Pennsylvania Republican silences gay lawmaker for ‘open rebellion against’ God

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/27/pennsylvania-republican-silences-gay-lawmaker-for-open-rebellion-against-god/



A Republican lawmaker told NewsWorks he silenced an openly gay member of the Pennsylvania House on Wednesday because he was rebelling against God’s law.

State Rep. Brian Sims (D-Philadelphia) had attempted to commemorate the Supreme Court’s landmark marriage rulings during the unanimous consent portion of the House session. His speech, however, was shut down by state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) using a procedural maneuver.

“I did not believe that as a member of that body that I should allow someone to make comments such as he was preparing to make that ultimately were just open rebellion against what the word of God has said, what God has said, and just open rebellion against God’s law,” Metcalfe explained to NewsWorks.

On Thursday, however, Sims took his “open rebellion against” against God a step further. He and state Rep. Steve McCarter (D-Montgomery) introduced legislation to provide civil marriage equality for same-sex couples in Pennsylvania.

[Botany]

1. God's law ..... stone to death your wife if she is not a virgin on your wedding night

"If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then hates her and accuses her of misconduct and brings a bad name upon her, saying, 'I took this woman, and when I came near her, I did not find in her evidence of virginity,' then the father of the young woman and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of her virginity to the elders of the city in the gate. And the father of the young woman shall say to the elders, 'I gave my daughter to this man to marry, and he hates her; and behold, he has accused her of misconduct, saying, "I did not find in your daughter evidence of virginity." And yet this is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity.' And they shall spread the cloak before the elders of the city. Then the elders of that city shall take the man and whip him, and they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the father of the young woman, because he has brought a bad name upon a virgin of Israel. And she shall be his wife. He may not divorce her all his days. But if the thing is true, that evidence of virginity was not found in the young woman, then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done an outrageous thing in Israel by whoring in her father’s house. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

[theHandpuppet]

2. More of God's laws: how to treat and mistreat your slaves....

Yes indeed, let's have a review of some of that old time religion....

http://www.evilbible.com/Slavery.htm

When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are. If she does not please the man who bought her, he may allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her. And if the slave girl's owner arranges for her to marry his son, he may no longer treat her as a slave girl, but he must treat her as his daughter. If he himself marries her and then takes another wife, he may not reduce her food or clothing or fail to sleep with her as his wife. If he fails in any of these three ways, she may leave as a free woman without making any payment. (Exodus 21 -11 NLT

When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so hard that the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished. If, however, the slave survives for a day or two, he is not to be punished, since the slave is his own property. (Exodus 21 : 20-21 NAB)

More at http://www.evilbible.com/ Perhaps Mr. Metcalfe ought to brush up on his primer of Biblical law.

[CurtEastPoint]

3. Well, according to Wikipedia, he is quite the piece of crap.

"Metcalfe is the House's most well known anti-gay member...Metcalfe along with other Republicans are with contact with alleged white supremacists."

SNORT! Take a gander at how well loved he is on his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/RepMetcalfe

[DreamGypsy]

5. Yes.

Here's a cover story from the Philadelphia Citypaper, April 12, 2012 that confirms in detail his character and views:

Right Makes Might-Meet Daryl Metcalfe, the gun-toting, gay-bashing, tea-partying state rep who's taking over Harrisburg

When I googled "Daryl Metcalfe" the sidebar summary teaser brought up the following picture for Metcalfe - typically the pictures are actual photos. The picture comes from the article.

[theHandpuppet]

4. Metcalfe's website...

Geez that was like a visit to some Teabagger trip down the rabbit hole. Take a gander: http://www.repmetcalfe.com/

[Zorra]

6. Scary. I hope that creepy thing he calls god doesn't tell him to shoot a room full of kids some day.

Because Rep. Metcalfe is very clearly a deranged person.

[dbackjon]

7. Metcalfe is a traitor to the Constitution

He should be removed from office