Sunday, March 29, 2015

California AG takes aim at 'kill the gays' ballot initiative


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/26/1373503/-California-AG-takes-aim-at-kill-the-gays-ballot-initiative?detail=email

California Attorney General Kamala Harris speaks at the Center for American Progress' 2014 Making Progress Policy Conference in Washington November 19, 2014.  REUTERS/Gary Cameron    (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR4ERRL
California Attorney General Kamala Harris is no fan of the ballot measure proposal that calls for gay executions and she is seeking permission from a state court to quash it. The initiative, called the "Sodomite Suppression Act," commands that gays and lesbians "be put to death by bullets to the head or by an other convenient method."
Here's what Harris had to say:
"As Attorney General of California, it is my sworn duty to uphold the California and United States Constitutions and to protect the rights of all Californians. This proposal not only threatens public safety, it is patently unconstitutional, utterly reprehensible, and has no place in a civil society," Harris said. 
The attorney general in California is tasked with making an official title and summary of every proposal so that its backers can petition for signatures to qualify for ballot. By design, the attorney general is supposed to do so whether she or he agrees with the proposed initiative or not.
Harris, who earlier in her tenure refused to defend a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages when it was challenged in court, said that unless a judge rules otherwise, she will have no choice but to move the measure through the normal channels. 
Matthew McLaughlin, the Orange County lawyer who paid $200 to submit the initiative, did not respond to a telephone call seeking comment.

no need to tell you what political affiliation this ............ you fill in that blank is.  can you believe this passing a law to kill people seeking their right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness guaranteed in  the constitution they say Pres. is ignoring and trampling on, misleading those who don't know their rights or where they are stated and guaranteed to them.  but kill people because of their bigoted minds,  that my friends is another attempt to legalize murder like stand your ground.  

everyday no reaching out as promised just more hateful rhetoric born of bigotry and they saqy these things like "WHY NOT"?