article_snippet: Bob Jones III said gay men and lesbians should be stoned to death 'as the Bible commands' in 1980.
article_snippet: The 75-year-old, whose grandfather founded Bob Jones University in South Carolina, made the remarks during a visit to the White House to demand that President Jimmy Carter not extend protections of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to gay men and lesbians.
article_snippet: Bob Jones III (pictured left and right in 2005) has apologized for saying gay men and lesbians should be stoned 'as the Bible commands' in 1980 .
article_snippet: Speaking to the Associated Press at the time, Bob Jones III (pictured left and right in 2005) said: 'I'm sure this will be greatly misquoted.
article_snippet: According to NBC, Bob Jones III (pictured left and right in 2005) added: 'I take personal ownership of this inflammatory rhetoric. '
article_snippet: This reckless statement was made in the heat of a political controversy 35 years ago.
highlights_snippet: Bob Jones III said homosexuals should be stoned 'as the Bible commands'
  75-year-old religious leader made the comments in the White House in 1980 .
  