An independent candidate standing in Northern Ireland wants to criminalise homosexuality
Susan-Anne White would also bring back corporal punishment, according to a leaflet posted online
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An independent candidate standing for MP in Northern Ireland has said she would criminalise adultery and homosexuality, according to a leaflet posted online.
Susan-Anne White, who is standing in West Tyrone, is standing on an ultra-religious platform that also includes closing abortion clinics, ending sex education and reinstating corporal punishment in schools.
"I don't consider myself extreme at all," Mrs White told local newspaper the Belfast Telegraph.
"I would – if I had the power – make homosexuality a criminal offence once again. I would also make adultery a criminal offence, so I'm pretty fair in that respect."
The would-be MP, who is standing in the 2015 general election, criticised rock music, especially more 'recent' trends like Grunge.
"One only has to think of some of those well-known rock groups from the 1970s and 1980s such as Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper and more recently Kurt Cobain," she added. "The lyrics are promoting immorality, the noise is deafening, and they also promote anarchy."
The constituency is currently represented by Pat Doherty of Sinn Fein, who like other Sinn Fein members does not take his seat in Westminster.
Other candidates in the constituency include Tom Buchanan of the DUP, Stephen Donnelly of the Alliance Party, Ross Hussey of the UUP, Daniel McCrossan of the SDLP, and Ciaran McClean of the Green Party of Northern Ireland.
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