The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is looking into death threats against a state lawmaker who told a political group that the gay agenda poses a bigger threat to the U.S. than terrorism and "is just destroying this nation," an OSBI spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Gov. Brad Henry said he was disappointed in Republican Rep. Sally Kern's comments, which were recorded and posted on the video sharing Web site YouTube on Friday by the Washington, D.C.-based Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund. Henry said he believes public officials should "cool the rhetoric."

"I don't think it represents Oklahoma," Henry said. He said his religious beliefs teach him to be tolerant of diverse lifestyles and viewpoints.

“Think before you speak," the governor said. "Oklahomans have love and tolerance for all people."

OSBI agents met with Kern, of Oklahoma City, at the state Capitol Monday afternoon after she received thousands of e-mails and telephone calls from people reacting to her comments to a group of Republicans about gays and their lifestyle.

"I'm not gay-bashing. But according to God's word that is not the right kind of lifestyle," Kern said in the recorded comments.

"Studies show no society that has totally embraced homosexuality has lasted more than a few decades," she said. "It is not a lifestyle that is good for this nation."

Kern said a few of the e-mails she received supported her comments but that most condemned them and some contained death threats and obscenities.

"I hear what you said and you should be killed...," said one e-mail.

“You honestly think that homosexuality is a greater threat than terrorism?" said another. "How someone as petulant and vile as yourself got elected to office, I will never understand."

A spokeswoman for OSBI, Jessica Brown, said three agents are investigating the threatening e-mails to determine their source and determine whether the threat is genuine.

"We're pouring over thousands of e-mails," Brown said. "You have to pick out the ones that are threatening and the ones that are harassing.

"We have to work through them and then track them down through various investigative means and try to determine their intent and then take it to the district attorney," she said.

When asked Tuesday whether she was concerned about her safety, Kern said: "You need to talk to the OSBI."

Kern has said her recorded comments were taken out of context and were directed at wealthy, politically active gays who support gay and lesbian candidates for public office in Oklahoma and other states.