Taken out of context
OKLAHOMA CITY, — Oklahoma state Rep. Sally Kern will not receive legislative punishment for anti-gay comments she made earlier this year, House Speaker Chris Benge said.
Thousands of e-mails and phone calls began flooding the offices of Kern and other legislators after Kern told a group of fellow Republicans that gays are “the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism or Islam,” the Oklahoman reported Friday.
The reaction followed the posting of Kern’s comments on the YouTube Internet site.
Benge, a Republican, said she does not plan to punish Kern for the remarks, which were made in January.
Several organizations reportedly requested that Benge punish Kern or require her to apologize. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is examining a large number of alleged e-mail and phone death threats Kern has received.
“I’m not going to live my life in fear,” Kern said. “The bottom line is I know in my heart I know what I said and it’s being taken out of context.” (Oklahoma City News)
When I think of something being taken out of context, I think of a situation like this:
I say: “I don’t eat a lot of protein because I’m trying to slim down a bit for an upcoming role.”
Reporters say: Lyndsey said, “I don’t eat a lot” because she is trying to lose weight.
That’s something being taken out of context. This … well, this is just a regurgitation of words that were SAID BY THE INDIVIDUAL HERSELF.
How do I know? It was recorded word for word!
Taken out of context my butt. Thankfully we have Ellen to shed some light on the situation a little bit.
Basically, Miss Sally said what she said. There was nothing taken out of context. It was pretty obvious what she was saying when she said it. There was no editing of her comments, no quotes rearranged. She’s backtracking, as most politicians do. See Larry Craig.
Oh Sally, you’ve been caught spewing rhetoric that is unprofessional and inappropriate for an elected official. Grow up or resign. But don’t downplay what you said by saying it was “taken out of context.”
We were born gay. But we weren’t born yesterday.
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March 17th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Well said - by you, definitely not by the Representative.
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