Originally posted by JimL
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I agree with you that Swanson is completely wack-a-doo. Totally scary guy. Swanson quoted Leviticus and Romans on the Bible's well known stance on homosexuality, though he mis-contextualized Romans since Paul goes on in the same book to point out that we all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, and that the wages of that sin for all is death, but that we have been offered the free gift from God that is eternal life in Christ Jesus. A significant correction to your statement about Swanson, though. He did not advocate the death penalty. In fact, he quite plainly states (though admittedly, not very convincingly) that he does not believe the death penalty should be enacted towards homosexuals in America, and that he believes the reason it should not be enacted is so that homosexuals, and America in general, can repent of it's sins. Still...the guy is a raving loon.
Finally, this was a two day event with multiple speakers, and multiple workshops that each spanned the entire day. According to their schedule, Swanson spoke at least four times in those two days. There doesn't appear to be any indication (as far as I can tell) that the GOP candidates were present or aware of the the anti-homosexuality speech. In what appears to be a different clip at some other time Swanson mentions that the three candidates are present at the conference, though only Cruz comes up on stage to shake Swanson's hand at this particular scheduled part of the event.
Edit. Found the Youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBDbGyv6SIQ
Upon closer examination, it's as I thought. The first clip of Swanson and the second clip of Swanson were at different scheduled speaking points. In the first clip Swanson is wearing what appears to be a blue/black tie. In the second clip he's wearing a black striped tie.
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