Montana Repug wants gays to be arrested for "recruiting" hetero's.

[walldude]

Ok I have heard it all now...

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The legislature's inaction was not, it turns out, another non-priority falling off the too-long to-do list. Rather, it's homophobic lawmakers subtly suggesting that homosexual acts should still be outlawed, the Supreme Court—and equal rights in general—be damned. In fact, at least one lawmaker, Rep. Ken Peterson, R-Billings, an attorney, argues that the archaic law may still apply in certain situations.

Which situations? According to Peterson, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, there are at least two prosecutable offenses—felonies punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $50,000 fine. One is the "recruitment" of non-gays. "Homosexuals can't go out into the heterosexual community and try to recruit people, or try to enlist them in homosexual acts," Peterson says. He provides an example: "'Here, young man, your hormones are raging. Let's go in this bedroom, and we'll engage in some homosexual acts. You'll find you like it.'" Peterson hasn't actually seen this happen, he says, because "I don't associate with that group of people at all... I've associated with mainstream people all my life."

The other offense, in Peterson's legal opinion, is the public display of homosexuality, since he believes the Supreme Court's decision only applies to private acts behind closed doors. Being gay in public, he says, is a wholly different matter:

"In my mind, if they were engaging in acts in public that could be construed as homosexual, it would violate that statute. It has to be more than affection. It has to be overt homosexual acts of some kind or another... If kissing goes to that extent, yes. If it's more than that, yes."

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http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/republican-montana-legislator-thinks

[jpak]

1. What ever happened to jobs jobs jobs?

:shrug:

[gratuitous]

2. Apparently, Mr. Peterson is interested in only one kind of job

And it's not the kind you get $7.65 an hour for.

[hatrack]

15. Well, fixing that problem is hard hard hard.

So instead, we get gays gays gays.

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[Bluenorthwest]

26. Homophobes are usually Heterosexual religionists

And it is offensive to suggest otherwise. It is the Straight Community that is the source of all of the bigotry against us, some politicians sit with calm serenity and explain that we lack a spiritual element, and that Straight people are 'Sanctified by God' while teh gay is not Sanctified. The President says those things. Do you think he's closeted too?

[MindPilot]

4. Then it should also be illegal for young men to knock on my door

and try to recruit me to join their church.

[yellowcanine]

5. How about the public display of heterosexuality? Is that ok? Lewd is lewd, it seems to me.

And if the act, whatever it is, is not lewd, it is protected by the first amendment.

As for the recruitment part - that is just as stupid.

If by recruitment he means solicitation for prostitution - well that is already against the law most places, whether gay or heterosexual prostitution, it doesn't matter.

[walldude]

10. No, he really thinks that gays go around trying to recruit

hetero's. His comments would be hilarious if they weren't so fucked up.

[yellowcanine]

11. Second part of his rant concerns "public displays of homosexuality"

He wants to outlaw that also. That is what I was responding to.

[walldude]

19. Yeah sorry...

My bad :toast:

[Webster Green]

6. Can't wait till he's found giving blow jobs in a public bathroom.

Just a matter of time.

[joeybee12]

7. And Mr. Peterson is found in a compromising situation in a public restroom in..3, 2, 1...nt

[Poll_Blind]

13. "I was just tapping my foot, honest!" n/t

PB

[Hugabear]

14. Reminds me of that MadTV sketch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNFNTVyZCgY

[Canuckistanian]

8. Oy.

[moondust]

9. Little Uganda.

[Bluebear]

20. +

[OhioDoink]

12. Do Gays break into the womb to do their recruiting?

How do you recruit one that wasn't born Gay.I don't understand.
I think MR.Peterson has issues.

[Poll_Blind]

16. Screw recruitment- we need to worry about someone setting off a Gay Dirty Bomb in Tulsa!

Wind could carry teh Gay for hundreds of miles! Even a homemade Gay Dirty Bomb could cover the greater Tulsa metro and keep it gay for thousands of years!

:scared:

Dirty Bomb + Gay = Tulsa = Gay Dirty Bomb in Tulsa. It's practically a sequence question on an intelligence test...

PB

[dixiegrrrrl]

17. Let's see...we got "teh gay", we got Muslins, we got women, we got the poor..

and we got non-Republicans.

So far the hate list is almost complete.

Ooops....I left out minorities.

And.......hmmm....anyone?:shrug:

[CurtEastPoint]

18. This sad sack of crap would be delighted to get recruited...by anyone/anything.

[Mimosa]

21. People VOTED for the CLOWN!!!! *LOL* The joke's on them, sadly.

This is how the Republicans want to spend their time? I say 'keep it up!' The more of these ridiculous shenanigans the better. Even Tea Party types must see how stupid they are..

I wonder whether Peterson blathered about homosexual recruiting when he was running for election? I wonder which gays recruited mark Foley, Larry Craig and the other 'gay' Rethugs?

[Confusious]

22. the Supreme Court's decision only applies to private acts behind closed doors.

And it also don't apply when standing on a horse and whirling dishes!

So don't you gays be recruiting when doing that!

I shouldn't have to but for the more sensitive around here... :sarcasm:

[LeftinOH]

23. People voted for this jackass; he is a reflection of his constituents,

thus, the dumb-fuckery extends well beyond one particular worthless politician.

[Stevenmarc]

24. Hate to break this to you Ken, but we are mainstream

[dawg]

25. I'm straight, but do you think that cool pick up line might work on women, too?

"Hey, young woman, your hormones are raging. Let's go in this bedroom, and we'll engage in some heterosexual acts. You'll find you like it."

Man, that is gold.

And it is going to get me laid for sure!