Sally Kern's Anti Gay Comments and Other High Profile Cases

In the year 2004, 16% of all hate crime was motivated by a sexual-orientation bias. This statistics was done four years ago and now we are faced with people who are representatives of our states making anti-gay comments.

Sally Kern's anti-gay comments are being heard around the country for exactly what it is. Kern had made statements saying that homosexuals were worse than terrorists and compared being a homosexual to cancer, as reported by JMB Zine.

Sally Kern's comments were not only rude but also made it seem that her priorities are not set into the right direction as what they should be. As a citizen of Oklahoma, I am ashamed to say that one of our representatives of Oklahoma had even felt the need to compare or criticize homosexuals and that this should not be taken lightly.

Sally Kern wasn't the only one who had made anti-gay comments over the years. On February 13, Cleveland.com came out with a news report on Brady Quinn, quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. Quinn had apparently made anti-gay comments at gay passers-by outside of a Columbus bar on New Year's Day. Being high-profile like Quinn or Kern, does not give them the right to make anti-gay comments like these.

On July 9, 2004, Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz had made anti-gay comments, comparing gay marriage to bestiality, as reported by the Southern Voice. Comparing humans to such things like this is one way to create an outrage amongst homosexuals and homosexual supporters. So, why do high-profile people like Smoltz and Sally Kern feel the need to compare? Your guess is as good as mine.

A couple of high-profile cases at the moment are from two college students, Eve Carson and Lauren Burk, who were both college students that died within the last few weeks. These two were both shot down and killed near a college. Fred Phelps' anti-gay hate group is planning to picket both of these funerals, as reported by the Alter Net. These groups are known for picketing at funerals of fallen soldiers as a way to say that this is our punishment from God for allowing gay rights.