GOP state senator calls the LGBTQ movement sexually deviant and perverted. The West Virginia GOP chair says he's right.

West Virginia state Sen. Mike Azinger had penned an op-ed in response to a local pride celebration, stating, 'Sexual deviancy is going mainstream.' State GOP chair Melody Potter shared the article on her Facebook page, adding that it was 'right on.'

Over the weekend, West Virginia state Sen. Mike Azinger, a Republican, penned an op-ed in response to a local pride celebration, stating,"Sexual deviancy is going mainstream." "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," Azinger wrote. West Virginia GOP chair Melody Potter shared the article on her Facebook page, adding that it was"right on.

I am thrilled at the support I am getting for supportive Biblical principles. We love those even with whom we might not agree with," she said. Azinger did not return CNN's emails or phone calls for comment about his op-ed.In a statement later posted to Facebook, Parkersburg Pride President Cammy Murray, whose organization sponsored the event that drew Azinger's attention, said the state senator's op-ed was a"message of bigotry.

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