Charlie Fuqua, Arkansas Legislative Candidate Endorses Death Penalty For Rebellious Children In Book
Source: Huffington Post
Charlie Fuqua, the Republican candidate for the Arkansas House of Representatives who called for expelling Muslims from the United States in his book, also wrote in support for instituting the death penalty for "rebellious children."
In "God's Law," Fuqua's 2012 book, the candidate wrote that while parents love their children, a process could be set up to allow for the institution of the death penalty for "rebellious children," according to the Arkansas Times. Fuqua, who is anti-abortion, points out that the course of action involved in sentencing a child to death is described in the Bible and would involve judicial approval. While it is unlikely that many parents would seek to have their children killed by the government, Fuqua wrote, such power would serve as a way to stop rebellious children.
According to the Arkansas Times, Fuqua wrote:
The maintenance of civil order in society rests on the foundation of family discipline. Therefore, a child who disrespects his parents must be permanently removed from society in a way that gives an example to all other children of the importance of respect for parents. The death penalty for rebellious children is not something to be taken lightly. The guidelines for administering the death penalty to rebellious children are given in Deut 21:18-21:
-snip-
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/08/charlie-fuqua-arkansas-candidate-death-penalty-rebellious-children_n_1948490.html
= new reply since forum marked as read
Many believers think humans can only be "good" if there is a threat hanging over them (i.e. "hell"
and this guy thinks children will behave better if parents can threaten to have them killed.
It seems the lunacy in the bible really inspires...lunacy.
Julie
I do, though, have a notion that Mr. Fuqua would be quite comfortable over there, where they've already put theocracy in place.
How many others there are out there who have also been executed that we DON'T know about however....
not have the link. We have people in this country that would do exactly the same. We have a far more backward element in this country that I had ever imagined.
I am against the death penalty for anyone for any crime, but why would you leave that part out? A 16 year old can be tried as an adult in the US too by the way, and it happens often. They especially would for rape.
From your link:
"However, some human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch and the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, have urged observers to refrain from casting the incident as a "gay" issue, and cast doubt on the claim that Marhoni and Asgari were hanged as a result of consensual acts.They have emphasized instead that the executions are a violation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Iran is a signatory to both), which prohibit the execution of minors."
More on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (which I guess did not apply to the 18 year old)
"The United States government played an active role in the drafting of the Convention and signed it on 16 February 1995, but has not ratified it.[1] Along with Somalia, the United States is one of only two countries in the world which have not ratified the Convention.[41] It has been claimed that opposition to the Convention stems primarily from political and religious conservatives."
The U.S. is right up there with Somalia(though Somalia has pledged to ratify it eventually, unlike the former). I am not so surprised, after reading the OP. 
awake at night? This man is certifiably insane. 
Heinlein was writing a warning, not a suggestion, you theo-fascist fuck-wads. 
While Heinlein was facsinatingly accurate in his prediction of social and technical trends, his schedule was a bit off. So we've still got time to avoid this problem.
I think.
