Outrage as Christian radio host compares Ariel Castro's 'love for his victims' to the love between homosexual couples

A Christian conservative radio host linked homosexual love to the ‘love’ Ohio kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro had for his victims in an extremely vocal display of her opposition to same-sex marriage that caused outrage among listeners.

American Family Association talk show host and Fox News contributor, Sandy Rios, made the controversial comparison while speaking with Chicago anti-gay pastor Erwin Lutzer about their shared opposition to same-sex marriage last week.



Lutzer noted that the Chicago's crime level is bad enough and the city does not need the ‘destruction of marriage’ as well.



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Harsh words: Conservative radio host Sandy Rios linked homosexual love to the 'love' Ohio kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro had for his victims in an extremely vocal display of her opposition to same-sex marriage that caused outrage among listeners

The two conservatives agreed that love should not be reason enough to allow same-sex couples to marry, according to Right Wing Watch .



‘A pedophile I'm sure says that he loves children -- as a matter of fact, he does -- but you can see how destructive that love is,’ Lutzer said.



‘Once love is undefined as kind of this 'I want to do this and so I'm loving' then, of course, we end up where we are ending up today with a great slide in morality, the destruction of the family, the confusion that children grow up with.’



'You know, the gentleman that was just sentenced yesterday for holding those women hostage in Ohio, and molesting them for years, and doing terrible things to them,’ Rios chimed in.



‘His defense was that he “loved” his family, he “loved” his child that was born out of one of the rapes that he did of the woman. He “loved” and he couldn’t understand. He said, “I’m not a monster.”’

Castro, who kept victims Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus captive in his Cleveland home for ten years, pleaded guilty to 937 counts last week, including murder and kidnapping, and was sentenced to life plus 1,000 years in prison.



David Badash of the New Civil Rights Movement called Rios' comments both ‘offensive and ludicrous.’