Texas Republican State Rep. Jonathan Stickland issued a warning Friday, likely a response to a Wednesday New York Times article that quotes an astrophysicist and consultant to the Pentagon saying the U.S. is in possession of “off-world vehicles not made on this earth.”
If aliens exist, Stickland declared, they will have to embrace Jesus Christ if they want to get into heaven.
Stickland is an anti-LGBT lawmaker known for his anti-vaxx views. He calls vaccines “sorcery,” because, he believes, “only The Lord God Almighty is in control.”
The Texas Republican is also known for his vile views on rape – specifically, marital rape, which is rape.
As the Texas Tribune reported in 2008, “on a fantasy sports message board, Stickland responded to a user’s request for sex advice by saying, ‘Rape is non existent in marriage, take what you want my friend!’”
He later apologized, only after The Texas Observer first published his remarks, which the paper called “rape encouragement.”
Stickland was quickly mocked on social media for his alien conversion views.