A group of gay rights opponents on
Tuesday protested Gay Pride outside the Washington, D.C. headquarters
of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest LGBT
advocate.
The protesters unfurled a banned which
read, “Homosexuality Is Nothing To Be Proud Of … But Overcoming
It Is.”
The demonstration was led by Peter
LaBarbera, president of Americans for Truth About Homosexuality. HRC
greeted LaBarbera with a banner which read, “WELCOME PETER.”
“It's not hate, as our critics say,
but as the banner says that homosexuality is nothing to be proud of,”
LaBarbera told the crowd. (The video is embedded on this page.
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Also expected at the event were Eric
Holmberg, producer of the documentary Is Gay The New Black?
Homosexuality And The Civil Rights Movement, Diane Gramley,
president of the American Family Association (AFA) of Pennsylvania,
Linda Harvey, founder of the Columbus, Ohio-based Mission America,
Matt Barber, vice president of Liberty Counsel Action, and Patrick
Mangan, executive director of Citizens for Community Values (CCV) of
Indiana.
In a press release for the protest,
Barber accused the Obama administration of “aiding and abetting
this radical organization.”
“Because sexual anarchist groups like
the HRC cannot win the debate on the merits, they must resort to
underhanded and, as it now appears, outright illegal tactics in order
to gain momentum for their extremist agenda,” Barber said,
referring to claims that HRC published IRS data from the anti-gay
marriage group National Organization for Marriage (NOM).