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Related: About this forumA Tampa Bay lawyer tweets 'never trust a Muslim.' Now he wants to be a judge.
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A Tampa Bay lawyer tweets never trust a Muslim. Now he wants to be a judge.
Laura C. Morel
Published: May 30, 2018 Updated: May 31, 2018 at 06:52 AM
A family law attorney running for a Pinellas-Pasco circuit judgeship said he can be impartial on the bench to Muslims and LGBTQ people despite the derogatory social media posts he has written about both groups. ... Donald McBath logged onto his Twitter account on Feb. 26, 2017, and wrote: "never trust a Muslim." ... Then on March 25, 2017, he tweeted: "Muslims are deranged!!!!"
This year, he took to Facebook on Feb. 25 and wrote that Jesus condemned gay people: ... "If the homosexual continues committing that sin of sodomy, his soul faces ETERNAL damnation," wrote the 61-year-old attorney and grandfather. "Abstain, if you really have that mental illness. Its not love."
McBath acknowledged to the Tampa Bay Times that he wrote those posts but said his personal beliefs should be considered separately from his judicial campaign. ... When asked if he could treat Muslim and LGBTQ citizens fairly were they to appear in his courtroom, McBath said he could.
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In a followup text message to the Tampa Bay Times, McBath emphasized that he did not want his beliefs to be misconstrued: ... "Let me make it more clear. Jesus condemned sodomy!!!!"
Laura C. Morel
Published: May 30, 2018 Updated: May 31, 2018 at 06:52 AM
A family law attorney running for a Pinellas-Pasco circuit judgeship said he can be impartial on the bench to Muslims and LGBTQ people despite the derogatory social media posts he has written about both groups. ... Donald McBath logged onto his Twitter account on Feb. 26, 2017, and wrote: "never trust a Muslim." ... Then on March 25, 2017, he tweeted: "Muslims are deranged!!!!"
This year, he took to Facebook on Feb. 25 and wrote that Jesus condemned gay people: ... "If the homosexual continues committing that sin of sodomy, his soul faces ETERNAL damnation," wrote the 61-year-old attorney and grandfather. "Abstain, if you really have that mental illness. Its not love."
McBath acknowledged to the Tampa Bay Times that he wrote those posts but said his personal beliefs should be considered separately from his judicial campaign. ... When asked if he could treat Muslim and LGBTQ citizens fairly were they to appear in his courtroom, McBath said he could.
....
In a followup text message to the Tampa Bay Times, McBath emphasized that he did not want his beliefs to be misconstrued: ... "Let me make it more clear. Jesus condemned sodomy!!!!"
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A Tampa Bay lawyer tweets 'never trust a Muslim.' Now he wants to be a judge. (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
May 2018
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Not if everyone knows about it and we GOTV. There are more Democrats than Rethugs.
Maraya1969
Jun 2018
#4
I believe HRC won those 4 states and on the ground KGB assets flipped votes.
Eliot Rosewater
Jun 2018
#5
Never trust a racist, bigoted wannabe caucasian judge that smiles like drumpf.
democratisphere
May 2018
#2
Eliot Rosewater
(31,134 posts)1. His comments on Muslims and gay folks are why he will be elected.
Maraya1969
(22,509 posts)4. Not if everyone knows about it and we GOTV. There are more Democrats than Rethugs.
These bad behaviors of the GOP need to be advertised so that people who normally would not see the information will see it.
Let people know that if he is prejudiced against some groups he is not going to be fair to anyone. A person with dog brain emotions leading them will never be a fair judge.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,134 posts)5. I believe HRC won those 4 states and on the ground KGB assets flipped votes.
So you dont have to convince me there are more of us than them, there are.
Thanks.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)2. Never trust a racist, bigoted wannabe caucasian judge that smiles like drumpf.
HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)3. We have to stop electing Judges in Florida
Half the Judges in my county have been busted for DUI. Time to make it a non-political appointment and keep the whacks off the bench.