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from The Iowa Independent

The gay rights movement has worked hard to convince society that AIDS does not discriminate, but that is a lie, conservative radio host Jan Mickelson said on his WHO-AM show Thursday.

An update to Tuesday’s story about Jeremy Walters, the GOP candidate for Iowa Statehouse who claimed AIDS is punishment for homosexuality. The Iowa Republican Party condemned his remarks that evening, but now Dave Leach, an Iowa State Senate candidate has come to his defense and is criticizing the Party for distancing themselves from Walters. The Iowa Independent has his remarks:

from The Des Moines Register

Candidate Jeremy Walters of Des Moines wrote on his Facebook page that the Bible says gays should be killed, and that he believes AIDS was designed by God to kill them.

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.

from The Iowa Independent

Carolyn Jenison, executive director of One Iowa, is calling on the Republican Party of Iowa to disavow comments made by GOP legislative candidate Jeremy Walters, who referred to AIDS as a punishment for homosexuality.

from KCCI-Des Moines

Gay couples who had been gearing up to get married in California this week had to put their wedding plans on hold once again after a federal appeals court said it first wanted to consider the constitutionality of the state's same-sex marriage ban.