Bishop E.W. Jackson, the GOP nominee
for lieutenant governor of Virginia, has reiterated his opposition to
gay rights.
In an appearance on Janet Mefferd's
radio show, Jackson called homosexuality “wrong and unacceptable.”
“Homosexuality is a sexual behavior
and it is a behavior that the Bible says is wrong and unacceptable,”
Jackson
said. “To equate that with civil rights for black people or
for women is so specious that it just amazes me that people buy into
it, but they buy into it because it is emotionally appealing. It has
no logic to it whatsoever.”
Jackson also defended his previous
anti-gay rhetoric by saying that it would “betray God” to
reassess those remarks, which he claimed were made “without venom
or hatred.”
In October, Jackson
criticized President Barack Obama for endorsing gay marriage and
predicted that African-American voters would “overwhelmingly”
vote against the president as a result.