Matt Barber of the Christian
conservative group Liberty Counsel on Tuesday called the NAACP's
recent endorsement of equal marriage rights for gay and lesbian
couples “offensive,” media watchdog RightWingWatch.org
reported.
At the NAACP's quarterly board meeting
in Miami last weekend, the 64-member board approved
a resolution which calls gay marriage a “civil right and a
matter of law.”
(Related: Julian
Bond says Obama nudged NAACP on gay marriage.)
NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous
went further during a press conference, warning against laws that ban
gay marriage, calling
them “dangerous.”
Barber criticized the NAACP's new
stance, saying the group was merely providing political cover for
President Obama.
Barber called the resolution
“offensive,” adding: “[H]ow dare they demean and undermine and
cheapen the genuine, noble civil rights movement” by supporting
“deviant sexual behavior.” (The video is embedded in the right
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Barber has previously suggested that
the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which bans recognition of such
unions at the federal level, protects
children from contracting HIV/AIDS.