"I have no plans to reinstitute that in Oklahoma law."
Not right now, maybe, but at sometime in a later date when he's elected village
idiot?
Scott Esk is running for Oklahoma State Congressional District 91. He is
running as a Libertarian and a moralizing moron. He thinks "ignoring as a
nation things that are worthy of death is very remiss." And He doesn't think
much of Pope Francis, either.
You see, it was all Francis' fault that this gay-stoning issue came about in
the first place. With his (now famous) "who am I to judge", Francis
ignited a firestorm of righteousness in Esk's mind, so when someone asked him
on the MooreDaily.com (a
local online newspaper) facebook page if he seriously condoned stoning for
gays, Esk answered in the affirmative: "I think we would be totally in the
right to do it." He did, however, qualify his remarks by saying that as a
Libertarian he would leave it up to local municipalities to decide whether or
not to adhere to Biblical law.
"And within a state, cities and communities may well have different policies,
and I cheer that. That way, people can decide for themselves whether they want
to live in a particular community based in part on how things like this are
dealt with."
Add a bit of homophobia, some thinly veiled racism, segregation, and maybe some
misogyny to the worldview of Scott Esk and, well, you get the picture.
What Esk didn't realize, was by having opined his views on homosexuality and
his views that Biblically-oriented laws should be enforced at a local level, he
buried any chances of a political career, or of anyone thinking he was sane.
Enter Rob Morris
The whole thing might have been buried in Facebook, however, if it hadn't been
for the investigation of MooreDaily's published and editor, Rob Morris.
"Even people that don't agree with things like gay marriage, they -- nobody
wants the death penalty for gays," Morris said. "I mean, that's the most
asinine thing."
The "asinine thing" again ignited Esk's righteousness and he started
calling Moore and his colleagues "liars", "miscreants", and
"non-Biblical-morality-believing-liberals". Moore's response couldn't
be embedded, but you can view it HERE.
It's not only classic, but it reveals more about Esk than he could ever have
imagined: the copy of a protective order against him by his former wife and
pastor, the police report from the time Esk reported a group of Hispanics as
illegal immigrants - but they were celebrating a fiesta at a mall near Esk's
home.
"I never told any policemen to take them all away or shoot and ask
questions later, but if it gets loud, I could see it happening and I wouldn't
blame them."
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