Pro-Lifer Endorses the Death Penalty for Kids
Let me tell you a story about Charlie Fuqua. Fuqua is a Republican, who ran for a seat in the Arkansas House of Representatives this past election.
Last year, he released a book entitled God's Law, where he wrote the following:
"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:
This passage does not give parents blanket authority to kill their children. They must follow the proper procedure in order to have the death penalty executed against their children. I cannot think of one instance in the Scripture where parents had their child put to death. Why is this so? Other than the love Christ has for us, there is no greater love then [sic] that of a parent for their child. The last people who would want to see a child put to death would be the parents of the child. Even so, the Scripture provides a safe guard to protect children from parents who would wrongly exercise the death penalty against them. Parents are required to bring their children to the gate of the city. The gate of the city was the place where the elders of the city met and made judicial pronouncements. In other words, the parents were required to take their children to a court of law and lay out their case before the proper judicial authority, and let the judicial authority determine if the child should be put to death. I know of many cases of rebellious children, however, I cannot think of one case where I believe that a parent had given up on their child to the point that they would have taken their child to a court of law and asked the court to rule that the child be put to death. Even though this procedure would rarely be used, if it were the law of land, it would give parents authority. Children would know that their parents had authority and it would be a tremendous incentive for children to give proper respect to their parents."1
Let me get this straight... Mr. Fuqua is against abortion, in believing that it's the equivalent of murdering a child and is therefore morally wrong. However, once that child is born, if he rebels against his parents, it should be legal for the parents to have the child put to death?
I can just imagine Mr. Fuqua and his wife (if he has one - there's a scary thought) engaging in the following conversation:
Mrs. Fuqua: "The child might be born mentally-challenged and I might have some serious problems as well. I hate to say this, but do you think I should have an abortion?"
Charlie: "Hell no! That's evil! We can't kill our child! What the hell is wrong with you? I'm now going to pray for you to the one and only The Jesus..."
::after the child turns 2 or 3 and misbehaves::
Mrs. Fuqua: "I don't know what to do anymore! He's getting to be too much! I don't have time to eat, sleep, do anything anymore! What are we going to do?"
Charlie: "Kill him..."
I can also hear the following ad being run in Mr. Fuqua's honor:
"Want a hard-working, dedicated, honest, God-fearing, moral man in office representing the great state of Arkansas? Vote for Charlie Fuqua! He's anti-gay, pro-God, and pro-life!
::Fuqua then speaks:: 'I believe abortion should be illegal and I believe killing your kids for misbehaving should be legal. Believe you, me - you won't find someone more pro-life than that!'
Save a life and take a life! That's pro-life! That's Charlie Fuqua! Be moral and vote Fuqua so you can kill your kids!"
1 (footnote) …and the Father of the Year award goes to…
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