The Sound You Hear Is . . .
. . . nemski slamming his head against the desk repeatedly.
Republican Oklahoma State Representative Sally Kern, who last year said that homosexuals are worse than terrorists, has written the Oklahoma Citizen’s Proclamation for Morality. The what? The Oklahoma Citizen’s Proclamation for Morality. A local Oklahoma TV station interviews her about this “document”.
She writes that the United States:
. . . has become a world leader in promoting abortion, pornography, same sex marriage, sex trafficking, divorce, illegitimate births, child abuse, and many other forms of debauchery
Kern also steps outside the Republican talking points by not blaming recession on Fannie and Freddie:
. . . we believe our economic woes are consequences of our greater national moral crisis
Go read read the proclamation (pdf) in its entirety, it will take two minutes top.
On Pharyngula, PZ Meyers sums up the problem with Kern’s proclamation:
Notice that the only solutions she proposes to her perceived problem of immorality is 1) pray for a day, and 2) read her holy book. Even if you grant that her declared problems are real moral problems (and I do not: I find it incredibly offensive and obtuse that she would lump same sex marriage together with sex trafficking) these are solutions that do not work. If you want to find a hotbed of divorce, illegitimate births, child abuse, alcoholism, etc.…just look for a high density of churches.
Tags: Republican Crazy
Yo, Sally:
Suck. On. This.
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2009/06/27/opinion/20090627blowchart.html
Sweet Christ, didn’t Kern get the memo? Republicans need to shut their yaps about “morality”. If she wants to stop me from having my abortions, fine. The minute she goes to take away my Suicide Girls pic collection, though, it’s war.
Great chart John.
LOL Rich.
Hey, I love my Suicide Girls (especially Wendy, look her up, she will put you in a WHEELCHAIR, ftw).
But seriously, though, Nem, I just listened to the link of her speech, and, ………
*scratches head thougtfully here*…..
….all I can say is that I have friends from Oklahoma, poet friends, thoughtful, artist friends from OK, and I am mortified for them.
Utah is #1 in pornography.
Is there anyway for us to give Oklahoma back to the Cherokee Nation? I just think Sally hasn’t found the right woman.
Actually I think that Sally would like to be deported to Afghanistan — where the Taliban probably have exactly the same viewpoint.
Enjoy your burka!