Yesterday, the Iowa Independent broke the story that Jeremy Walters — a Republican candidate for the Iowa State house — posted Facebook messages in which he quoted biblical verses saying that gay people should be “put to death” and suggested that AIDS is a punishment for the sin of homosexuality:
Walters’ statements were immediately condemned by One Iowa, the state’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) advocacy organization, and the Iowa Republican party, leading the candidate to remove the posts. But in a subsequent interview with the Wonk Room, Walters explained that his outburst was motivated by the recent Prop 8 decision and that he was still uncertain if God was trying to kill gay people. Read the interview here.
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