Where were the minders with their uniforms? Were they on coffee break, or reading some radical book about free speech and all that?

Now, pass me that sarcasm tag, I seem to have forgotten where I misplaced it ...

Or sex columnists.

The more this woman talks, the more insane she sounds.

You and Sally could really bond over that stuff.

Speaking as a gay man, let me send a great big wet "f-ck you" re: your "feeding the trolls" comment. If you hadn't noticed, we've only been speaking up for the past 35 years or so, whereas the "trolls" have had 4000+ years to speak out against us. Give us a chance to catch up, eh?

And besides... Muslims "don't feel the need" to respond to people like Kern? Man, what rock have you been hiding under? Thousands of Muslims across the globe demonstrated because someone in Denmark drew a silly cartoon depicting Mohammed - protests in which several people were killed. Maybe CAIR isn't jumping on this one, but to be sure Muslims hold their own when it comes to responding to criticism and jibes from people like Kerns.

Kern's words do speak for themselves, but you have to remember that once upon a time her comments weren't considered unusual or out of order. It is only because the gay community has stood up for itself time and time again against people like Kerns that anyone outside of the gay community even cares about it. Silence = Death, remember?

1) Perhaps for people who are devout Muslims there is a difference between having things said about you (hateful things to be sure) and actually seeing your prophet's image desecrated - one evoking a more visceral reaction. I am not religious myself but I can see a difference in magnitude.
2) Strategically, it probably doesn't do well to see Kern's statements as "the same old homophobia". The response of the Xian right to things like choice and gay rights is new and modern and needs to be fought as such. It is a different battle.