Speak Compassion

Concerned Women for America, Active Christian Media and other right wing groups are supporting a rally for anti-gay Oklahoma Representative Sally Kern. Being billed as a “free speech rally for Sally Kern”, the rally is a complete misrepresentation of reality. It is nothing more than an inspirational event for gay bashers and could ultimately inspire violence against gays and lesbians.

The press release states: “Recently, Rep. Kern has been under attack from radical homosexual activists and their followers over remarks she made regarding the homosexual agenda. Rep. Kern took a Biblical stand against homosexual activism and has refused to back down from her statements despite receiving death threats.”

This is a complete misrepresentation of the truth.

1) Kern went far beyond a biblical stand. Unless one of these anti-gay Christians can show me exactly where the bible compares GLBT folks to terrorists and cancer. Kern’s stand was not biblical at all, unless lies and corrupted science are biblical. If they are, show me the verse and chapter.

2) The investigators from Oklahoma found no death threats to Kern. This one is a flat out lie according to news reports.

Next, these people are framing this as a “free speech” rally, but Kern’s freedom of speech has never been in question or attack. In fact, this writer would like Ms. Kern to continue speaking exactly as she has been. She along with countless others like Fred Phelps, Stacy Harp, and Peter LaBarbera make it much easier to show what hate looks like in real life. I would ask Ms. Kern to continue speaking out with her outrageous claims, but know that folks like me will be pointing out every flawed piece of research you spew.

The truth lies with us. When everyday folks look around and discover their gay neighbors, teachers, preachers, and work pals don’t look or act anything like the monsters these people have painted us to be, they are the ones who will have to answer to history. It will be these folks that will be looked back at as the oppressors, the monsters and the predators, not us.

As I have said before, these folks have taken their feelings and fears about gays and lesbians and crafted facts to back them up regardless how flawed those facts are. It would have been more humane and scientifically more sound to take the true existing facts and let those shape your feelings. This void of reason will be the fall of their hate.