A California lawyer has proposed a ballot initiative that would surely anger the gay, lesbian and LGBT communities in the state. Matt McLaughlin proposes to place a bullet in the head of gays who engage in anal sex or sodomy.

He also suggests a fine of up to $1 million on anyone who distributes propaganda or materials about sodomy, plus imprisonment of up to 10 years and exile for life from California, reports WCPO.

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Under the law, because the lawyer from Huntington Beach paid $200 fee for the filing of the ballot proposal titled "Sodomite Suppression Act," the initiative must go to Attorney General Kamala Harris who must prepare a title and summary and then pass it to the Secretary of State's Office.

For it to be placed on the 2016 ballot, the proposal must garner at least 365,880 signatures within 90 days.

Slate.com reports that in spite of the outrageousness of McLaughlin's proposal, "the proposal is almost certain to make it to the signature-gathering stage - despite the total illegality of its central goal."

California rules does not empower the attorney general to reject laughable proposals like the one from McLaughlin, although the intent of the California Supreme Court decision was to prevent partisan attorney generals from thumbing down proposals for political reasons.

Lawmakers in the state, though, are debating on methods to screen crazy or murderous ballot initiatives such as by raising the filing fee. While the rules mean that the state can't stop McLaughlin's initiative, Slate.com believes it won't get the needed 365,880 signatures, although nothing would prevent McLaughlin from trying again.

Besides California, Florida, Georgia and Oklahoma are all rushing other anti-gay measures that aim to demean and degrade gays and their families.

In turn, Democratic Sen. Ricardo Lara, who is a member of the state's LGBT Caucus, said he has asked the bar association to probe McLaughlin.

In a statement, Lara said, "I support freedom of speech, but calling for state sanctioned execution of a protected class calls into question the proponent's character and judgment," quotes the Sacramento Bee.

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