(CNN) The head of the West Virginia Republican Party is standing by her praise of a state senator's belief that LGBTQ means sexual deviancy and perversion.

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 (sic) 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."

"Thank you Senator for having the boldness to stand for what is right," she wrote on Sunday. "More people should do the same."

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