An Open Letter to Sally Kern

Author: scout  
Posted: March 18, 2008 | Category: Gay Rights, News 

Dear Sally,

I saw the statement you released yesterday in which you said your “hate speech” is merely “free speech.” That’s kind of gross, but it’s also beside the point.

The point is this: your words have consequences. Ask Judy Shepherd — her son, Matthew, was viciously murdered ten years ago by people who think like you. Ask the parents of Lawrence King, an openly gay eighth-grader who was gunned down in school last month by a classmate whose fear was stoked by words like yours. Just this past fall, Steven Domer, a 62-year-old gay man was brutally murdered right in your home state of Oklahoma.

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    Sally Kern transcript and video of anti-gay speech

    Author: scout  
    Posted: March 18, 2008 | Category: Gay Rights, Videos, News 

    sally_kern_1.jpgSally Kern has become very famous (or infamous) among the gay community recently. The 61-year old representative from Oklahoma has been caught on tape giving a speech that strongly criticizes the gay lifestyle. It has found its way to Youtube, where the speech has generated very passionate viewer reactions. The speech was secretly recorded during a small Republican meeting, where she was asked to express her views on the subject of homosexuality. Here’s the complete Sally Kern transcript, a Youtube video of her speech, Ellen Degeneres’ reaction, as well as a CNN report on the incident.

    Full Transcript from Ace on Tech:

    The homosexual agenda is destroying this nation, okay. It’s just a fact. Not everybody’s lifestyle is equal. Just like not all religions are equal. The very fact that I’m talking to you like this today puts me in jeopardy, okay. I’m not anti, I’m not gay-bashing, but according to God’s word that is not the right kind of lifestyle. It has deadly consequences for those people involved in it. It has more suicides. They’re more discouraged. There’s more illness. Their lifespans are shorter. You know, it’s not a lifestyle that is good for this nation. It’s a matter of fact, studies show that no society that has totally embraced homosexuality has lasted more than, you know, a few decades. So it’s the death nail for this country. I honestly think it’s the biggest threat, even in our nation. Even more so than terrorists, or Islam, okay.

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