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Oklahoma State Rep.: Gays “Biggest Threat” to U.S.
March 11, 2008 http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/11/headlines#6 http://www.democracynow.org/ An Oklahoma state legislator is coming under criticism for a speech in which she says homosexuals are destroying the United States and are more dangerous than terrorists. Republican State Representative Sally Kern was addressing a small audience when she was secretly recorded. State Rep. Sally Kern: “Studies show that no society that has totally embraced homosexuality has lasted more than, you know, a few decades, So it’s the death knell of this country. I honestly think it’s the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism and Islam, which I think is a big threat…. If you got cancer or something in your little toe, do you say you’re just going to forget about it because the rest of you is fine? It spreads. And this stuff is deadly and it spreads and it will destroy our young people and it will destroy this nation.” Kern has confirmed she made the comments and has refused to apologize. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.186.190.145 (talk) 15:07, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
- This story has already been referenced in the article with another source. AgnosticPreachersKid (talk) 19:10, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
Lies about death threats
It's worth mentioning that she lied about receiving death threats after making these comments: http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080312_1_A13_hThey04584 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.57.47.117 (talk) 16:17, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
"Homosexual agenda" not "homosexuality"
The following in the article violates WP:BLP. The substitition [homosexuality is] is not correct.
“ | I honestly think [homosexuality is] the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism or Islam - which I think is a big threat, OK? Cause what's happening now is they are going after, in schools, two-year olds...And this stuff is deadly, and it’s spreading, and it will destroy our young people, it will destroy this nation."[4] | ” |
See for example: http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080310_1__OKLAH74853
I am going to remove the quote, as it is not clear whether she thinks "Homosexual agenda" not "homosexuality" is what is the threat, and there is at least one source that quotes her as saying "homosexual agenda".
{cquote|A Republican member of the Oklahoma Legislature has received death threats since telling a political group that "the homosexual agenda is just destroying this nation" and poses a bigger threat to the U.S. than terrorism or Islam.}}[1]
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- Also, the current reference for the [homosexuality is] is to raw video. Consequently, this is original research to infer [homosexuality is] instead of [homosexual agenda] or just use "it". The audio itself sound to me to be spliced, so reliance on a WP:RS transcript would be much better. Use http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080310_1__OKLAH74853 as a reliable source instead. Stststst41 (talk) 23:49, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
- I listened again to the raw footage. In my opinion, while she begins by talking about the "homosexual agenda," by the time she makes the 'biggest threat' line, she is talking about the 'homosexual lifestyle.' -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 01:46, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
- I agree FisherQueen. AgnosticPreachersKid (talk) 01:52, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
- I listened again to the raw footage. In my opinion, while she begins by talking about the "homosexual agenda," by the time she makes the 'biggest threat' line, she is talking about the 'homosexual lifestyle.' -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 01:46, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPB7bTdz2xQ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.41.46.108 (talk) 03:53, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
The full quote, from democracynow.com, implies that the "it's" is "homosexuality," not "the homosexual agenda." Either way, I think it would be more clear just to use the full quote in the article. — AMK1211talk! 18:45, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
On that note, why are we missing out the bit about agenda anyway? "The homosexual agenda is destroying this nation, OK, it's just a fact" Mdwh (talk) 13:30, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
the Truth
To see if "2 yr olds" are affected by Sexual Homophile Propaganda in your state/country check the following links:
...raising children, by definition is indoctrination of values! --Ne0Freedom 14:09, 19 March 2008 (UTC)