Uh-oh! Anti-gay politico Sally Kern better watch her be-hind, because she’s made an enemy out of Douglas A. Shields!
Who, you ask, is Douglas A. Shields? Only the most important, powerful man in all of Pittsburgh: the president of the city’s council! And now he’s turned his epistolary wrath on Kern:
I was thoroughly disgusted by what you had to say and astonished that someone who presumably took an oath of office to uphold the U.S. Constitution and the laws of this nation would espouse hateful, bigoted and un-American views.
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As the President of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh, I require an apology from you for your senseless, mean spirited attack…
Shields rightly acknowledges it will take a miracle Kern to apologize, but we’re hoping his righteous demands move the hand of God. He is, after all, omnipotent.
salamander
Again…..
a search on switchboard.com reveals:
Sally Kern
2713 N STERLING AVE
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73127
(405) 942-3504
Steve Kern
2713 N STERLING AVE
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73127
(405) 942-3504
Jesse Kern
BOX 95349
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73143
(405) 672-8925
……gotta love the internet
Kevin Foster
Kern’s Son says he’s not gay, but he not straight either… He claims to be asexual. I think he thinks he’s not gay because he’s not having gay sex. Shows some respect for gay relationships, has queer new age belief system. Hmmmmm….
OKLAHOMA CITY — The son of a state lawmaker who has condemned homosexuality as a worse threat to the U.S. than “terrorists or Islam” said Friday he wants it known that he is “straight and not gay.”
Jesse Kern, son of Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, said information purporting
that he is gay, which has appeared on several blogs, is damaging to himself and his family.
Kern, 31, said he feels the media has a responsibility to seek out the truth, then report it.
Kern, who said he is affiliated with the Des Moines School of Metaphysics, said that he chooses to be celibate, but he is not homosexual.
“First of all, no one’s sexuality is anyone’s business. It is not even my mother’s business,” he said. “I practice celibacy to give to my God,” he said.
Kern said metaphysics helps teach him such things such as concentration, which has helped him keep focused with all the adverse publicity surrounding his mother’s comments.
Kern said his mother’s comments apparently were taken out of context. He has not chosen to listen to the audio version that has been disseminated widely throughout the nation.
Kern’s views differ from those of his mother, although he applauds her for standing up for what she believes, and thanks his parents for his good upbringing. His father is a Baptist minister in Oklahoma City.
He said the purpose of sex is reproduction, and it is the function of the animal body.
“But we are more than animals, and we can use sex for a tool of deep relationship with another person.”
Kern added that what is more important than whether it be a relationship with someone of the same sex, is that there “needs to be honor in any relationship whether it is a straight or gay relationship.”
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080314_1__OKLAH67120
abracadaver
Perhaps Mr. Shields does come off a bit self-righteous, but I’ve seen no less literary arrogance from the pundits here at Queerty. At least Mr. Shields actually serves our community through his work on Council, instead of merely making pithy remarks about others on a web blog.
Steve S.
Notice too that Jesse never says that he wasn’t arrested for attempted oral sodomy. I’d think he might want to clear that up — if it’s not true.
He never addresses that. So it’s still up in the air.
M Shane
I’m really happy to see that someone would stand up for gay people in the name of civility.
If that’s what we do it comes back around.
Pittsburgh native
You should cut the guy some slack. He was trying to do a good thing and he makes Pittsburgh a better place for it. We should concentrate on criticizing the rhetoric of our foes, not those who support us.
Kate
Thank you Mr. Shields. I was beginning to think no one cared when I saw that she wasn’t issuing an apology and that nothing was going to happen to her. Regardless of an apology, I still think she should be mandated to resign from her position.
butch
Here is where you can see a true God fearing Saler Kern supporter! enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgqI-geAhmw