He has also described homosexuality as "ugly".

Many of its leaders have taken public stands describing homosexuality as "abnormal", a "sickness", or a "moral weakness".

Early work tended to describe homosexuality as a pathology or a developmental arrest.

He insisted that the words "abnormal sexual life," which were also included in Guadalajara's previous law, were not meant to describe homosexuality.

He described homosexuality as a disease and compared it to drug addiction.

He described homosexuality as "abnormal", and suggested that counsellors be made available for children who believed they were homosexual.

President Frederick Chiluba described homosexuality as "unbiblical" and "against human nature".

Pacheco has also described homosexuality as a "social disorder" likening it to alcoholism.

Nevertheless, she described homosexuality as "unnatural", a "sickness", and a "dysfunction".

These Republicans, apparently trying to energize the religiously conservative base of the party, have described homosexuality as a sin.