Ride Sally Ride

To rectify the problem, Kern’s “Oklahoma Citizen’s Proclamation for Morality” suggests the following solution: “BE IT RESOLVED that we, the undersigned, humbly call upon Holy God, our Creator, Sustainer, and Redeemer, to have mercy on this nation, to stay His hand of judgment, and grant a national awakening of righteousness and Christian renewal as we repent of our great sin.”

Kern is no stranger to controversy. She is known for her anti-gay rhetoric and walking into the state capital with a semi-automatic handgun stashed in her purse. Kern is probably best known for her comparison of homosexuality to toe cancer, and her repeated claims that homosexuals are a greater threat to our nation than terrorism. Now she has ignited controversy once again with a document that blames America’s current economic crisis on “our greater national moral crisis.”

The proclamation notes that President Obama scaled back the National Day of Prayer events but signed a proclamation declaring June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month. The Morality Proclamation laments the president’s disregard for “the biblical admonitions to live clean and pure lives by proclaiming an entire month to an immoral behavior.” The proclamation calls for God to grant a “national awakening of righteousness and Christian renewal as we repent of our great sin.”

It seems clear Sally Kern is on a mission to force her Christian right-wing ultra Conservative views on the rest of the world. More than that, she is using her position as an Oklahoma State Representative to do it.

Kern is a religious bigot. Her overt homophobia is nothing short of evil. To suggest some sort of moral equivalence between same sex marriage and sex trafficking is simply outrageous. Kern is the paradigmatic Christian Conservative, an ugly, ignorant, bigot driven by superstitious non-sense.

Read the rest at the Examiner!