No wonder so many people decry America's future generations. The College Republicans of University of Central Oklahoma are coordinating a very special meeting with a grotesque guest, Sally Kern! Apparently these kids simply can't get enough of the anti-gay lawmaker. They also can't tolerate democratic process - check out the last line of their announcement:

Attention all fellow conservatives!!

State Representative Sally Kern will be our guest speaker for this week's meeting. You may have recognized the recent media attention Sally has received from local media for her remarks made on the gay and homosexual agenda. Sally will be here setting the record straight on some of the untruths the media has been spreading and explaining the reasons for her remarks.

This event is open to College Republicans and those with a conservative ideology only. Protesters will not be tolerated.

Ewwww.

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Sally Kern's about to get some competition - in a good way.

Fifty-nine year old social worker Ron Marlett announced this week that he'll run against the anti-gay politico in Oklahoma's next election. While he's been mulling running for a while, Marlett says Kern's anti-gay audio spurred him to civil action:

I've just been concerned for some time about the damage done by extremes. I abhor hatred. I abhor hatred of people, of groups. I think everyone is worthy of respect.
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I do not believe people have the right to incite violence with their free speech. Free speech can be provocative and it can be considered hateful by some. We have to treat people with dignity and respect.

Marlett's definitely got our vote! Or, he would if we lived in that district.

Kern (pictured, as we imagine her) remains unconcerned, telling her local NBC affiliate that she's in it to win it: "That's the political process so I have no problem. I'll do what needs to be done and the people will decide. That's the process." Let's hope it processes her out.

That Sally Kern sure is a stubborn one! The anti-gay lawmaker still refuses to apologize for comparing the gays to terrorist monsters from hell. Said Kern yesterday:

I see no reason to apologize for what God says, that homosexuality is a sin. I will not apologize. I did not say anything false. I did not say anything malicious or hateful. They are trying to vilify me. That is their tactics [sic].

When asked what she thought of a gay protest in her honor, Kern lauded the activist's commitment to the first amendment, but still refused to engage: "…They really want me to come down and talk to them? It would be like throwing myself to the lions. That's a metaphor." Thanks for the clarification, Sally, we never can tell with you.

Meanwhile, you'll notice we're using a new image for Mrs. Kern. That dead-eyed head shot really got to us, so we've settled on Medusa. Far less frightening, right?!

What will they think of next? Concerned Women of America sent out a very panicked press released accusing the gays of "jamming" Sally Kern.

Apparently they don't understand how we jam, because they define it as "the public smearing of Christians, traditionalists or anyone else who opposes the "gay" agenda." Actually, we've never even heard the term "jamming," unless they're referring to reparative "Doctor" Joseph Nicolosi, who refers to "jamming" as "the juxtaposing of the radical gay message with a pleasant face." Perhaps the CWA got their circuits crossed?

Projected misnomer aside, the CWA stands firm with their girl Kern: "CWA is proud to stand alongside Rep. Kern and thanks her for the bold stand that she has taken for our state and for our nation." Bold, indeed - getting secretly tape recorded…

Gay activists sure can turn make lemonade! Rather than remaining mute about lawmaker Sally Kern's anti-audio, about 300 people gathered in Oklahoma City today to pressure the state's legislature to pass comprehensive hate crime laws.

Meanwhile, Victory Fund president Chuck Wolfe, whose organization spearheaded the secretly taped audio's publication, offered some forgiving words on Kern:

Rep. Kern may not have realized the effect her ugly words would have, but she now has an opportunity to say to her constituents and to gays and lesbians and their families across Oklahoma, that she regrets the language she used. The damage is done, but her apology can begin the healing.

A Kern apology ain't likely, especially since she refers to her gays and terrorists equation a "metaphor". She just wanted to scare up some support, she says. She's certainly scared up more than that…

Hello, readers! Editor Andrew here! I felt it best to introduce this interview in first person, because I've known this particular subject for - well, longer than I care to mention. And I'm sure Annie "Anne" Hathaway wouldn't want you to know that we met dangerously close to a dumpster. The horror! (But, seriously, she was moving into her dorm at college when I stumbled by and thrust myself upon her, the way I start all my serious relationships.)

Anyway, Hathaway's currently in Los Angeles, where she'll receive the Human Rights Campaign's Ally Award. Rumor has it HRC has a hit out on me, so I unfortunately wasn't able attend this evening's festivities. Luckily, Hathaway made some time yesterday to have a chat with me, to whom she's always been quite the ally.

We touched on some predictable topics, but I also threw her for a loop with some curve balls. For example, "Should Sally Kern be censured?" and "Does Hollywood condone the closet?"

Hathaway handled herself like a pro, of course and I offer Annie many thanks for being a friend. We've traveled down that road and back again. Her heart is true. She's a pal and a confidant. And if Annie Hathaway threw a party, invited everyone she knew, you would see that the biggest gift would be from me. And the card attached would say, "Thank you for being a friend."

Now that I've proven my gayness by quoting the Golden Girls theme, dive into that there jump and read what Hathaway had to say for her pretty self…

[Image by Jeremy Kost]

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Jesse Kern came out of hiding today. The 31-year old son of homophobic Oklahoma lawmaker Sally Kern spoke with Tulsa World today to address all those pesky gay rumors.

Kern insists that he's not gay, but simply a celibate metaphysicist!

[Kern] 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 makes sure to note that he doesn't condone his mother's comments, but applauds her for speaking her mind, although he hasn't listened to the audio. He also offered tacit gay approval: "[There] needs to be honor in any relationship whether it is a straight or gay relationship."

Glad his mother didn't pass the insanity gene.

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.