Iowa GOP denounces controversial comments on AIDS, homosexuality
from The Iowa Independent
Statements by a Republican candidate for the Iowa House that AIDS is punishment for the sin of homosexuality have been officially denounced by Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Matt Strawn.
In a series of posts on his Facebook page, House District 67 candidate Jeremy Walters pointed to passages in the Bible that say homosexuals should be “put to death; their blood shall be upon them.” Walters said the blood is really AIDS. The state’s larges LGBT-rights group, One Iowa, immediately called for the Iowa GOP to disavow the comments.
“Mr. Walters’ comments are inappropriate and in no way represent the beliefs of the Republican Party of Iowa,” Strawn said in a statement to The Iowa Independent. “HIV/AIDS does not discriminate and our hearts and prayers go out to any Iowa family facing this disease.”
