Florida lawmaker denounced for response to kill gays remarks

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Florida state Rep. Mike Hill was admonished by his own party for not reminding “his audience that this is America and we don't stone people to death.”

Steve Cannon / AP fileTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Republican Florida lawmaker is being admonished by his own party for his response to a suggestion that gay people be put to death.

Rep. Mike Hill had an exchange with constituents during a meeting at Pensacola City Hall last month in which one man said the Bible's 1 Corinthians calls for a man having an affair with another man to be put to death.Another man said,"Can you introduce legislation?""I wonder how that would go over?" Hill said, then adding,"OK. Enough of that stuff."

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