Sally Kern Recognized as “Honorary Gay/Lesbian Person”

In a debate with Marlett, who is running against Sally Kern due to her anti-gay comments, both candidates were asked what they felt the biggest threat facing the United States was. Marlett made the intelligent statement that he felt it was dependence on foreign oil. Kern stated she felt the greatest threat facing the U.S. was homosexuality. At one point in the debate, a person who asked Sally Kern about carrying guns to the Oklahoma State Capitol, was escorted out by a police officer.

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Ron Martlett Looks to Oust Homophobic Sally Kern

Ron Marlett thought about running against state Rep. Sally Kern before her anti-gay were blasted all over the internet, but those very comments are what convinced him to do so.

Marlett, who is currently a social worker at Community Pathways Unlimited, stated that he considered opposing the Republican, Sally Kern from Oklahoma City early in the year because it took her three weeks to respond to a question he had about renewing his social worker’s license.

Then two weeks after Kern’s comments about homosexuality were posted on YouTube, the Democrat, announced he would run against her. “I just decided at that point I had to run,” he said.

Earlier this year in a statement made to an Oklahoma City Republican club, Kern said the gay and lesbian community is a cancer destroying the nation and homosexuality is “the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism or Islam.” “The homosexual agenda is destroying this nation; it’s just a fact,” Kern said in the YouTube clip.

Marlett has responded, “I’ve yet to knock a door where people have said, ‘Ron, we’re worried to death about the gay agenda,’ I’ve not knocked one door where anyone has said that, so her views seem to be way out of touch with what most people think.”

Kern however is under the impression her anti-gay sentiment is the majority thought in her district. “People just thank me for my stand and appreciate my being willing to stand for what’s right,” she said.

Kern has stated that her comments weren’t against gays but were directed at the strategy of gay rights supporters to defeat conservative candidates. Kern ran unopposed two years ago when she sought a second term.

Listen to what she has to say about the GLBT community here.

Annie Oklahomophics Got a Gun, Enters Capitol

A state lawmaker who gained national notoriety with an anti-homosexual rant was stopped from entering the state Capitol Wednesday when she was found to have a loaded handgun in her purse, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

Patrol spokeswoman Chris West said Republican Rep. Sally Kern was not charged because there did not appear to be any “malicious intent” behind her actions.

West said officers are allowed to “use their brains” when determining if an arrest should be made in such instances.

West also confirmed a second incident in which Kern made it into the building with a gun in June.

You may remember Kern as the woman who proclaimed at a republican convention that “homosexuality is a bigger threat to national security than terrorism.”

You can listen to part of her shocking speech here.

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