Katherine Kersten in Mpls-St. Paul Magazine

I'm still in the mood to pick on Katherine Kersten, as long as she's still picking on the gays, which she is in the July issue of Minneapolis-St. Paul Magazine. She did an interview with Steve Marsh and she was wearing what Minnesota Observer at Norwegianity calls "one of those flowered, shapeless, frumpy housedresses the old lady next door wears!"

SM: How has journalism fallen so low in the public's esteem?

KK: People like me looked at media during the last presidential election, and it was obvious that most newspapers had moved beyond objective reporting to actual promotion of John Kerry. Most major newspapers are 100 percent behind gay marriage. Look at the photographs that run alongside the stories: You see children that are overjoyed with life. It’s over the top!

(EAS: Children that are overjoyed with life are over the top for Katherine. Heaven forbid that gay families can actually raise happy children. Why does Katherine hate happy children?)

SM: You talked about the Red State–Blue State divide. How is it manifest in Minnesota?

KK: Look at which counties [vote] red and blue. It’s analogous to the national scene. The center of power, where the media originates and where politics are run, tends to be blue, with everybody else red. Many Minnesotans feel they have very little voice. They scan the pages of the newspaper, they turn on the TV, and feel shut out. They do not see themselves and their views taken seriously. They are lampooned and caricatured as red-neck Christians. Anybody who has questions about same-sex marriage is [portrayed as] bigoted.

(EAS: I have a question about same-sex marriage, Katherine. Why are you so obsessed with shoving your pseudo-religious political agenda down my throat and dictating who I can or cannot marry? Oops! Does that question make me a bigot?)