Linda Harvey, the founder Mission America, a right wing Christian organization, said gays and lesbians are not people and therefore should not be treated as US citizens nor be entitled for equal protection.
Harvey who is also a frequent contributor to the conservative website WorldNetDaily.com, said that Fourteenth Amendment of the US constitution, that defines citizenship and protects a person's civil and political rights, only applies to ‘real’ people, not to ‘unnatural’ ‘homosexual behaviour, which is changeable.’