Teen response to Sally Kern

I was so saddened by this woman’s words that I don’t know what to say. I thought we had come farther than this.

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Roger, Sally Kern is not a good representative of Oklahoma or its people. Yes, there are people like her in this state--people supporting her. Oklahoma has its fair share of ignorance and intolerance just like any other state.

I'm an Oklahoman. I was born here and have lived my entire life here. Sally Kern does not represent my family's beliefs or the beliefs of my friends. I don't know that many people that agree with what she had to say.

And I--for one--am raising my children to be tolerant, compassionate, intellegent, well-reasoned, independent individuals who would never agree with this woman.

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As an elderly gay man, I've been bashed many times. I see myself bashed on the news or online every single day.

What is different this time, from my perspective, is my reaction. I have created a new website, inspired by Sally, just to reply to her.

http://SallyKern.com/

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Re: Sally Kern

I first heard of this watching "Ellen". It is hard to comprehend someone who thinks like her. Gays are more dangerous than terrorists? Someone should take Sally, out for nice afternoon of electra -shock..maybe then she would clear her brain or at the least hear herself as she says these hurtful things.

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She has the right to say whatever she wants to say. it is not ignorance, ignorance is mindlessly enforcing political correctness. Society has taught you to feel sorry for gay people, so i have much respect for this woman for going against the grain and speaking her mind. Hail Sally Kern

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Children as young as 2, if they had any idea what she was talking about, would just say "Eww! I want my Spongebob. " The idea, the delusion, that our fragmented society, led by an officially homophobic president, would agree about anything educational, is just plain silly. We would have a hard time getting agreement about whether 2-year-olds should still be using a bottle or whether they should be potty trained, much less anything as far off a child's radar as how adults do sex. We cannot even support our K-12 schools, how are whoever "they" are supposed to get the money for 3-4 additional years of school? If Sally Kern has an answer for that, I suggest she immediately become Budget Director and Secretary of the Treasury.

A survivor of children, grandchildren, Scouting, Sunday School, and summer camp counselling.

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You must realize that Ellen DeGeneres' audience is probably very accepting of her being a lesbian so their response to the issues concerning homosexuality are probably skewed. Whether we like it or not, whether we want to look accepting and liberal, the truth of the matter is that this Representative is to a certain degree right. Teens today are not being taught just to be "tolerant" of homosexuality but to accept it as if it were "normal." I have two daughter's and even they have commented on how they were/are taught in school to be accepting of this lifestyle. They see it all around them, in school with their liberal teachers, in the movies, in the news, and on shows such as Ellen's. I think it is about time that we take a step back in this country and see what all this "tolerance, acceptance, and outright pushing the younger generation to accept things that we the older generation (anyone over 35 yrs) is doing to our country. I like Ellen but and understand that homosexuality exists. As a coworker once told me, "I'm gay because I choose to be gay." He's a great person who is lived by many at work, yet, the majority of us at work disagree with homosexuality. Homosexuality is a very minute part of our society yet if you watch TV or surf the internet it would seem as if it were the majority of society, Almost every episode of some show or almost all of the movies in the theaters have some character who is gay, etc.

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I come from a very large family and I too just happen to be gay. When I came out to my family many years ago, I was treated just like before.

Maybe Mrs Kern and all the other just like her, sit back and think. Most gay people who don't have kids come to help their parents when it come time to need help. Think most of us just want to belong, and when they can't get it from their own family, then who?

Speaking for myself, I was proud to tell my family about me being gay. Hell my mom would have loved seeing a drag show.

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