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| Crazed Lawyer Matthew McLaughlin |
This story is the reason I absolutely hate the California ballot
initiative process. There are no filters, and nothing to prevent ugly,
hateful measures like
this one.
The proposal -- unlikely to advance, as it requires over
360,000 signatures to proceed -- was submitted by lawyer Matthew
McLaughlin to the California Attorney General's office late last month.
The "Sodomite Suppression Act" ballot proposes that gay people "be
put to death by bullets to the head or by any other convenient method."
Under the normal procedure, Attorney General Kamala Harris would have
to issue a title and summary for the initiative so proponents can
gather signatures. Instead, she's going to court to have it declared
unconstitutional in advance.
“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. Today, I am filing an
action for declaratory relief with the Court seeking judicial
authorization for relief from the duty to prepare and issue the title
and summary for the "Sodomite Suppression Act." If the Court does not
grant this relief, my office will be forced to issue a title and summary
for a proposal that seeks to legalize discrimination and vigilantism.” READ MORE
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