Allen Quist

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"Our country is being destroyed. Every generation has had to fight the fight for freedom… Terrorism? Yes. That's not the big battle... The big battle is in D.C. with the radicals. They aren’t liberals. They are radicals. Obama, Pelosi, Walz: They’re not liberals, they’re radicals. They are destroying our country."

Quist also spoke against the health care bill at the event. "This is the most insidious, evil piece of legislation I have ever seen in my life… Every one of us has to be totally committed to killing this travesty… I have to kill this bill." [7]

2012 congressional race

In December 2011, Quist announced he would again run for Minnesota's 1st Congressional District against incumbent Tim Walz in 2012. [8] In the congressional primary, Quist won with 54% of the vote over Minnesota State Senator Mike Parry, who later endorsed Quist and said that the two were uniting together in the effort to defeat Walz. [9] Following his announcement, he was praised by Minnesota 6th District Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. [10]

In October 2012, it was reported that Quist had failed to file the required financial disclosure form with federal authorities by the May 15 filing deadline, apparently because he could not figure out the mailing address. The New Ulm Journal reported that: "... Quist now claims that he printed off the form from online and that this form lacked the address. He said that he now has the address and will have the form turned in within two days. He said he taking[ sic ] a little while longer so auctioneers get his exact land values because he wants all information he submits to be completely accurate." [11]

In the November 2012 general election, Walz defeated Quist by a margin of 58% to 42%. [12]

Political positions

Abortion

Quist believes that abortion should be a first degree homicide, and has said that it "is a genuine evil act, except when used to save the mother's life, it must be legally restrained." [13]

Quist is the author of the book The Abortion Revolution and the Sanctity of Life. [14] In the book, Quist talks about his anti-abortion stance and the need to overturn Roe v. Wade, saying that it is "one of the most dreadful Supreme Court rulings in history," and that "a majority of the justices legalized the murder of more people in just a few years than Herod and Hitler killed in a lifetime." [15] He added "[i]f our Nation would return to Christian ethical codes, the abortion revolution would come to an end and many other evils mentioned would be largely restrained as well." [16]

LGBT rights/marriage

During his time in the Minnesota House of Representatives, Quist campaigned against the advent of same-sex marriage in Minnesota. He led efforts against extending human rights protections to gays and lesbians, supported by former Governor Arne Carlson. [17]

Quist also led the sponsorship of a failed bill to require AIDS testing for all marriage license applicants. [18] Quist has drawn criticism for a past statement he made suggesting that supporting a gay counseling center at Minnesota State University, Mankato would be similar to supporting one for the Ku Klux Klan, and saying that "its presence suggests university approval for the homosexual lifestyle and the practice of sodomy... You wouldn’t have a center for the Ku Klux Klan," and that "both would be breeding grounds for evil—AIDS, in this case." [19]

While in the Minnesota House, Quist racked up a cumulative 30 hours in the 1988 session speaking on the House floor about sex. [20] [21] [22]

Dinosaur comments

Quist is the editor of CurriculumModules.org (CMod), a children's education and learning website that "challenges the worldwide views of established education," and offers lessons that contradict modern science and history. In one of CMod’s lessons, it suggests that dinosaurs lived alongside humans as recently as the 12th century.

His lessons suggest that history books and science books have falsely determined that dinosaurs became extinct 66 million years ago, and that "the only reasonable explanation for the Stegosaurus carved in the stone on the wall of the Cambodian temple [lower-alpha 1] is that the artist had either seen a Stegosaurus or had seen other art works of a Stegosaurus. Either way, people and stegosaurs were living at the same time." [23] [24]

Notes

  1. ↑ This refers to the Dinosaur of Ta Prohm, a bas-relief first supposed to depict a Stegosaurus in 1997.

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  1. 1 2 3 "Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Legislator Record - Quist, Allen J". Minnesota Legislature. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Moniz, Josh (January 11, 2013). "Quist wins Republican endorsement for House 19A". The New Ulm Journal. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  3. ↑ Fecke, Jeff (February 15, 2005). "Buckle Your Seatbelts". Blog of the Moderate Left. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved May 9, 2024[ unreliable source? ]{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  4. ↑ Kovaciny, Jon (November 19, 2009). "Allen Quist for Congress: Minnesota 1st Congressional District". quistforcongress.com. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
  5. ↑ Wallbank, Derek (November 2, 2010). "Democrats Walz, Peterson, win re-election". MinnPost . Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  6. ↑ Biers, Brad (December 2, 2009). "Press Release: Marriage Penalty in health care bills". quistforcongress.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2009. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
  7. 1 2 Birkey, Andy (January 4, 2010). "Quist: Defeating liberals a bigger battle than defeating terrorism". The Minnesota Independent . Archived from the original on January 13, 2013. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  8. ↑ Scheck, Tom (December 1, 2011). "Quist launches campaign for congress". Minnesota Public Radio . Archived from the original on December 21, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  9. ↑ Collins, Jon (August 14, 2012). "Nolan wins in 8th; Quist wins in 1st". Minnesota Public Radio . Retrieved September 9, 2012.
  10. ↑ Zdechlik, Mark (April 19, 2012). "Bachmann endorses Quist days before GOP convention". Minnesota Public Radio . Archived from the original on May 9, 2024. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  11. ↑ Kimball, Joe (October 17, 2012). "Financial disclosure form proves tricky for Quist". MinnPost . Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  12. ↑ Fischenich, Mark (November 7, 2012). "Walz defeats Quist: West teacher returns to Congress". The Free Press . Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  13. ↑ Birkey, Andy (December 16, 2009). "Is Quist still the religious right candidate?". The Minnesota Independent . Retrieved September 8, 2012.
  14. ↑ The Abortion Revolution and the Sanctity of Life. ISBN   0810001152.
  15. ↑ F. Lehninger, Ernst (March 1981). "A REVIEW - ABORTION BOOKS". Forward in Christ. Vol. 68, no. 6. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2024– via Western Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
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  17. ↑ Smith, Dane (August 16, 1994). "Allen Quist: IR candidate for governor". e-democracy.org. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
  18. ↑ Barr, Robert (May 31, 1987). "States reject attempt requiring AIDS testing". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. p. A8. Retrieved September 8, 2012– via Google News.
  19. ↑ Juhl, Mary (August 5, 2012). "Mud in the water: Fight turns dirty as Republican primary looms". Winona Daily News . Archived from the original on March 24, 2021. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
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  21. ↑ Smith, Dane (April 10, 1994). "QUIST: Call him humble, or call him weird, he's giving Carlson a run for governor" . Minneapolis Star Tribune. Archived from the original on January 13, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  22. ↑ "Quist says public wants what he offers" . St. Cloud Times. June 25, 1994. p. 5. Archived from the original on January 13, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  23. ↑ Tim Murphy (August 14, 2012). "Allen Quist, believes dinosaurs coexisted with man, women are "genetically predisposed" to subservience". Mother Jones . Retrieved September 7, 2012.
  24. ↑ Joy Grey, Kalli (May 14, 2012). "Republican House candidate: 'Either way, people and stegosaurs were living at the same time'". Daily Kos . Retrieved September 7, 2012.
Allen Quist
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Member of the MinnesotaHouseofRepresentatives
from the 23B district
In office
January 1983 –January 1989
Minnesota House of Representatives
Preceded by State Representative from District 23B
1983 – 1989		Succeeded by
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Preceded by Endorsed Gubernatorial Candidate,
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1994 		Succeeded by
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