I highly doubt this guy will get anywhere, but you never know, he might be able to work up the bigot base just enough to get quite a few votes: ======================================= Democrat for Senate: Kill practicing 'gays' March 7, 2006 WTOL-TV, Toledo, Ohio A Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Ohio wants to make homosexual behavior a capital crime punishable by the death penalty. Merrill Keiser Jr. is a trucker with no political experience, but he hopes to beat fellow Democrat Rep. Sherrod Brown in the May primary. The winner will try to unseat Republican incumbent Sen. Mike DeWine, assuming he wins the GOP primary. "Just like we have laws against murder, we have laws against stealing, we have laws against taking drugs Ð we should have laws against immoral conduct," Keiser told WTOL-TV in Toledo. Keiser, 61, says he's running as a Democrat because that's how he was registered the last time he voted. The trucker, who hails from Fremont, Ohio, says there needs to be more adherence to biblical values in government, business and education Ð something he claims DeWine is not promoting. "I believe that the United States has been moved in a Godless direction by the courts," he told the Sandusky Register. "To get good men on the court, we need good senators." Some of Keiser's other positions include defense of the Second Amendment, securing U.S. borders, lower taxes to stimulate the economy, support of Israel and prayer in public schools. Keiser told the Register the United States should make conversion to Christianity part of the war on terror to teach Muslims the error of their choice in religion. The candidate also decries evolution, saying it is contrary to the Declaration of Independence. "The teaching of evolution works against the liberties we have in the United States," he told the paper. If a person believe in evolution, he or she "has no rights," he's quoted saying. He also opposes the United Nations, abortion on demand and thinks so-called global warming is a false concern. Liberal blogger Deborah White was less than thrilled with Keiser's candidacy and the media's response to it. "What if this hate-filled moron called for the execution of all blacks or all Jews?" she asked. "Would the public outcry be similarly subdued? Would the press still report it as a cute curiosity or merely an alternative viewpoint? Where is moral outrage in 2006?" White speculated Keiser was planted by the GOP. "He must be a Republican plant," she wrote. "Please ... someone tell me I'm correct."
Deborah White is most certainly correct. How can this guy plan to go anywhere? It's awful how people think they can tell others what their morals should be. As much as this person believes that homosexuality is wrong, he should not be allowed to force his opinions on others. That, in my interpretation, is unconstitutional.
Some gay guy in the military prob snipe his ass with a nice bolt action rifle and a decent scope. a lesbian could do the same since many of the soviets snipers in WW2 WERE WOMANS .
What a nutjob. He must be an idiot for running as a democrat...does he even know the democrats' platform?
That stuff would be ridiculous from the republican platform. This guy's the definition of a third party candidate: strong ideological conviction and zero electability. That said, he probably represents the views of more people than any of us would like to believe. And at least he's not kidding himself that the war on terror has nothing to do with religion. If he does get elected, anyone who wants to leave America in disgust can come sleep on my floor.
It just dawned on me that if this guy was a Muslim running for office in any number of Muslim nations - he would be considered a perfectly moderate candidate like any other. In principle, I agree, to some degree with most of the things he is about, but Im sure this guy is some sort of stunt/rhetorical statement type thing.
A trucker who hates gays so much he wants to kill them? Sounds like someone got robbed by a trick one night. I bet if he was investigated we just may have another highway serial killer on our hands.
I was about to get angry at this, but for the time being I think I'll put enough faith in humankind for him not to go anywhere with that attitude. Can someone explain his idea that evolution is unconstitutional to me?!!?!?
If that happened my parents would turn my fudge-packing ass over to the police. I'm gonna put a shiv in that motherfucker's temple. Ten bucks says that if he gets elected we'll find him dead with a suicide note saying he's gay.
I live in a Godless society, and it's great. People feel free to buttfuck toddlers in the street, you can stab'n'fuck hookers for £30 a pop, and abortions are available free 24 hours a day from most ATMs. Downfall of society schmownfall of society.
Hear the "kill practicing gays" kook Merrill Keiser Jr. here, http://www.edgeshow.com/audio/podcast013.mp3 'The Edge' Host Chad Larson. http://www.EdgeShow.com This is a fairly youth oriented program. I think the host is a teen. I had first heard about the show when this radio personality was receiving death threats via email when the show first started. For most people, it might have scared them off the air but the guy stood up to it and kept the show going. it is one of the more popular stations in the area now. Chad Larson has faced bigots more than once at such a young age and he should be applauded. His show might not be for everyone, (he's a little "squirrel-y" for my tastes) but it definitely shows me that the the youth are quite aware of the current state of things in this nation. Ahh, just when you thought activism was only for us "OLDIES"
