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Oklahoma state Representative Sally Kern inserted a big foot into her bigger mouth when she stated that homosexuality is a bigger threat to our nation than radical Islam.

OKLAHOMA CITY — A YouTube audio clip of a state lawmaker’s screed against homosexuality, which she called a bigger threat than terrorism, has outraged gay activists and brought death threats rolling in.

“The homosexual agenda is destroying this nation, OK, it’s just a fact,” Rep. Sally Kern said recently to a gathering of fellow Republicans outside the Capitol.

“Studies show no society that has totally embraced homosexuality has lasted, you know, more than a few decades. So it’s the death knell in this country.

“I honestly think it’s the biggest threat that our nation has, even more so than terrorism or Islam, which I think is a big threat,” she said.

What a stupid and insensitive thing to say.

I could agree with her if she merely said she was opposed to liberal sex based policies that promote all forms of sexuality to a younger and younger audience. But that is about it. In other words it’s not about being gay, nor should it be.

As expected, gay activists are making more of the statement than they should. Rather than call Kern an idiot they took advantage of the situation by claiming that she is going to incite violence against gays. That pretty much contradicts the fact that gays have made death threats against her as is being investigated by the State Police.

“To have equated the gay community with terrorism … and to have called us the biggest threat to America is to dehumanize gay people in the worst possible way,” Denis Dison, spokesman for the Washington-based Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, said Friday.

That group’s leaders fear remarks such as Kern’s coming from an elected official could lead to violence against gays.

Speaking of dumb asses, the Associated Press took the opportunity to use Kern’s comments as a springboard to imply that Oklahomans were an intolerant bunch. Of course that means Republicans.

Last summer, more than two dozen Oklahoma House members refused complimentary copies of the Quran from an ethnic advisory council, offending Muslims. Republican Rex Duncan led the boycott, condemning Islam as a religion and saying most Oklahomans do not endorse “the idea of killing innocent women and children in the name of ideology.”

Like Kern, Duncan stood by his comments.

Hence, we have the stupidity of Kern, breeding the stupidity of Dison, all of which exposes the stupidity of an unnamed Associated Press writer. Where do these people come from?