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I love my state, but sometimes. . .
Mar. 15th, 2008 11:21 am
I want to throttle my fellow Okies.
( Three videos from youtube covering Oklahoma's state representative Sally Kern's comments on the GAY AGENDA. Wherein she compares homosexuality to terrorism and cancer. She accuses them of infiltrating public service in order to indoctrinate our young people. )
Yeah, it's pretty sick, and there has been a lot of backlash across the country. I had my head in the sand until I saw a link over on![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
or_mabinogi's journal. I finally had time to poke around today, and well, I can't say that I was shocked when I found out that instead of censure, her fellow GOP 'good ole boys' gave her a standing ovation.
DownWithTyranny! has a long post about it, and at the bottom it posts a letter from a high school student who lost his mom in the OKC Federal building bombing. It makes me really sad that it had to come to that, but at the same time, there's a young man standing up for what he believes and maybe giving others hope. Now, I don't know if it's authentic, but it's a nice read anyway. Here's a text copy of the letter:
( I have not had a mother for nearly 13 years now and wonder if there were fewer people like you around, people with more love and tolerance in their hearts instead of strife, if my mom would be here to watch me graduate from high school this spring. )
( Three videos from youtube covering Oklahoma's state representative Sally Kern's comments on the GAY AGENDA. Wherein she compares homosexuality to terrorism and cancer. She accuses them of infiltrating public service in order to indoctrinate our young people. )
Yeah, it's pretty sick, and there has been a lot of backlash across the country. I had my head in the sand until I saw a link over on
or_mabinogi's journal. I finally had time to poke around today, and well, I can't say that I was shocked when I found out that instead of censure, her fellow GOP 'good ole boys' gave her a standing ovation.DownWithTyranny! has a long post about it, and at the bottom it posts a letter from a high school student who lost his mom in the OKC Federal building bombing. It makes me really sad that it had to come to that, but at the same time, there's a young man standing up for what he believes and maybe giving others hope. Now, I don't know if it's authentic, but it's a nice read anyway. Here's a text copy of the letter:
( I have not had a mother for nearly 13 years now and wonder if there were fewer people like you around, people with more love and tolerance in their hearts instead of strife, if my mom would be here to watch me graduate from high school this spring. )
