[Pastor Ezekiel]

Sad news, brothers and sisters. State Rep. Bobby Franklin has been found dead of a massive coronary in his apartment in Cobb, Georgia. If you'll recall, he visited Freehold during the presidential campaign of 2008, stumping for John McCain and telling us about his Godly plan to imprison women who have miscarriages.

I know he's up in Heaven enjoying a cold beer with Jesus right now.

State Rep. Bobby Franklin Found Dead

Foul play is not suspected, although the cause of death at his Northeast Cobb house remains a mystery.

Updated July 26 at 7 p.m.

Jenny Hodges, a close friend who considered Franklin to be like a brother, said in an email to Northeast Cobb Patch that another friend went to check on the legislator this morning and called police to break in. Hodges speculated that Franklin suffered a massive heart attack. "He was having extreme chest pains," she said.

"He was probably one of the most misunderstood Georgia politicians. His hate mail came from all over the country," Hodges said. "But for the few of us who loved and understood him, he was really wonderful and a man of integrity."

Updated July 26 at 5 p.m.

Georgia state Rep. Bobby Franklin, who courted controversy with legislation that would criminalize miscarriages and with comments criticizing tornado victims, was found dead in his Northeast Cobb home just before noon today.

The Cobb County Emergency Communications Center dispatched officers to Franklin’s house in the 4500 block of Cedar Knoll Drive for a welfare check, Cobb County police spokesman Officer Michael Bowman said in a statement this afternoon.

“Upon arrival the officers had to force entry into the residence, where they found a deceased male," Bowman said in the statement.

The dead man has been identified as Franklin, 56, a Cobb County Republican known for an extreme brand of conservatism.

No foul play is suspected in the death, Bowman said. The Cobb County Medical Examiner’s Office has the body.

Franklin helped design the current Georgia flag. He also introduced legislation such as H.B. 1: "Prenatal Murder," which would make it a crime for the female human body to end a pregnancy if an investigation team could not determine a cause for the pregnancy's termination. The bill stalled in the General Assembly.

Franklin sparked more anger in May when he said victims of this spring’s tornados were like idolaters praying to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to sustain them.

[Johny Joe Hold]

Originally Posted by Pastor Ezekiel

Sad news, brothers and sisters. State Rep. Bobby Franklin has been found dead of a massive coronary in his apartment in Cobb, Georgia. If you'll recall, he visited Freehold during the presidential campaign of 2008, stumping for John McCain and telling us about his Godly plan to imprison women who have miscarriages.

I know he's up in Heaven enjoying a cold beer with Jesus right now.

This is a tragedy. I have just ordered the flag in front of Freehold City Hall to be flow at Half Staff.

It would be so appropriate if Congress and the President would stop there budget fight tonight and pass a Bobby Franklin Miscarrage Bill, criminalizing women who kill babies in this way.

[4 Christ]

He was just too good and Godly for this worldly world. His job was done and Jesus called him home. Praise the holy name of Jesus.