Sally Kern Descended from Emperor Justinian?
1 July, 2009
By James Nimmo
ACLU event in Oklahoma City, July 2nd
Photo by Brian Alexander
(OKLAHOMA CITY) With the latest proclamation from Oklahoma GOPer Rep. Sally Kern, she has finally revealed her true lineage: she's not a christian at all, she's descended from several Roman emperors--Constantius, Valentian, Theodosius, and the most famous of all, Justinian the Great. ( http://tinyurl.com/mq8d8y )
Justinian (JG for short), a christian of course, really got the ball rolling to advance the persecution of same-gender sexual activity in 6th century, when what passed for science was called philosophy and the earth was thought to be at the center of the solar system.
Just as Ms. Kern's proclamation declares "this nation has become a world leader in promoting abortion, pornography, same sex marriage, sex trafficking, divorce, illegitimate births, child abuse, and many other forms of debauchery;" she's just fulfilling her empirical destiny. JG declared in 538 AD that homosexual activity was immoral and lead to earthquakes, famines and pestilence.
JG also made it Roman (dba Christian) law that homosexuality would be punished by torture, mutilation, and castration. Plain stoning wasn't enough, I guess, to really put the stamp of disapproval on same-gender attraction.
As you can read from Ms. Kern's laundry list of sexual activities she's really hot-and-bothered about some of the things responsible adults do in private.
Her proclamation goes on in part to blame the latest capitalist economic recession to be caused by immoral behavior: we believe our economic woes are consequences of our greater national moral crisis. She also said in a video on an Oklahoma City television station that her god will look after the checkbook if we humans will look after the morality. ( http://tinyurl.com/m2haj8 )
Yet she fails to show the connection between her private confusion of mind in regard to legal, private adult activities and the workings of the international economic markets. Can it really be true that major world financial centers aren't listening to Ms. Kern's advice?
Well, if listening is what she needs in order to get along with her life and perhaps find out why her 32-year old son isn't married and gives his sexuality to his god ( http://tinyurl.com/39kpsq ) she's given us an opportunity to hear her on Thursday, July 2, noon, at the Oklahoma Capitol Building, NW 23rd and Lincoln, Oklahoma City. You can join her and others to help sign her historical document or you can join an alternative event, same time, same place, sponsored by the ACLU of Oklahoma ( http://tinyurl.com/ma4p6b )
You can read the proclamation and some other background on the spurious quotes it uses at http://tinyurl.com/laoa3a .
© 2009 James Nimmo
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James Nimmo is a progressive who lives in Oklahoma City where he is active in Democratic Party politics. He fervently believes no one's character or abilities should be judged on the accidents of birth or circumstance. 