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GOP Candidate Said Homosexuality Kills More People Than Smoking, Wants to Ban Mention of It in Public Schools<\/b>
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Hardy Billington, a Republican candidate expected to win his run for state representative in Missouri<\/a>, is a hateful extremist liar who endangers gay<\/a> kids.<\/p>\n

The St. Louis Dispatch reports<\/a>: \u201cA blurb promoting his 2006 book called legalizing same-sex<\/a> marriage an \u2018outrage.\u2019 He has asserted that homosexual \u2018lifestyles\u2019 kill people at a higher rate than smoking tobacco. In 2012, Billington bought a newspaper ad in support of an effort to ban the mention of homosexuality in public schools. Now, Billington, 65, is running to represent Poplar Bluff in the Missouri House.\u00a0If Billington wins in November, no one will be surprised. Four-fifths of the voters in Butler County cast ballots for Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n

Billington does have a Democratic opponent, however. Robert Smith, a former circuit judge and prosecutor, told the paper that he could not let Billington run unopposed.<\/p>\n

Billington has also met with opposition online.<\/p>\n

Writes Tyler Travers, in a Facebook post that has been shared more than 100 times: \u2018This is America and everyone is allowed to hold their own beliefs. But we should not allow the most cold-hearted beliefs to represent our district. True Christians know that Jesus loved everyone and that he wanted us to \u201clove thy neighbour as thyself.\u201d Mr. Billington\u2019s views are twisted, and it is hypocritical that he should use the guise of Christianity to promote his hate. A vote for Mr. Billington is a shameful vote. If the upstanding Speaker of the Missouri House, Todd Richardson, is replaced by Mr. Billington, that will be a disgraceful stain that our district will bear for years to come.<\/p>\n

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