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Andy Gipson, Mississippi GOP Lawmaker, Blasts Gays, Cites Bible Passage Calling For Their Death



By Nick Wing
Posted: 05/18/2012 6:06 pm Updated: 05/18/2012 6:10 pm

Mississippi state Rep. Andy Gipson (R) weighed in on President Barack Obama's gay marriage decision [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/09/obama-gay-marriage_n_1503245.html ] last week, invoking a bible passage that calls for gay men to be "put to death."

In a May 10 Facebook post [ https://www.facebook.com/andygipsonms?sk=wall ], Gipson called homosexuality a "sin," citing Leviticus 20:13 [ http://bible.cc/leviticus/20-13.htm ] and Romans 1:26-28 [ http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+1%3A26-28&version=NIV ]:



On the same thread, he responded to a follower, calling same-sex relationships "unnatural" and suggesting that they will inherently "result in disease":



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