Prior to his appointment to the President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Harry Knox told a gay newspaper that the Knights of Columbus do "a great deal of good" but they are following "discredited leaders" such as Pope Benedict. On Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she was not aware of the negative comments, CNS News reports.
However, Pelosi praised the Catholic Church for what it has done about poverty, disease and climate change when asked about the Obama adviser's comments.
In April, Obama named Harry Knox to the President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Knox, a Christian, is the director of the faith and religion program at the Human Rights Campaign, a homosexual rights organization.
"The Knights of Columbus do a great deal of good in the name of Jesus Christ, but in this particular case, they were foot soldiers of a discredited army of oppression," Knox told the Bay Area Reporter, a San Francisco-based gay newspaper, in March.
He was referring to the Knights' support for Proposition 8, a California state constitutional amendment approved by voters in November 2008 that defined marriage as being between one man and one woman.
The newspaper further reported: "Knox noted that the Knights of Columbus 'followed discredited leaders,' including bishops and Pope Benedict XVI. 'A pope who literally today said condoms don't help in control of AIDS.'"
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