Foolish Cat April 3rd, 2008

For those of you who don’t know who Sally Kern is, she is the Oklahoma state representative who was heard telling a group of around fifty constituents about the evils of homosexuality on a YouTube clip last month. She talks of the agenda to corrupt the children of the country and says that homosexuality is “a bigger threat than terrorism.” It’s pretty revolting stuff, and really quite shocking and ghastly that the words are coming from the mouth of an elected official.

Of course, the outcry has been swift and Ellen DeGeneres is involved and the headlines have traveled overseas to, once again, generally embarrass the U.S. and our politics. So be it. One more crazy person slips through the cracks to a position of power and what are you gonna do? Shit happens, right?

Well, maybe, until you see the report today that says over 1,000 people attended a rally to support Representative Kern where she was chanted and cheered for “standing up for the truth of God’s Word”. 1,000 people may not seem like a lot in a state of, I don’t know, 3 or 4 million, but that’s 1,000 people who took off work on a Wednesday to come support a speaker of hate. How many were children? How many people couldn’t get off work? How many secretly agree with everything she said but don’t feel comfortable making it known in a public place? More than a handful I’m sure.

And don’t misunderstand: I believe people have the right to say and believe anything they want; if I didn’t it would be complete hypocrisy. But when certain things are said by Government, everyone needs to perk up the ears. And when those things are said by government and are then heralded and begin receiving support, it’s time to sound the alarm. Some of those things include: limiting what we can say, see, write, or hear; limiting ways we can defend ourselves; SINGLING OUT A GROUP OF PEOPLE AS CORRUPTERS OF CHILDREN AND A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY, etc.

Ms. Kern’s words are not just misguided, religious rhetoric; in my opinion, they can only be interpreted as words of genocide. Think about it, if you were compelled to stop a group of people from corrupting the nation’s children and threatening the security of the United States, how would you do it? Oh yeah, and did I mention you’re doing it IN THE NAME OF GOD?!? Sound familiar?

The question then, Representative Kern, is not whether homosexuality is a bigger threat to the U.S. than terrorism, it’s whether terrorism is a bigger threat to our country than politicians like you.

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