Sally Kern and Larry Langford Would Make a Great Pair. In an Asylum.
Most people are familiar with Sally Kern’s anti-gay rants and her fervent desire to imprison us and force “ex-gay” torture upon us. Fewer know about Birmingham mayor Larry Langford and his claim that all Amurka needs to turn itself around is some Bibles and sackcloths, for if we were to all do more prayin’ and Bible readin’ everything would right itself. Langford even ordered several thousand Bibles and sackcloths for his city to prove how effective prayer and the Word of God were. Of course Mr. Righteous himself was arrested by the FBI not long after for money laundering and bribery. I guess he just didn’t do enough praying and Bible reading. But then again it seems so many of the Bible reading and praying types are also the criminal types, so perhaps the answer isn’t, as they so fervently insist, religion. But I digress.
While Larry Langford is pretty much out of the spotlight, Sally Kern keeps thrusting herself back in, partly because the folks in Oklahoma keep voting for her. What’s she up to now? Grab a bowl of popcorn and read on.
[W]hat caused the economic problems that caused the stimulus package that aroused Gov. Sanford? Oklahoma Rep. Sally Kern has finally answered that question: our sins. Kern has drafted a resolution that puts the current economic crisis squarely on the backs of libertines and godless people who have produced a moral crisis. This includes Obama’s refusal to “uphold the long held tradition of past presidents in recognition of our National Day of Prayer.”
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Sanford had an affair because of the stimulus package? That’s a new one, and certainly more creative than blaming Gay Marriage. Sin caused the economic crisis? Let’s see all of the megachurch clergy, RRRW politicians like Kern and others who scream about “sin” give up their money, their mansions and all of their other possessions for the good of the economy. Let them tend to the sick, the poor and the needy and preach directly to them instead of doing so from afar. That’s what Jesus recommended, after all. Or is it only from their gold-saddled high horses that they feel comfortable dictating the lives of others?
OKLAHOMA CITIZEN’S PROCLAMATION FOR MORALITY
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WHEREAS, “It is Religion and Morality alone, which can establish the Principles upon which Freedom can securely stand” (John Adams); andWHEREAS, “We have no government armed with power capable of contending with
human passions unbridled by Religion and Morality” (John Adams); andWHEREAS, “Our Constitution was made only for a Moral and Religious people” (John Adams); and
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“The government of the United States is not in any sense founded upon the Christian religion”
Treaty of Tripoli, Article 11, Passed unanimously by the Senate, and signed by President John Adams, 1797
“This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it”
John Adams
“Thirteen governments [of the original states] thus founded on the natural authority of the people alone, without a pretence of miracle or mystery, and which are destined to spread over the northern part of that whole quarter of the globe, are a great point gained in favor of the rights of mankind.”
John Adams
WHEREAS, “Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God (Benjamin Franklin); and
“I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life I absented myself from Christian assemblies.”
Benjamin Franklin
“If we look back into history for the character of the present sects in Christianity, we shall find few that have not in their turns been persecutors, and complainers of persecution. The primitive Christians thought persecution extremely wrong in the pagans, but practiced it on one another. The first Protestants of the Church of England blamed persecution in the Romish Church, but practiced it upon the Puritans. These found it wrong in the bishops, but fell into the same practice themselves both here and in New England.”
Benjamin Franklin
“Indeed, when religious people quarrel about religion, or hungry people quarrel about victuals, it looks as if they had not much of either among them.”
Benjamin Franklin
WHEREAS, “God who gave us life gave us liberty and can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the Gift of God” (Thomas Jefferson); and
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“Because religious belief, or non-belief, is such an important part of every person’s life, freedom of religion affects every individual. Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no faith, undermine all our civil rights. Moreover, state support of an established religion tends to make the clergy unresponsive to their own people, and leads to corruption within religion itself. Erecting the “wall of separation between church and state,” therefore, is absolutely essential in a free society.”
Thomas Jefferson
“Christianity neither is, nor ever was, a part of the common law.”
Thomas Jefferson
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WHEREAS, this nation 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; and
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Funny. In 2005, when that fine Christian GWB was in office, Oklahoma ranked 13th on the list for violent crimes–that meaning they had the 13th highest rate in the nation per 100,000 people in their state. Meanwhile naughty blue states that promote “sinful” things rank far lower. For example MA was number 40, CT was #41, ME was #47 and VT was #48. Oklahoma also has one of the highest divorce rates in the nation–6.0 divorces per 1,000 people compared to 3.0/1,000 in those debauched New England states. Why again are people from Oklahoma preaching to others about “sin”?
WHEREAS, grieved that the Office of the president of these United States has refused to uphold the long held tradition of past presidents in giving recognition to our National Day of Prayer; and
The National Day of Prayer has only been a “tradition” since 1952, and was implemented at the insistence Billy Graham who, like many of his ilk, lied to achieve his agenda. Since then it’s been co-opted by the RRRW as a means of shoving radical evangelical Christian theology into the government and onto Americans. Obama recognized the Day of Prayer, which is plenty. But as usual Kern and her ilk want more. They want the government to not only recognize but to elevate their religion above all others and to actively promote it.
WHEREAS, deeply disturbed that the Office of the president of these United States disregards the biblical admonitions to live clean and pure lives by proclaiming an entire month to an immoral behavior;
Pride Month has been around for decades and has nothing to do with Obama. Obama recognized Pride month the same way he did the Day of Prayer; with a proclamation. Funny how those proclamations are far too little when they’re for the RRRW, and a sure sign of the apocalypse when they’re for us.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we the undersigned elected officials of the people of Oklahoma, religious leaders and citizens of the State of Oklahoma, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world, solemnly declare that the HOPE of the great State of Oklahoma and of these United States, rests upon the Principles of Religion and Morality as put forth in the HOLY BIBLE; and
BE IT RESOLVED that we, the undersigned, believers in the One True God and His only Son, call upon all to join with us in recognizing that “Blessed is the Nation whose God is the Lord,” and humbly implore all who love Truth and Virtue to live above reproach in the sight of God and man with a firm reliance on the leadership and protection of Almighty God; and
BE IT RESOLVED that we, the undersigned, humbly call upon Holy God, our Creator, Sustainer, and Redeemer, to have mercy on this nation, to stay His hand of judgment, and grant a national awakening of righteousness and Christian renewal as we repent of our great sin.
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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
First Amendment, US Constitution, Ratified 12/15/1791.
Here’s an idea for Sally Kern. When Oklahoma gets the moat out of it’s own eye it can come and preach to the rest of the country about how all the “sinful” states (with their lower divorce rates, crime rates, teen pregnancy rates, etc.) should be running their lives. But I won’t be holding my breath. Kern and her ilk like to micromanage the lives of others and shove their religion on everyone else by any means necessary. They never manage to actually live according to the twaddle they spend so much time screaming about. Such is the way of the religious hypocrite.
Better yet, if Kern and pals like the idea of living in a theocracy so much they could always move to Iran…
