Anthony Jordan, Executive Director of Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (BGCO), has contacted all of the Directors of Missions (DOM) in Oklahoma urging them to get the pastors and people in their areas to support Sally Kern in her allegation that homosexuality is more threatening than terrorism. Sally's husband is a Southern Baptist pastor. Here's a copy of the e-mail from Jordan's office that Oklahoma Southern Baptist DOM's are sending to pastors all over the state:
-----Original Message-----
From: Leininger, Lisa [mailto:lleininger@BGCO.ORG]
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:23 PM
To: DOMs
Subject: Representative Sally Kern
Good afternoon,
Dr. Jordan has asked me to pass along the contact information for Representative Sally Kern. As most of you know she has been under some very tight scrutiny lately about standing up against homosexuality. Many requests have been made to Dr. Jordan regarding what we can do for her as a fellow believer and southern Baptist. He would like you to share this information with all your churches inviting them to contact Rep. Kern via e-mail or a phone call to encourage her and offer support during this trying time. If you have any questions or if I can help you in any way please let me know.
Thank you for all you do! Have a great weekend!
Representative Sally Kern
sallykern@okhouse.gov
(405) 557-7348
I made an attempt in a previous blog to help Sally Kern understand how incendiary her rhetoric is toward homosexuals and Muslims. Here's an additional exercise in word replacement to help Baptists grasp how their rhetoric is perceived by others. What if the words "homosexuality" and "Islam" in Kern's speech were replaced with the words "Baptists" and "anarchy" This is what she would be saying:
Matter of fact, studies show that no society that has totally embraced Baptists has lasted more than, you know, a few decades. So it's the death nell to this country. I honestly think it's the biggest threat that our nation has -- even more so than terrorism, or anarchy, which I think is a big threat, OK? Because what's happening now, they're going after, in schools, two year olds!Actually, there was a time when statements similar to this were being made in this country. If Kern and Jordan have read anything about Baptists' struggle for religious liberty, they ought to know better than to speak like this about others.
