Sally Kern
Hey – I know this is old news, but I hadn’t listened to this whack job, just read accounts.
First, what “studies” is she touting? I think the the ancient Greek and Roman days lasted well on beyond a, “er, few decades.” And, most of Europe doesn’t appear to be crumbling yet. Not even close. In fact, they seem to be doing a damn sight better than we are right now.
Now, I read that a “major” corporation is rethinking a move to Oklahoma City because of Kern’s remarks.
THAT is how change will occur. When the non-bigoted will put their money where their mouths are and say, “No, we’re not going to allow your religious views and use of more than questionable facts to state your case to sway us.”
Right on anonymous major company, right on.
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Loving the hater while hating the hate
(OKLAHOMA CITY) I found a link recently to a blog (www.bilerico.com) that contains a comment (http://tinyurl.com/4qdbph) written in reaction to reading the main story about the Oklahoma City chapter of PFLAG and their recording of Rep. Sally Kern (http://tinyurl.com/2zbpgn) that catches Kern in her spider web of hubris and cant.
Like the author, I too, am very disappointed with the approach of “loving the hater while hating the hate.”
Of course, I respect our supporters who use their close relationship with Jesus to try and gain support for LGBT citizens and other minorities who are used for verbal target practice in the war for suppression of civil rights.
I’m delighted the Oklahoma City PFLAG chapter was able to document the duplicity of Sally Kern and record (http://www.youtube.com/pflagnational) with her permission the lies she later reported as irresponsibility on the part of PFLAG. This single incident should show you the arrogance and madness that is being passed off as legislative Republican leadership. Not one elected official in Oklahoma from either major party has come strongly to the defense and support of the LGBT taxpayers living in Oklahoma.
Had Kern used race, skin color, or ethnic origin as her subject I bet the rent she would be renewing her teaching certificate and looking for a school that would hire her.
The First Amendment guarantees both sides the freedom to practice their respective religious viewpoints and the market place in which to talk about them.
However, this same First Amendment does NOT give either side permission to encode their religious viewpoints into CIVIL law. I feel this is where we miss the boat in establishing our LGBT birthright to equal treatment under judicial law, and not the ten laws of Deuteronomy.
There will always be a bible verse to trump the opposing bible verse resulting in a version of ping-pong skirmishes with Jesus as the referee.
The writer gives some specific examples of public, peaceful protest that we can engage in to show that LGBTs are neither the doormats nor the monsters our enemies make us to be.
It’s odd that our suppressors are either afraid to be in the same room with us, fearing for their own bodily integrity, keeping their knees close together; or they dismiss us as dippy airheads, frivolous and irresponsible. How can we be both at the same time?
Their response shows more about the fiction in their minds then about the truth of our lives.
Until we get out of the religious justification business the more we’ll be dragged into its historical quagmire. Look at the present wars being fought around the world and you’ll see religious intolerance at the root.
Our LGBT equality will have to be established in the legislatures and the courthouses in all fifty states without religious prejudice tipping the scales of justice.
Thanks for taking time to so thoughtfully comment on my post. I agree with you. Removing religion from clearly civil matters is imperative.
I saw that the day it aired. Made me so sick. I support Gay/Lesbian rights. I am sick of the “religion card” being thrown in so that such attacks and ignorance can be excused. Sickening.