in the state of North Carolina.”

Holmes said he’s a member of the Church of God and also the Promise Keepers, a men’s religious organization.
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Kim Davis inspires NC mayoral candidate to jail gays: ‘What’s wrong with eradicating homosexuals?’ (Original Post) diabeticman Sep 2015 OP
I think this guy has mental issues Egnever Sep 2015 #1
I read the full article, the guy is a convicted felon. Archae Sep 2015 #2
I deplore the fate of any LGBT person unlucky enough to live in the vicinity of Charlotte. Betty Karlson Sep 2015 #3
Apparently he is on the ballot as Sherlock Holmes... MMTampa Sep 2015 #4
"I couldn't find enough hateful ideas in North Carolina Aerows Sep 2015 #5
Isn't it just a little ironic nichomachus Sep 2015 #6
What is it with these people? Why do they think about this so much and why smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #7
We're here, We're queer, We guess we are going to jail. AngryAmish Sep 2015 #8
 

Betty Karlson

(7,231 posts)
3. I deplore the fate of any LGBT person unlucky enough to live in the vicinity of Charlotte.
Thu Sep 17, 2015, 06:02 PM
Sep 2015

Because you know this rhetoric will enevitably lead to a hate crime. Sooner or later, blood will be shed over this kind of hatemongering. May God damn this man.

MMTampa

(82 posts)
4. Apparently he is on the ballot as Sherlock Holmes...
Thu Sep 17, 2015, 06:06 PM
Sep 2015

He served 5 years in prison for larceny. (85'-90') In July of this year he disrupted a flea market (?) and when he was being arrested he faked a heart attack. He was sent from the hospital to jail and later released when his bond was lowered. He has a court appearance on September 28th. Thanks Kim.

nichomachus

(12,754 posts)
6. Isn't it just a little ironic
Thu Sep 17, 2015, 06:56 PM
Sep 2015

That "Promise Keepers" and "Oath Keepers" lionize a woman who was jailed for violating her oath?

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
7. What is it with these people? Why do they think about this so much and why
Thu Sep 17, 2015, 07:41 PM
Sep 2015

does it bother them so much? I really don't get it.

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