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 Oklahoma Lawmaker: Gays More Dangerous Than
Terrorists
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff
Posted: March 10, 2008 - 1:00 pm ET
(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) An Oklahoma lawmaker is
warning her constituents that gays are taking over and have become more
dangerous to the American way of life than terrorists.
State Rep. Sally Kern (R) made the remarks in a
speech to a small gathering but did not know they were being recorded. The
tape fell into the hands of The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund which then posted
it on YouTube on Friday. It has now been viewed by more than 250,000 people.
"The homosexual agenda is destroying this nation; it's just a
fact," Kern declares.
"I'm not gay bashing, but according to God's word that is not the
right kind of lifestyle," she said. "It has deadly
consequences."
Kern goes on to declare that "Studies show
that no society that has totally embraced homosexuality has lasted more than a
few decades."
Kern confirmed to Oklahoma City TV station KWTV
that the woman on the tape is her and she stands by the comments.
"What is wrong with me as an American exercising my free speech rights
on a topic that is a very big issue today?" she said.
Kern told the station that she doesn't know who taped the speech and when it was recorded.
"Shame on the person who didn't have the courage to come and say, 'I'm
going to tape you and put it out on YouTube,'" she said.
The Victory Fund, which helps LGBT politicians
gain office, said that "while this speech is remarkable in its statements,
it’s not unique.
"For every bit of hateful rhetoric we hear,
scores of other anti-gay statements go unchallenged," the Victory Fund said
on its Web site.
"It is not our intention to make this
individual the target of animosity and hostility. It is, however, our
intention to let her know that we heard what she said, we do not approve and
that we support public officials who recognize people in the LGBT community as
equal, ordinary citizens."
Local LGBT activists also slammed Kern.
Oklahoma City gay leader Karen Parsons said that
the speech encourages bullying and other attacks on members of the LGBT
community.
"Hate speech has such negative consequences. The words really mean
something." Parsons told KWTV. "She's a legislative leader and people
pick up on her words and they take them to be the truth."
Another gay activist, Matt Smith, told KSWO-television
that Kern is an embarrassment to the state.
"Somebody in power like that, that actually
represents Oklahoma, I wonder how bad we look compared to the other
states," Smith told the station. "Or to the other countries
that are watching that, and seeing that on the internet or on TV or whatever.
It's sad. I mean, we're like back in the stone age now."
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