Wellington Boone is the sort of anti-gay pastor who laments that he can no longer call gay people “faggots” and suggests putting all of the “sodomites” on an island to see how long such a society can last, so naturally he was given a speaking slot today at the Family Research Council’s “Watchmen on the Wall” conference, where he declared that acceptance of gay rights is a sign of God’s judgment on this nation.

“How could a U.S. senator or a congressman or a Supreme Court justice make a decision that goes against the created order of God?” Boone asked. Citing a biblical passage in which God promised that five holy men would be able to defeat 10,000 enemies, Boone fumed that American society is being overrun by a small minority of gay activists, which is a sign of God’s judgment.

Boone was especially outraged by the idea that the fight for gay rights can be compared in any way to the fight for civil rights.

“They’re saying that what blacks have gone through,” he thundered, “is the same as what gays have gone through? I say you’re out of your mind! Blacks are a culture. If I decide I don’t want to be black, I can’t change that. But if you decide you don’t want to be gay, you can repent of your sins and be changed in a divine instant”: