A few months ago, Glenn Beck took a very public stand against the anti-gay crackdown in Russia, declaring that no reasonable person would support what is happening there and boldly asserting that he didn’t even know anybody who was anti-gay.

As we pointed out at the time, Beck actually knew several people who were anti-gay since he was personal friends with them and had them on his show quite regularly.

In the months since, Beck has turned his attention to the case involving Justina Pelletier, which has become something of a major Religious Right campaign; so much so that Liberty Counsel’s Mat Staver has taken over as the Pelletier’s attorney.

As such, Staver and others from Liberty Counsel have made multiple appearances on Beck’s radio and television programs, despite the fact that Staver and his organization are among the most vehemently anti-gay activists operating today.

It is no small irony that Staver and his colleague Matt Barber have openly advocated for enacting Russia-style laws here in America, which was the very topic that made Beck declare just a few months ago that he would stand with GLAAD while proclaiming that anyone who supported such laws could not consider themselves to be a fan of his.

So naturally, when Staver appeared on Beck’s radio program yesterday, Beck had nothing but praise for him, saying it was “truly an honor” to work with them and calling both Liberty Counsel and Liberty University, where Staver serves as vice-president, “a true force for good” that are serving “front and center when it comes to the Army of the Lord and being a shield for many, many people, including most of our children”: