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[sundin13]

CosmicSex said:

Machiavellian said:

Oh that is the tip of the iceberg for Florida.  Now Florida is trying to change the death penalty so you can charge anyone for it instead of just capital crimes.  Guess what group would be first to get persecuted.  With them opening trying to paint the LGBT community as groomers, well you see where they are going.

Is this for real?  This can't be right.  It 

Yes, Florida is basically trying to push the Supreme Court into overturning previous landmark decisions limiting the death penalty to cases involving a death. They are pushing forward a bill expanding the use of the death penalty to those convicted of child rape, which will undoubtedly get challenged on Constitutional ground (because it is Unconstitutional), likely forcing the Supreme Court to stare down another important precedent. 

Will this apply to LGBTQ+ individuals? Ehhh, I mean, it will apply to LGBTQ+ child rapists and there is a possibility that it may be applied disproportionately (and I personally think it is likely to invite a good degree of bias), but there isn't really much concern at this time of this being applied broadly to the LGBTQ+ community. The concerns mainly stand where the concerns are with every death penalty case imo