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Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
Tue Oct 9, 2012, 09:16 AM Oct 2012

Republican Candidate In Arkansas Says Parents Should Seek Death Penalty Against ‘Rebellious Children

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 don’t 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.

Here’s the key passage from Fuqua’s 2012 book, “God’s 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.”

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Republican Candidate In Arkansas Says Parents Should Seek Death Penalty Against ‘Rebellious Children (Original Post) Coyotl Oct 2012 OP
His forthcoming children's book "Mommy and Daddy want to kill me" will be a great Christmas present struggle4progress Oct 2012 #1
You might get a present from Santa IF you were good, BUT Coyotl Oct 2012 #3
Thats conservative family values Tom_x Oct 2012 #2
Deuteronomy 21:18-21 King James Version (KJV) cleduc Oct 2012 #4
A glutton and a drunkard, hmmm? Risen Demon Oct 2012 #5
Christianity is an evil force. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #6
Local news this morning announced the GOP/RNC had pulled all funding sinkingfeeling Oct 2012 #7
Right on. Disown your candidates if they want to kill their children. Coyotl Oct 2012 #8

struggle4progress

(118,290 posts)
1. His forthcoming children's book "Mommy and Daddy want to kill me" will be a great Christmas present
Tue Oct 9, 2012, 09:19 AM
Oct 2012

for all the kids you know!

Tom_x

(41 posts)
2. Thats conservative family values
Tue Oct 9, 2012, 09:22 AM
Oct 2012

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)
4. Deuteronomy 21:18-21 King James Version (KJV)
Tue Oct 9, 2012, 09:31 AM
Oct 2012
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)
5. A glutton and a drunkard, hmmm?
Tue Oct 9, 2012, 09:40 AM
Oct 2012

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)
6. Christianity is an evil force.
Tue Oct 9, 2012, 09:56 AM
Oct 2012

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.

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