Reprinted with permission from JMBzine.com
Victoryfund.org: Audio recording from speech by Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern
Here are a few quotes from Rep. Kern's hateful speech...
Studies show, no society that has totally embraced homosexuality has lasted for more than, you know, a few decades. . .
I honestly think it's the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism or Islam. . .
They want to get them into the government schools so they can indoctrinate them . . . They are going after our young children, as young as two years of age, to try to teach them that the homosexual lifestyle is an acceptable lifestyle.
You know, Gays are infiltrating city councils. . . Did you know that the city council of Eureka Springs is now controlled by gays? . .
. They are winning elections.
We have the gay-straight alliance coming into our schools. . .
One of my colleagues said We don't have a gay problem in our community... well you know what, that is so dumb. If you have cancer in your little toe, do you just say that I'm going to forget about it since the rest of you is fine? It spreads! This stuff is deadly and it is spreading. It will destroy our young people and it will destroy this nation.
This is why it is critical that folks speak out against gay hate speech. Sure Rep. Sally Kern has the right to be hateful and to say hateful things (as long as she doesn't threaten people), but she doesn't have the right to stay in the legislature. The people have got to speak up and vote her out of office, or better yet the legislature should impeach her and remove her from office. I see this as being no different than a state legislator coming out of the closet as a rabid racist and supporter of the KKK.
It must be made clear that it is wrong to refer to people made in the Image of God, as being a "cancer", as being "worse than the terrorists or Islam" (and let's not attack Muslim people either, but I guess Rep. Kern is a bigot in more than one way). This kind of speech is SICK AND WRONG.
I would encourage folks to call Ms. Kern and let her know that hate is not an Oklahoma value (and for that matter isn't a Christian value either).
Her contact info (taken from the OK state house website) is:
(405) 557-7348
sallykern@okhouse.gov
2713 Sterling Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73127
Updated at 4:17 p.m.: Oh boy, I forgot that Sally Kern was the same person who also wanted to mandate the creation of a "State Library Material Content Advisory Board" that would keep pro-gay books out of the hands of children. (thanks to Dustbury.com for this link
Don't worry though. According to the Dustbury story from 2006, Kern insists that "I'm not a Nazi. I believe in free speech. But for every right we have, there is a responsibility."
Yeah right. I think Hitler would have loved her anti-gay speech. He loved to scapegoat folks too.