# Stupid Republican idea of the day

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**Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\
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Florida State Rep. Mike Hill (R-Pensacola) jokes about filing a bill to execute gay people:

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> A citizen comments: “In 1 Corinthians, it says that a man who has an affair with another man will be put to death.”
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> Hill’s response?
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> “It says that in the Old Testament, too.”
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> Another attendee asks, “Can you introduce legislation?”
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> Chuckles are audible. The state representative joins the laughter. “I wonder how that would go over?” Hill says.

> **[Rep. Mike Hill facing bipartisan condemnation after joking about filing bill...](https://thecapitolist.com/rep-mike-hill-facing-bipartisan-condemnation-after-joking-about-filing-bill-allowing-gays-to-be-executed/)**
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> Florida State Rep. Mike Hill (R-Pensacola) has been no stranger to controversy in his time in the Florida Legislature, filing a bill to protect Confederate monuments, running viciously negative cam…

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