LGBT-rights activists view Michael Nowakowski videotaped remarks to preachers, in which he rebukes advances in LGBT rights, as calculated political hypocrisy.

The video in question shows Nowakowski in a meeting with ministers saying, "I never thought I would see the day that men and men would be married. Or where people were allowed to go into the same bathroom as my daughter. This world is changing, and it’s time for us to take the leadership and change it back to the way it should be.”

"He gave his opinion as a Catholic believer," said Jose Gonzalez, who leads Arizona Christian Link, a group of Latino pastors. "He never attacked anybody. He never criticized anybody."

Michael Nowakowski is a Phoenix City Council member representing a district with a significant lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population. He also is a lifelong Catholic, a former employee of the diocese, who meets monthly with Christian ministers at City Hall.

By Premji