News
2006-03-09
Ohio candidate
for U.S. Senate wants gays dead
When Iraq war
veteran and same-sex marriage supporter Paul Hackett
dropped out of Ohio's Democratic race for the U.S. Senate
When Iraq war
veteran and same-sex marriage supporter Paul Hackett
dropped out of Ohio's Democratic race for the U.S. Senate
last month, he was replaced by truck driver
Merrill Keiser Jr., who says gays should get the
death penalty. In an interview with the Sandusky
Register, Keiser, who filed for candidacy within
days of Hackett's withdrawal, said he wouldn't be
against making homosexuality a felony punishable by the
death penalty.
He also suggested making "conversion to
Christianity" part of the "war on terror" to "teach
Muslims the error of their choice in religion." Keiser
added that if a person believes in evolution, he or
she "has no rights."
Reportedly, Keiser is running as a Democrat
because "that's what he was the last time he voted."
He will face the heavily favored Sherrod Brown in the
May primary. (Sirius OutQ News)
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