Oklahoma Republican state legislator Sally Kern spoke on August 31st with Peter LaBarbera of “Americans for Truth About Homosexuality to promote her new book, The Stoning of Sally Kern.
Kern is best known for saying that homosexuality is “the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism or Islam.”
Sally Kern
Kern has tried to explain that her remarks were taken out of context and distorted by the media, but she repeated her claim that homosexuality is “more dangerous” than terrorist attacks while speaking with LaBarbera, lamenting that young people are “bombarded” with the message that “homosexuality is normal and natural.”
“It’s something they have to deal with every day,” Kern said, “Fortunately we don’t have to deal with a terrorist attack every day.”
“You know if you just look at it in practical terms, which has destroyed and ended the life of more people? Terrorism attack here in America or HIV/AIDS? In the last twenty years, fifteen to twenty years, we’ve had maybe three terrorist attacks on our soil with a little over 5,000 people regrettably losing their lives. In the same time frame, there have been hundreds of thousands who have died because of having AIDS. So which one’s the biggest threat?
“And you know, every day our young people, adults too, but especially our young people, are bombarded at school, in movies, in music, on TV, in the mall, in magazines, they’re bombarded with ‘homosexuality is normal and natural.’ It’s something they have to deal with every day. Fortunately we don’t have to deal with a terrorist attack every day, and that’s what I mean.”
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“It’s more dangerous, and yes I think that it’s also more dangerous because it will tear down the moral fiber of this nation. We were founded as a nation upon the principles of religion and morality, if we take those out from under our society we will lose what has made us a great nation, we will no longer be a virtuous people, which we see happening already. And without virtue this nation will not survive.”
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wat the fuck this bitch talkin about
I WANNA PUNCH THIS WOMAN!
Again… stupid bitch.
She is a flaming asshole…
No, sorry. People like you are the dangerous ones, you ignorant whore.
She needs to be removed from office. Now.
another misinformed moron from the Republican side, no shortage of them either! How STUPID do they think the American public really are?
this moterfuckin bitch wat the hell she sayin about Islam being a threat tht stupid bitch dont know shit
this woman is being dumb………….
The closest thing I have to a flame thrower is my charisma and I don’t think I can kill/damage anything but your ego with that.
She stoopid!
that bitch just sad she cant get a guy
She and Palin are alike. They say something then blame the “lame stream media” for their gaffes.
she’s an idiot.. ignorant bitch
I don’t want to live on this planet anymore
Hahahaha she’s stupid
I’m more dangerous than terrorism? Why on Earth did I bother taking those self-defense martial arts classes? brb you guise starting a career as a bodyguard
Argh .. . she’s so . . . so . . . nevermind .
Funny its more so hetero people who attack everyone else, be it with words or violence! She is a terror to society promoting hatred!
Wow! Umm, she’s insane!
What a loon!
crazy much?
Dang, if these freaks keep coming out of the wood work I am going to run out of bullets for hitting them between the eyes. It is hard to believe how man people there are in the US that are so filled with hate.
Wow. DISLIKE!!!!!
Assclown
She’s probably a big lesbian herself
9/11 was a consequence of religious fundamentalism.
love is the most powerful weapon of all…. Gotta wonder what kinda screwed up person youd have to be to be so afraid of it though.
Hey, Sally Kern: BBOOOOOOO!!! ..now run & hide somewhere & shadap…. ‘-)
If our country was founded on religious principals then why do we have Freedom of speech as our first amendment to our constitution? Then the freedom of religion(right there disqualifies her from any politically related debate or discussion – what a fruit bat.
:) just just mad cuz she’s fugly.
Fight ignorance with intelligence, guys. Fight hate with love. All of these negative, and somewhat violent reactions are bringing out the wrong kind of energy. These people devote their entire lives to hating people and getting others to join in on their hate parade. It certainly isn’t going to change if we behave the same way.
Short-minded idiot. ;)
WHAT A BITCH, WHAT A BITCH, WHAT A CRAZY, STUPIT BITCH!!
Ignorance is a terrifying thing.
How dare this bitch say that the relationship I have with the woman I love is more dangerous than a fanatical terrorist setting himself off in a crowded bus station. This dumb bitch needs also to get some education as to who’s been spreading AIDS over the last several years…STRAIGHT people being promiscuous. You wanna talk about being bombarded by something? How about the plethora of STRAIGHT songs promoting senseless one night stands?
Maybe a liitle botox, a bottle of Clairol, and a real haircut will knock some sense into you……dumb bitch!
Someone should punch the fucking teeth outta her mouth..
Actually I never heard of this “writer” prior to this post. However, the latest planned distraction seems to be a return to Reagan’s “Culture of Intolerance,” on steroids, I can see the Nazi flags on the horizon…That people can obsess about other people’s sex lives, become cultural icons and get paid for it….again rendered speechless.
And ostracizes all but the most mental conservatives.
Oh yeah, wait a minute, she’s the same one who said something about hunger being as “positive motivator” for kids to get summer jobs. I’m getting old, and crap like that gets buried deep in my brain’s “recycle bin”
I’m sorry but what an ignorant bi*%h ! Is she seriously blaming homosexuality for Hiv/Aids and comparing homosexuality to terrorism? I don’t even know what to say because its so ridiculous and disgusting. Makes me sick to my stomach.
These shitty statements come from the same shitty people in the same shitty states…with Texas leading.
She’s obviously in the closet, future lesbian.
Arent her comments punishable by law for inciting hate???
Oh my now that’s a new one.
We live in a corrupt government, they wouldn’t give a shit, unfortunately.
Her face gives me a sad.
Sickenly warped
Since when is Islam a threat to America? Oh, right, since America just bunched all the followers of one of the largest religions on the planet in with extremists who were condemned by the rest of the Muslims.
I’m more scared of the Haters than us lovers!
don’t get me started on what an idiot this woman is. Oh, and don’t forget she believes we lived among the dinosaurs, too.
I guess Rick Santorum hasn’t told her about a gay jihad – a terrorizing ‘queer eye for the straight guy’ kind of thing. We storm in and redo your hair, clothes, make up and your house . . .
She is such a nutcase
So many of us here are letting this breed anger. Hardly the necessary response. Me? As a genderqueer person embracing many world religions and mythologies, and anti-nationalist and pacifist, I’m pretty much the most “Dangerous” individual Ms. Kern could meet in a dark alley, according to her own words. Honestly? That’s a bit empowering. Anyone want to show me to her place? I could love and forgive the shit out of her. >:P
My gaygenda?
1. Love and be loved
2. Protect family and friends
3. Find my way in this world
4. ???
5. Scare the crap out of conservatives (and profit!)
You know there’s this really great way of not being taken out of context, Don’t say it. Other than that, I’d like to hear the context where saying a tax paying member of society and a contributer to socety is actually worse than a taroist.
“…with the message that “homosexuality is normal and natural.”
Hmmm. Given that homosexuality has existed in all cultures and at all times; and that hundreds of species of animals (other than us) exhibit being homo, it is a FACT that it’s normal and natural.
What’s not normal and natural is to believe Bronze Age mythology as truth. After all, this is the 21st century, well past the Renaissance, the Age of Enlightenment and well into the Age of Science.
So, bi-yath. Get a f*kkin clue.
Express yourself brothers & sisters! If we don’t they will try to take that away from us too. + or – make your voice heard! 9/11 was a consequence of religious fundamentalism!
Funnily enough, lesbians contract less STDs than heterosexuals. Oh the irony! And let’s not forget, anal sex is present in heterosexual relationships too.
omg, woman…. get a life
She is just mad because she is uglier than Shirley Phelps and never gets laid. At least not by anything resembling a sentient life form
What a freak.
Ignorance and she holds a public office, that’s what’s scary
The people voting for this person are what concern me.
Jeff, you hit it on the head… though you obviously was not the first to deliver a blow to that f*cked-up skull. Nor the hardest hit, I’ll venture. JesusWept, if my dog had a head like Sally Kern’s I’d shave it’s ass and teach it to walk backwards. Forever, backwards – like her ‘thinking’.
What a cunt face that woman has. You can see she missed a whole lot in life and that is love for all humans whatever they are, whatever their background.
Get a life womman.
Joop, Amsterdam The Netherlans
She is a pathetic, sad, unlovable human being… without a clue.
I suspect you’re correct. Poor dear.
stupid bitch…it’s always taken out of context…what a crock of shit
because they havn’t proved that you don’t have to be gay to get aids or anything right? what a dumbass. the fact that she also said the religion of Islam is a threat to our country makes it even worse. honestly idk how anyone could listen to her she looks like a complete lunatic, like she just got cut out of the straight jacket.
NATHAN! YOU SAID IT, MY FRIEND. THOSE EYES ARE TRULY DEMENTED.
Okay first of all, you can get AIDS without being gay. Secondly, which kills more: AIDS or Terrorism? Neither, Cancer from smoking kills more people in a year than AIDS, Terrorism, and drunk driving COMBINED.
Oh and to be clear? Our nation is already crumbling because you’re fighting a losing battle and wasting taxpayer money. I spit on your face, and defecate on your front lawn.
Countering homobigotry with violence (“I WANNA PUNCH THIS WOMAN!” “Someone should punch the fucking teeth outta her mouth..”), ableism (dumb, nutcase, crazy, insane, lunatic, demented, etc), and misogyny (bitch, cunt, whore) is NOT okay. Criticize and engage with what someone *says*, don’t attack their identity.
Kern’s comments disgust me too, but discussion free of oppressive language helps everyone to feel safe. No harm in that.
Shay, people are venting at a visible enemy, thats their right and understandable too. What I can’t fuckin understand is you, 5 words criticle of the abomination who is the subject of the article, and a shit load of moralising against those who have this space for themselves on these issues. >THATS< NOT OK – OK? Feel safe? I don't see anyone but you attacking anyone here. Your selfserving hidden agenda belongs elsewhere.
Plus its time for the gloves to come off with these killers in more arenas than only this one. Debate with obvious morons? Lecture them on what a person capable of good conscious would already know? Get real! Their own words condem them, so let the criminals pay the debt they owe..