Benedict XVI himself rarely misses an opportunity to demonize the LGBT community:

“…abortion, birth control and same-sex marriage are threats to world peace, on the same level as nuclear arms proliferation, environmental pollution and economic inequality.”

http://www.bgay.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=85&Itemid=23

The parallels are striking, no?

This “Not to denigrate antisemtic or racist remarks” should have read…

Not to denigrate the [effects] of …]

“It is critical for her to make an apology, especially to her constituents.”

It’s doubtful that any such apology will be coming any time soon. According to an article in todays “Oklahoman” newspaper, despite mounting pressure to censure Kern for her remarks House Speaker Chris Benge (R-Tulsa) said he has no plans to censure Kern. “We’re not putting a committee together, no,” he told the Oklahoman.

Asked by the paper if Kern’s remarks represent the House GOP caucus, Benge said: “Each member has their own opinion, there’s no way that I can say whether that reflects the rest of the Republican caucus or not.”

“Each individual member has thoughts about that, and I’m not sure what those would be,” he said.

And aside from the offensiveness of Kern’s remarks themselves, there is another thing that bugs me about this — the over all lack of national main stream media coverage outside the gay press or the Oklahoma media.

Not to denigrate antisemtic or racist remarks, but if such things had been said about these groups there would be a major outcry for her head from all the major press.

She’s compared us to cancer and called us terrorists. How is that NOT promoting hateful action? How is that NOT hate speech? Did terrorists and cancer suddenly become cuddly nuisances?

On one side you have Sally Kern “standing up for God’s word”.

On the other you have Reverend Loyce Newton-Edwards, Rabbi Russell Fox, and Reverend Scott Jones.

Any thinking person will see the irony.

Let me see if I understand this, is it like….

“Oh, I wasn’t talking about Joe and Patty Homo. I was talking about Joseph and Patrica RichActivistHomo. I’m not threatened by everyday gay folks who keep their mouth shut and their lives in the closet. I just think that gays shouldn’t be in politics, and shouldn’t be trying to make it where they’re considered normal and everyone leaves them alone.”

That’s what it sounds like to me.

Or it sounds like when someone doesn’t like black folks. You point out that they have a black friend, and they go “Oh, but she’s different”.

“Oh, and I love everyone.”

How nice, put your money where your mouth is and apologize.

I love how she then tried to turn it around, all shocked that she’s getting threats and angry emails. She called us terrorists, don’t you think that someone would get angry about that?