Moby Blasts Rep. Kern ...

This Sally Kern business was quite the topic last night at the NLGJA New York benefit. Here's what Moby has to say about our new favorite lawmaker, from his online diary:

hi, i'm here in austin and enjoying the fact that it's warm and i'm also checking the news and lo and behold i find this little gem:

OKLAHOMA CITY –- A Republican member of the Oklahoma Legislature, Rep. Sally Kern, stated recently that "the homosexual agenda is just destroying this nation" and poses a bigger threat to the U.S. than terrorism or Islam.

"According to God's word that is not the right kind of lifestyle," Rep. Sally Kern of Oklahoma City said during an appearance before a group of Republicans.

Kern says in the recorded comments. "It is not a lifestyle that is good for this nation."

ok, where to begin...

how about this simple question: what did jesus(presumably sally kern's god)say about homosexuality? let's see...nothing? yup, nothing. dear sally kern: jesus never mentioned homosexuality. allow me to put it a different way, perhaps in question form...how many times did jesus mention homosexuality? oh(to be conversational), none? yup none. never. not once. zero. he did mention divorce(saying it was bad), and capitalism(ditto: bad), and judgementalism and intolerance(again: bad), and forgiveness(good). but homosexuality? never mentioned by jesus in the gospels. so why are the religious right in the u.s so utterly obsessed with homosexuality? and how is the homosexual agenda(whatever that might be)destroying the nation? i mean, if evangelicals call themselves christians shouldn't they sort of base their evangelical agenda on the things that christ actually said?

ok, back to sxsw in sunny austin.

moby