Rick Perry Lures WA Residents to TX with Death Penalty Thriving

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

RICK PERRY LURES WASHINGTON STATE RESIDENTS TO TEXAS WITH THRIVING DEATH PENALTY

POSTED BY ANDY BOROWITZ

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AUSTIN (The Borowitz Report)—Responding to the news that Washington Governor Jay Inslee had suspended the death penalty in his state, Texas Governor Rick Perry seized on the opportunity to urge Washington residents to “vote with your feet and move to Texas, where the death penalty is thriving.”

At a hastily called press conference this afternoon, the Texas Governor made an emotional appeal to Washingtonians who might be disappointed by the sudden suspension of executions in their state: “Come to Texas. The death penalty is alive and well here.”

Blasting Governor Inslee, he reassured Washington residents that if they move to Texas, “as God is my witness, no one will ever take your death penalty away from you.”

“That’s just not what we’re made of in Texas,” he said. “We believe in the sanctity of death.”

Photograph of Rick Perry by Spartanburg Herald Journal/Michael Justus/AP.

The Death Penalty For Rebellious Children Who Disrespect Their Parents.?!

OMG!  Are you kidding me?  This possibility has never entered my brain!  This guy is serious.  A real jaw-dropper:

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READINGS — From the December 2012 issue

Grounded for Life

By Charles R. Fuqua

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From God’s Law: The Only Political Solution, by Charles R. Fuqua, an e-book published in April and aiming to show how the Bible can be applied to U.S. law. Fuqua, a former state legislator in Arkansas, was, as of press time, again seeking election.

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 Deuteronomy 21:21: “Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones; so you shall put away the evil from among you, and all Israel shall hear and fear.” This passage does not give parents blanket authority to kill their children. They must follow the proper procedure. Parents were required to take their children to a court of law and lay out their case before the proper judicial authority. I know of many cases of rebellious children; however, I cannot think of one where a parent had given up on a child to the point of taking that child to court and asking that the child be put to death. Even though this procedure would rarely be used, if it were the law of the land, it would be a tremendous incentive for children to give proper respect to their parents.

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