Gays threaten national security?

Well, the other day someone indicated that gays are like unicorns.  A certain representative of Oklahoma would disagree - she thinks gays are like terrorists - or worse.  "I honestly think it’s the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism or Islam. ."  This kind of rhetoric, actually, is a bigger threat to our nation.  It threatens the lives of the people who she speaks of.  She's aware that LGBT people are more likely to commit suicide - she's unaware that it's because of people like her.  It threatens to incite people to violence.  When people feel they are on the "right side" of morality it sometimes justifies their actions, especially when she says that people's children are threatened.  It threatens to tear and divide our nation - why do we have this need to feel this "us versus them" all the time to feel better about ourselves? 

Truly, this woman is so uneducated it's frightening.  While I support her right to say what she wants and express her views, I think she has simply expressed her level of ignorance and homophobia.  Hate speech isn't illegal in our country, but being hateful is seen for what it is.  And we're listening...