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Title: Aren't You Stretching the Meaning of Free Speech, Ms. Kern?
Post by: Shana A on March 16, 2008, 02:22:52 PM
Post by: Shana A on March 16, 2008, 02:22:52 PM
http://www.innewsweekly.com/innews/?class_code=Op&article_code=5100 (http://www.innewsweekly.com/innews/?class_code=Op&article_code=5100)
March 12, 2008
EDITORIAL
Aren't You Stretching the Meaning of Free Speech, Ms. Kern?
Thank you, Victory Fund, for making available a video of Oklahoma state Rep. Sally Kern calling homosexuality "the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism or Islam." Equally charming? Kern saying that "The homosexual agenda is destroying this nation; it's just a fact."
In the Oklahoman on Monday, Kern did not apologize for her comments. What she did do was make available several of the more than 3,000 e-mails sent to her after the recording of her speech went viral online.
March 12, 2008
EDITORIAL
Aren't You Stretching the Meaning of Free Speech, Ms. Kern?
Thank you, Victory Fund, for making available a video of Oklahoma state Rep. Sally Kern calling homosexuality "the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism or Islam." Equally charming? Kern saying that "The homosexual agenda is destroying this nation; it's just a fact."
In the Oklahoman on Monday, Kern did not apologize for her comments. What she did do was make available several of the more than 3,000 e-mails sent to her after the recording of her speech went viral online.
Title: Re: Aren't You Stretching the Meaning of Free Speech, Ms. Kern?
Post by: cindianna_jones on March 16, 2008, 04:39:43 PM
Post by: cindianna_jones on March 16, 2008, 04:39:43 PM
If gay people could be open about their sexuality, they would not be forced to get married in the first place. These men who eventually destroy their marriages would no longer do so. Can't they see that it is in their best interests to let gay people "be" gay?
Cindi
Cindi
Title: Re: Aren't You Stretching the Meaning of Free Speech, Ms. Kern?
Post by: buttercup on March 16, 2008, 05:49:53 PM
Post by: buttercup on March 16, 2008, 05:49:53 PM
I'm not American so I don't want to speak out of turn, but I listened to Ms Kern's tirade, and it sure sounds un-American to me! I think the Al-Qaeda has a new recruit! ::)
Title: Re: Aren't You Stretching the Meaning of Free Speech, Ms. Kern?
Post by: Lisbeth on March 16, 2008, 06:40:32 PM
Post by: Lisbeth on March 16, 2008, 06:40:32 PM
Quote from: buttercup on March 16, 2008, 05:49:53 PM
I'm not American so I don't want to speak out of turn, but I listened to Ms Kern's tirade, and it sure sounds un-American to me! I think the Al-Qaeda has a new recruit! ::)
Islamic Fundamentalists and Christian Fundamentalists are all the same. They just have a different name for their god.
Title: Re: Aren't You Stretching the Meaning of Free Speech, Ms. Kern?
Post by: Shana A on March 16, 2008, 06:45:27 PM
Post by: Shana A on March 16, 2008, 06:45:27 PM
Quote from: Lisbeth on March 16, 2008, 06:40:32 PM
Islamic Fundamentalists and Christian Fundamentalists are all the same. They just have a different name for their god.
Absolutely true!
Fundamentalists of any religious belief scare me!
Z
Title: Re: Aren't You Stretching the Meaning of Free Speech, Ms. Kern?
Post by: tekla on March 16, 2008, 07:27:39 PM
Post by: tekla on March 16, 2008, 07:27:39 PM
Implicit in the right of Free Speech, is the right to be wrong. Take that away, nothing will ever be said. At least we know where she stands.
Title: Re: Aren't You Stretching the Meaning of Free Speech, Ms. Kern?
Post by: Lisbeth on March 17, 2008, 11:18:28 AM
Post by: Lisbeth on March 17, 2008, 11:18:28 AM
Here's more:
Remember Sally Kern, the Oklahoma legislator caught on tape babbling about the gay conspiracy? It's worse than it sounded: it seems Kern has a gay son who she has essentially deleted from her public life.
And these are the people who claim ownership of the word "family"...
Here's something even worse than the self-destruction of her own family: Kerns is the sponsor of Oklahoma House Bill 2211, the "Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act".
ScienceVlogs: Pharyngula: The odious Sally Kern: more... (http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/03/some_family.php)
Remember Sally Kern, the Oklahoma legislator caught on tape babbling about the gay conspiracy? It's worse than it sounded: it seems Kern has a gay son who she has essentially deleted from her public life.
And these are the people who claim ownership of the word "family"...
Here's something even worse than the self-destruction of her own family: Kerns is the sponsor of Oklahoma House Bill 2211, the "Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act".
ScienceVlogs: Pharyngula: The odious Sally Kern: more... (http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/03/some_family.php)
Title: Re: Aren't You Stretching the Meaning of Free Speech, Ms. Kern?
Post by: lady amarant on March 17, 2008, 11:44:20 AM
Post by: lady amarant on March 17, 2008, 11:44:20 AM
I LOVE Ellen....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4YxzSuJu2Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4YxzSuJu2Q
Title: Re: Aren't You Stretching the Meaning of Free Speech, Ms. Kern?
Post by: tekla on March 17, 2008, 11:51:35 AM
Post by: tekla on March 17, 2008, 11:51:35 AM
Not bad, I'm still wondering about the two year olds in school myself.