Influential conservative Christian James Dobson reveals the depth of his own depraved ignorance by claiming “bisexual” means “orgies.”

Dobson, the founder of the powerful conservative Christian group Focus on the Family, made his ridiculous claim last week while speaking on his radio program “Family Talk with Dr. James Dobson.”

Dobson, an anti-gay evangelical Christian, was taking issue with pastors “who are compassionate toward those who have attractions to same-sex individuals.”

Dobson said:

I would like them to think, just for a moment, about ‘LGBT.’ The ‘B’ stands for bisexual! That’s orgies! Are you really going to support this?

It is difficult to believe that a man who claims to have a Ph.D. in psychology does not know the meaning of words like “bisexual” and “orgy.”

Indeed, it may be the case that rather than being ignorant, Dobson was simply being dishonest when equating bisexuality with orgies in a despicable attempt to smear and denigrate individuals who identify as bisexual, and by extension, the LGBT community as a whole.

For the record, bisexual is simply another sexual orientation, like being asexual, homosexual or heterosexual. Bisexuality is simply the ability to entertain romantic and/or sexual attraction towards both males and females; being bisexual has absolutely nothing to do with “orgies.”

An orgy is usually considered to be a sex party where guests freely engage in consensual, open and unrestrained sexual activity or group sex. It should go without saying that being bisexual does not make one any more or less likely to engage in orgies than people who are heterosexual or homosexual.

Perhaps most important, being bisexual does not mean that one is not monogamous or incapable of monogamy: being bisexual does not mean one is promiscuous, or unable or unwilling to form significant attachments with another.

It should also go without saying that there is nothing morally objectionable to consenting adults engaging in “orgies” or sex parties or group sex or polyamory. What is morally objectionable is the dissemination of false and misleading information in the attempt to defame and shame individuals.

Dobson’s misleading and absurd claim about bisexuality fits into a larger pattern of extreme anti-gay rhetoric. Recently Dobson warned that a Supreme Court ruling in favor of marriage equality could lead to a full-blown civil war.

(H/T Right Wing Watch)