by Sarah Nohr
This is Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern’s ugly anti-gay speech that was recently made wildly public on the Internet. 750,000 views on YouTube in just six days.
At one point, Kern is quoted, “If you have cancer in your little toe, do you just say that I’m going to forget about it since the rest of you is fine? It spreads! This stuff is deadly and it is spreading. It will destroy our young people and it will destroy this nation.” What an appalling and irrational analogy!
And talk about a positioning statement. I’m very surprised that someone of this political caliper would speak so strongly. I’m not sure what her image was locally prior to this, but this is not one of those situations where “any press is good press.” I can’t even begin to speak as an expert in political PR – but this makes me wonder what her reps are thinking now …
Please share this with others. I think this is outrageous.
