President Barack Obama's support for
Gay Pride Month has been criticized by Christian conservative Linda
Harvey, who says the president supports “risky lifestyle choices.”
Harvey, the founder of the Columbus,
Ohio-based Mission America and a frequent contributor to the
conservative website WorldNetDaily.com, asked her radio listeners to
think about what people could do to “peacefully but permanently put
an end” to Gay Pride celebrations.
On
June 1, Obama proclaimed June Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender Pride Month and hosted his third Gay Pride celebration at
the White House on Friday.
Speaking on Thursday, Harvey said:
“Once again this year, June is filled with cities holding gay pride
celebrations. Every year I continue to challenge believers to pray
about what we can do peacefully but permanently to put an end to
these events in our cities. I will admit, I have not come up with
the answer, but there is no question that God will help us if we ask
Him. It's also terribly sad when we have a president who has once
again this Spring issued a presidential proclamation declaring June
as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month. In the
proclamation which you can find by going to the website
WhiteHouse.gov, the president alludes to these deviant behaviors as
being part of an effort towards civil rights, which is incorrect.
The homosexual political agenda being forced on America is 'stronger
than hate,' the proclamation says. Once more, the president disses
and dismisses those who have religious or personal beliefs that might
contradict what he thinks is right, no allowance for other
viewpoints. The proclamation speaks with compassion about those who
are 'denied basic rights.' Again, this is an incorrect view of
homosexuality, which is not a basic right.”
“There are many health care risks and
elevated costs associated with these behaviors, which are not inborn
identities. So the Obama administration has endorsed poor health
care and risky lifestyle choices and helped to codify these into
health care law. And yet, Michelle Obama wants people to eat right
and exercise? It's another example of misplaced priorities and
confused ethics.” (Listen to segment at RightWingWatch.org.)