Pastor Michael Milton succeeded the late D. James Kennedy, a founding member of the modern Religious Right movement, as the host of the television show Truth that Transforms, the flagship program of Kennedy’s group Truth In Action Ministries.

In a recent blog post for the group, Milton criticized President Obama’s endorsement of marriage equality as an “extraordinary departure from humanity’s received traditions and biology itself, plus the teachings of the world’s greatest religions and traditions of Western Civilization.”

He warns that “codifying homosexuality into a societal norm is degrading to a people” and leads to “a downward spiral towards judgment.” Milton adds that “manipulative courts or legislatures” pushing gay rights bills are trying to snuff out freedom and jeopardize people’s souls: “The light of the Word will be taken from us. The law will be trampled under. The freedom of the American people is at risk. More than that: our souls are in danger.”