Republican Pollster In Oregon Says Slaves “Well-Treated”; Advocates Death for Gays

Willamette Week:

A Clackamas County pollster who has worked for multiple Republican interest groups is at the center of a dispute between state Senate Republicans and Democrats in Oregon...

The Death Penalty for Homosexuals:

The death penalty is specified for a number of crimes. This is the ultimate form of restitution. These crimes include promotion of witchcraft…Bestality (see Lev. 20:15), homosexuality (see Lev. 20:13), incest and adultery…” (Discipling the Nations, pg 166)

On Slavery:

“In many, if not most cases, slaves in the old South were purchased for much the same reason that Christians today engage in overseas adoption: to rescue them from a life of hopeless paganism. Their condition was usually happier, healthier and more secure than that of a typical European wage earner…” (http://www.ismellarat.com/faq.aspx) (Archived at http://web.archive.org/web/20080313034000/www.ismellarat.com/faq.aspx)

On Women and their right to vote:

‘Thus, when it comes to civil government, God deals with representatives of the people, not the people as a whole. Likewise, in the church he deals with elders chosen by the people, and in the family he deals with the husband. This was the rationale for restricting the vote to male heads of households. The counsel of the wife was highly regarded due to her position as vice-regent within the family, but each covenant household was granted a single vote. That vote was cast by the husband – the covenant head of household – who was governmentally responsible before God.

“Moreover, a biblical standard for citizenship must be upheld to ensure a godly representation on the human side of the covenant. This is not a plank we would expect to find in the Republican Party platform. However, as the nation is converted and the great majority yield themselves to the government of the Messiah, they will eventually submit to this feature willingly.” (Discipling the Nations, pg 154)

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