Scott Esk

Scott Esk is a politician from Oklahoma. Esk is a 2014 Republican primary candidate for a seat in the Oklahoma House of Representatives representing district 91, which covers the far southwestern portion of Oklahoma City, in Cleveland County.
Esk supports pro-life and pro-Second Amendment political positions, as well as traditional family values. He is in favor of lower taxes, lower spending, and states' rights. He describes himself as a libertarian, and wishes to apply Biblical principles to Oklahoma law.
In June 2014, Esk gained national media attention when comments he made on Facebook in July 2013 were posted on Moore-based website Moore Monthly. Esk quoted several verses of scripture in response to a discussion about Pope Francis's views on homosexuality. When Esk was asked if he would support the execution of homosexuals by stoning, he reportedly replied, "I think we would be totally in the right to do it. That goes against some parts of libertarianism, I realize, and I'm largely libertarian, but ignoring as a nation things that are worthy of death is very remiss." Esk later clarified his position in a phone interview, saying "What I will tell you right now is that was done in the Old Testament under a law that came directly from God, and in that time it was totally just. I have no plans to reinstitute that in Oklahoma law; I do have very huge moral misgivings about those kinds of sins, and I think that those kinds of sins will not do our country any good and certainly doesn't do anything to preserve the family."

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