Remember this from 2008?   Sally Kern of Oklahoma on gays. Followed by the response of Pittsburgh City Council President Doug Shields. 

The homosexual agenda is destroying this nation, okay. It?s just a fact. Not everybody?s lifestyle is equal. Just like not all religions are equal. The very fact that I?m talking to you like this today puts me in jeopardy, okay. I?m not anti, I?m not gay-bashing, but according to God?s word that is not the right kind of lifestyle. It has deadly consequences for those people involved in it. It has more suicides. They?re more discouraged. There?s more illness. Their lifespans are shorter. You know, it?s not a lifestyle that is good for this nation. It?s a matter of fact, studies show that no society that has totally embraced homosexuality has lasted more than, you know, a few decades. So it?s the death nail for this country. I honestly think it?s the biggest threat, even in our nation. Even more so than terrorists, or Islam, okay.

Cause, what?s happening now, they?re going after, err, in schools, two year olds! You know why they?re trying to get early childhood education? They want to get our young children into the government schools so they can indoctrinate them. I taught school for close to 20 years and we?re not teaching facts and knowledge anymore, folks, we?re teaching indoctrination, okay. And they?re going after our young children, as young as 2 year of age, to try to teach them that the homosexual lifestyle is an acceptable lifestyle.

You know, gays are infiltrating city capitals. Did you know, Eureka Springs, anybody been there? Have you heard that the city council of Eureka Springs is now controlled by gays? There are some others, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Kensington Maryland, Vermont, Oregon, West Palm Beach, Florida and lots of other places in Florida. What?s happening?

They are winning elections, one of the things I deal with in our legislature, I tried to introduce a bill last year that would notify parents, err, schools had to let parents know what clubs their students were involved in and the reason I did that bill, primarily, was this: we had the gay-straight alliance coming into our schools. Kids are getting involved in these groups, their lives are being ruined, the parents don?t know about it.

So I introduced a bill that said you have to notify all the clubs participants? parents. A colleague said: we don?t have a gay problem in my community, that?s why I?m not going to release that bill. You know what, to me, that?s so dumb, if you?ve got cancer or something in your little toe, do you say I?m just going to forget about it because the rest of you is fine? It spreads, okay. And this stuff is deadly and it?s spreading and it will destroy our young people and it will destroy this nation.

Response from longtime LGBTQ ally, Councilor Doug Shields;

Representative Sally Kern
2300 N. Lincoln Blvd.
Room 332
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
 
Ms. Kern:
 
    Today I listened to your remarks (http://www.victoryfund.org/listening. ) related  to your views on gay, lesbian, bisexual and  transgendered people (GLBT).  I was thoroughly disgusted by what you had to say and astonished that someone who presumably took an oath of office to uphold the U.S. Constitution and the laws of this nation would espouse hateful, bigoted and un-American views.
 
     I sit here in my office and only wonder who else might be on your "less equal" list.  I also wonder, if we should follow your illogic, what it is we should do about this "threat" to the nation?  Round them up and put them in extermination camps?  How would you have us "cut out this cancer" assuming we do away with our Constitution and Bill of Rights and host of other civil rights we enjoy in this free and democratic nation?   Of course you always have the option to relocating to a country that embraces polices of persecuting those who are "less equal."   But then AGAIN, you to may run the risk of being persecuted yourself. 
 
    Your remarks, whether you know it are not, provided an incredible display of ignorance and intolerance.  You incite others to cause harm and even death to those who are of the GLBT community.  New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned his office for far less an offense than the ones you committed in your remarks.  I would hope that you too would recognize your offense and do likewise - resign.  
 
    I find no place at the table for a public policy maker who would espouse hate, discrimination and bigotry.  Your remarks amply illustrate why you are unfit for office and the honor of representing the best interests of all law abiding people in your legislative district.    
 
    As the President of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh, I require an apology from you for your senseless, mean spirited attack on one my colleagues and the Council as a whole.  I would think, should you take the time to reflect upon your hateful, bigoted words.  An apology is also in order to the GLBT community, their families and their friends.  Short of a a miracle, I do not expect that you will.  I find persons of your ilk completely blind to your ignorance.     
 
    I any event, I would hope that the fair-minded people of Oklahoma will disavow your position in this matter and take the matter up with your state human relations and ethics commission.  I would also ask that your legislature censure you and all other hate mongers who truly are a threat to peace loving and law-abiding Americans everywhere.
 
Sincerely,  
 
Douglas A. Shields
City of Pittsburgh
President of Council ~ 5th Council District
Room 510 City County Building
414 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
412 255 8965   Fax 412 255 0820

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