Rep. Sally Kern doesn't know what the hell she is talking about.

(TW: Homophobia, transphobia)

This nonsense from OK Rep. Sally Kern made me unusually pissed off, today. The idea that GLBT people are more dangerous than terrorists because "young people" deal with homosexuality every day is really weird. I seriously doubt that Sally Kern even deals with homosexuality every day, unless it's by choice because she can't mind her own business. But here's an idea for her--maybe she could take a walk in the shoes of someone who really does deal with being homosexual, lesbian, bisexual, trans* or queer on a daily basis, and then she might understand a little better why equating people just being themselves with terrorists is extremely inappropriate and ironic in the unfunny way--

Because then she would understand something about people who actually do deal on a daily basis with having their gender, humanity, personhood, privacy, and rights questioned on a regular basis. She would understand a little better what it might feel like to expect (not just experience, but come to expect) that feeling of being called "less-than", and the sometimes palpable threat of physical violence coming from bigots. If she could step into the place of a sexual minority, she would understand that being othered and discriminated against just for being was a kind of emotional terrorism (except for when it is an actual act of hate crime/terror itself)--and maybe, just maybe, she might bring herself to stop doing it.

Maybe she could bother educating herself before saying things so terribly uninformed.

And no, she is not either being stoned for what she says--how silly and self-pitying that sounds! Especially when one is merely being criticized for bigotry against people who in some parts of the world are literally still stoned--with actual stones.

Sally Shills Xtian Shari'a, says sodomy spoils economy.

Oklahoma Rep. Sally Kern has been featured here before. She hasn't changed much since then. She's got a Proclamation for Morality thing she seems to believe might address our hard economic times. For the full impact, read the whole thing, here.

It goes something like:

WHEREAS I am from a district with its share of Bible-believing Christians, and

WHEREAS many people legitimately have been hit hard by the recession,and

WHEREAS I could address the economic forces regarding Wall Street excesses and banking fraud and so on, if I understood any of that, and

WHEREAS what I really can do is suppose it must have been God's doing, since He does everything, and is probably smiting us for some stuff, and

WHEREAS I like to blame stuff on teh sex, especially teh ghey sex, and

WHEREAS I also need to get a dig in at the current president, who hasn't sucked up enough to prayer-based people, and wants to honor the gheys by noticing they exist for a whole month, and

WHEREAS my aides have gone online and done a thorough search for anything a Founding Father might have said mentioning "God" even if we aren't sure they really said those things, like it matters, since it's a Christian nation, amirite? and,

WHEREAS bloggers haven't jumped on my behind for, like, a minute, I think we could really ask God to go smite somebody else with Economic Fail, and we'll really do better at disapproving of other people's personal business in God's name in the future!

Well, no. That wasn't exactly how it reads....but....

WHEREAS, the people of Oklahoma have a strong tradition of reliance upon the Creator of the Universe; and

WHEREAS, we believe our economic woes are consequences of our greater national moral crisis; and

WHEREAS, this nation has become a world leader in promoting abortion, pornography, same sex marriage, sex trafficking, divorce, illegitimate births, child abuse, and many other forms of debauchery; and

WHEREAS, alarmed that the Government of the United States of America is forsaking the rich Christian heritage upon which this nation was built; and

WHEREAS, grieved that the Office of the president of these United States has refused to uphold the long held tradition of past presidents in giving recognition to our National Day of Prayer; and

WHEREAS, deeply disturbed that the Office of the president of these United States disregards the biblical admonitions to live clean and pure lives by proclaiming an entire month to an immoral behavior;

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we the undersigned elected officials of the people of Oklahoma, religious leaders and citizens of the State of Oklahoma, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world, solemnly declare that the HOPE of the great State of Oklahoma and of these United States, rests upon the Principles of Religion and Morality as put forth in the HOLY BIBLE

It's not that far off, no?