http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/10/08/974321/republican-candidate-in-arkansas-says-parents-should-seek-death-penalty-for-rebellious-children/

Republican Candidate In Arkansas Says Parents Should Seek Death
Penalty Against ‘Rebellious Children’

A candidate for the Arkansas legislature, Charlie Fuqua, says children
who don’t demonstrate “respect for parents” should be put to death,
the Arkansas Times reports. Fuqua is a former member of the Arkansas
legislature and has received support from the Arkansas Republican
Party and two sitting members of Congress.

Here’s the key passage from Fuqua’s 2012 book, “God’s Law: The Only
Political Solution“:

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 Deut 21:18-21:

Fuqua helpfully notes that “This passage does not give parents blanket
authority to kill their children.” Rather, parents would have to
“follow the proper procedure in order to have the death penalty
executed against their children.” Fuqua assures the reader that, in
his view, the procedure would “rarely be used.” The threat of death
would, however, “be a tremendous incentive for children to give proper
respect to their parents.’

Fuqua, reached by the Huffington Post on the issue, declined to comment.
Fuqua’s book previously came under scrutiny for advocating expelling
all Muslims from the United States. In response, Fuqua said he believe
his view on Mulims were “fairly well-acce

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