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This would only apply to Republican children, of course
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Republican Candidate In Arkansas Says Parents Should Seek Death Penalty Against Rebellious Children
By Judd Legum on Oct 8, 2012
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/10/08/974321/republican-candidate-in-arkansas-says-parents-should-seek-death-penalty-for-rebellious-children/
A candidate for the Arkansas legislature, Charlie Fuqua, says children who dont demonstrate respect for parents should be put to death, the Arkansas Times reports. Fuqua is a former member of the Arkansas legislature and has received support from the Arkansas Republican Party and two sitting members of Congress.
Heres the key passage from Fuquas 2012 book, Gods Law: The Only Political Solution:
The maintenance of civil order in society rests on the foundation of family discipline. Therefore, a child who disrespects his parents must be permanently removed from society in a way that gives an example to all other children of the importance of respect for parents. The death penalty for rebellious children is not something to be taken lightly. The guidelines for administering the death penalty to rebellious children are given in Deut 21:18-21:
Fuqua helpfully notes that This passage does not give parents blanket authority to kill their children. Rather, parents would have to follow the proper procedure in order to have the death penalty executed against their children.
struggle4progress
(118,290 posts)for all the kids you know!
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)if you were bad, you will lose your head
Tom_x
(41 posts)Like when cons voted to keep kids from being covered by health insurance (SCHIP).
Conservatism is an evil force. Its about time people started seeing it for what it is. It is the enemy and it has to be eliminated.
cleduc
(653 posts)18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
Risen Demon
(199 posts)Well, they say children usually pick up their habits from their parents. And the portrait for "conservative" families are dads who drink, and moms who eat tubs of ice cream while watching soap-operas with the weight loss pill commercials in between.
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)Because of its justification & starting premise: you are a worthless POS just because you're alive!
because of a fairy tale of a couple of fruit munching idiots!!
Emotionally abusive and destroys millions of peoples' self-esteems, destroys their will to do anything.
I refuse to respect a psychologically abusive religion that lays unearned guilt and shame on people, and yet the majority are blind to the horrendous damage its ministers and members inflict
A lie based on a fairy tale.
An imaginary problem with an unnecessary solution--substitutionary atonement.
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)for Fuqua and Hubbard.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)That's a start