Irish MP: Gays More Vile Than Child Abusers

I am beginning to think that Strangford MP, Iris Robinson (at left), is Oklahoma Representative Sally Kern's Siamese twin who was spirited away at birth. She is just as mean spirited and judgmental as Ms. Kern. Like Kern, Iris Robinson doesn't know when to keep he mouth shut and seems to revel in looking like a homophobic bigot. I truly hope she comes to find herself with numerous LGBT children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews, etc. It could not happen to a better person. OK, I take that back. Daddy Dobson's son coming out of the closet would be way more fun. :) I suppose in her delusions Ms. Robinson believes that her hateful comments have no impact on encouraging homophobes to engage in violence against gays. Here are some highlights from the Belfast Telegraph that expose Iris' latest diarrhea of the mouth (note how after utterly debasing gays, Ms. Robinson disingenuously claims that she bears no hate):

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Iris Robinson has walked into her biggest controversy yet after stating in Parliament that homosexuality is “viler” than child sex abuse, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal today. The First Minister’s wife made the controversial comments in the House of Commons in front of Policing and Justice Minister Paul Goggins and a committee of UK MPs during a debate on the assessment and management of sex offenders.

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Speaking about community concerns over sex offenders Mrs Robinson then stated: “There can be no viler act, apart from homosexuality and sodomy, than sexually abusing innocent children.” Her comments have not been omitted from a written transcript of the debate which has been published on the Parliament website. When contacted by the Belfast Telegraph Mrs Robinson said she stood by her views and stated that homosexuality was “comparable” to child sex abuse.

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Mrs Robinson added: “I cannot think of anything more sickening than a child being abused. It is comparable to the act of homosexuality. I think they are all comparable. I feel totally repulsed by both.” . . . . Anything I say is out of love. I am not hate-mongering. I cannot leave my Christian values hanging at the door when I go into politics. “I am speaking out more now because we are getting it more and more rammed down our throats that the minority views are more important than the majority views.

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“She is being very irresponsible making these sort of cruel and frighteningly ignorant comments. “We [the Gay Rights Association] feel that a responsible MLA would be glad to listen to our views and she should meet with the health professionals who work in the gay and lesbian sector instead of making wild and totally unscientific statements.

Canadian MP Suffers from Sally Kern Syndrome

Homophobe bigot Rep. Sally Kern of Oklahoma doesn't have a monopoly on anti-gay bigotry it seems. Stealing some of Ms. Kern's spotlight is Saskatchewan MP Tom Lukiwski who is attempting to apologize for video taped comments from 1991 in which he described gays as disease carriers, etc. It is interesting that "convervatives" both north and south of the border employ the same tactic - dehumaize and malign those who are different and act towards them in a decidedly un-Christian manner. They obviously have picked the Pharisees from the Gospels as their role models as opposed to Christ. As for Lukiwiski's apology, I suspect that in reality he is only sorry that his bigotry was made public. His crocodile tears are less than convincing. Here are some story highlights (http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=420097):

An amateur video taken 17 years ago came back to haunt Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall and a Tory MP on Thursday as the pair had to publicly apologize for making offensive remarks -- including homophobic comments by MP Tom Lukiwski.

The footage, made public by the provincial opposition NDP, shows Wall speaking in an exaggerated eastern European accent and mocking then-NDP leader Roy Romanow.

However, opposition MPs are now calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to throw Mr. Lukiwski, 56, out of the Conservative caucus for his remarks that insulted gays. "I am truly, truly sorry," said Mr. Lukiwski, appearing visibly shaken as he spoke to reporters in Ottawa outside the House of Commons.

New Democrat MLA Pat Atkinson told a news conference Thursday her party found the videotape when it moved into the opposition offices after its loss in last fall's provincial election. Ms. Atkinson called the comments "hateful." "I think I can say that it was disturbing. His comments were rather disturbing. And it made me sick," she said. Ms. Atkinson said Mr. Lukiwski, who served as executive director of the Saskatchewan Party before being elected to the House of Commons, should not run again. "I don't believe Mr. Lukiwski gets any slack on this," she told reporters at a news conference, noting he was over 40 at the time of the comments.

"What's troubling is that all this is not surprising. In this [Conservative/Reform/Alliance] party, there's a sentiment of homophobia [within its structure] . . . Ever since I first became an MP in 1993, the Conservatives voted nine times against the rights of homosexuals."