The war against terror is obviously running amuck in Oklahoma. Just last week, born again Sally Kern, one of the more detestable elected officials in this country, was once again modeling how fear and hate mongering can be a dandy way to fire up the Republican base.
In a speech delivered for a conservative Christian group that she never expected to be taped and released, good-old-girl Sally said that gays and lesbians were the "biggest threat "our nation has ever faced "even more than terrorism or Islam..." She goes on to say that gays are "infiltrating" city councils, responsible for the demise of world societies and compared being gay to a "cancer" that apparently needs to be cut out. Hitler had nothing on this woman.
Every thinking citizen of this country should write to Rep. Chris Benge, Speaker of the House for the Oklahoma House of Representatives asking for censure of this terrorist. Free speech is not a license to incite hate and violence, and sadly that is what this ugly oration is all about. Today, in regions all over this country where ignorant people actually accept these stupid lies as having some basis in fact, school-aged boys and girls who may appear a little more feminine or masculine than Sally thinks is appropriate are going to be terrorized by peers who listen to this crap because their parents listen to this crap. And that's just for starters. This type of terrorism is the genesis of all hate crimes from name calling to murder.
George Bush may have had one thing right. The war on terror begins at home. But instead of profiling innocent Americans simply because of their ethnic background, maybe we should start profiling elected officials who make speeches without any academic or factual merit as a means to exploit and manipulate their uneducated constituents. If Oklahoma is where the wind comes sweeping down the plain, perhaps a big gust will sweep Sally Kern out of office and to a place where she can no longer promote hate, violence and bigotry.
My Apology to Sally Kern (formerly referred to as Sally Kearn)
http://dhconcerts.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/my-apology-to-sally-kern-formerly-referred-to-as-sally-kearn/
and
Sally, Sally, Sally. You said it’s your right to say anti-gay things. What happened to, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”?
http://dhconcerts.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/sally-sally-sally-you-said-its-your-right-to-say-anti-gay-things-what-happened-to-do-unto-others-as-you-would-have-them-do-unto-you/
More at http://www.clusterdouche.com, where we take Rep Kern to the zoo.
more at my blog - http://readdavesmind.blogspot.com/
these so-called christians give jesus a bad name
In fact I know of 2 or three people that said more or less the same things. That if two people of the same sex get married that is a greater threat to ‘Our way of life’ than the war. A good Christian said this. This is why I no longer go to church.
http://www.pridedepot.com/modules/wordpress/?p=1590
But Snyder's comments on Sally Kern and her ilk are spot-on, though I prefer to categorize the proper response to such evil utterances not as an extention of a "war on terror," but rather as an effort to see that psychotics get appropriate help.
Then if you can manage to continue listening, she FURTHER goes on to say something to the effect of, I'm paraphrasing here as I can't really handle listening to her again, "it's a proven fact that that life-style is unhealthy and has negative outcomes." A proven fact eh? I'd like to hear some more details on this.
I like how she and her supporters were trying to frame this as a "what's wrong? She's just using her right to free speech." issue. This isn't a free speech issue, this is an elected official preaching hate. Additionally, as an elected official, surely she knows that free speech isn't absolute, I'm sure she took government or civics classes as some point in her life.