10-01-2019, 11:13 PM
Quote:West Virginia Republican Party Chairwoman Melody Potter on Sunday praised an op-ed by a GOP state senator that condemned the LGBTQ movement, saying that the lawmaker showed "boldness" for taking a stand. "This op ed written by Senator Mike Michael Azinger is right on and is biblically based," Potter says in a Facebook post that links to the Republican state lawmaker's essay. "The comments at the end of the article from some readers are the typical about 'not judging' and 'hate,' the usual rhetoric. Thank you Senator for having the boldness to stand for what is right. More people should do the same. Thank you!" The West Virginia GOP did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill. The Parkersburg News and Sentinel on Sunday published an op-ed from Azinger entitled “The Shame of LGBTQ Pride." In it, the legislator cites the local newspaper covering an LGBTQ event at the Parkersburg City Park as an example of sexual deviancy "going mainstream." He also argues that "tolerance, in the face of the violation of the commandments of God, is no virtue at all." "The left would have us believe we are 'born that way;' that sexuality is immutable," Azinger writes. "This simply isn’t the case. The LGBQT movement is not about happiness and tolerance, but about indoctrination and a forced acceptance of a perverted and non-biblical view of sexuality. "The solution to the madness of the LGBQT movement is not political correctness and tolerance; the answer is the Cross of Jesus Christ where we all can find forgiveness and salvation."West Virginia GOP chair praises state lawmaker's op-ed on 'shame of LGBTQ Pride' | TheHill