GOP official refuses to retract comment linking homosexuality to pedophilia

The chair of Guilford County, N.C's Republican Party is refusing to back down from comments he made linking homosexuality with pedophilia. In his official GOP blog, "The Chairman's Corner," Marcus Kindley decried the degrading of religion in American society: "We now say that homosexuality is OK. That it is natural. Yes, it is as natural as pedophilia," he wrote. Kindley refused a demand to apologize from the Carolina Advocacy Coalition and told a radio interviewer Thursday that homosexuality is a lifestyle choice like choosing to be overweight. His views are not that different from the GOP's platform, which states, "We believe homosexual behavior is not normal and should not be taught as an acceptable 'alternative' lifestyle either in public education or in public policy." (Sirius OutQ News)