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We have this in Oklahoma too.......


Oklahoma Lawmaker: Gays More Dangerous Than Terrorists

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."