Michigan Republican National Committeeman Dave Agema continues to defend his decision to share an article warning parents about the "filthy lifestyle" of homosexuals, saying this week that Christians should help people "get out of it."

Agema, who is in Los Angeles representing Michigan at the RNC's annual spring meeting, discussed the controversy Wednesday on Washington Watch, a radio show run by the Family Research Council.

"What I'd like to have the homosexual community know is I don't hate them," he said. "As a matter of fact when Jesus caught a woman in the act of adultery when they brought her to him he said, 'I don't condemn you but go and sin no more.' That ought to be the church's goal here. We ought to be saying to these people, 'Hey, we don't agree with your lifestyle and we'll help you get out of it, but we want you to know the facts of what's going to happen to you if you stay in this lifestyle.'"

The former state representative from West Michigan entered the national debate on gay marriage two weeks ago by sharing an article on Facebook titled "Everyone Should Know These Statistics on Homosexuality," which began with a warning to parents that their children could be "indoctrinated" at public schools.

Agema repeated that claim on Wednesday, saying that school kids are already being conditioned to accept homosexuality and that "the next thing that will occur is your kids will come home and say, 'I think this is a good thing and I think I want to be one.'"

The article also described various health problems associated with "the lifestyle," citing sources from 1978 to 1994, including a non-practicing chiropractor with ties to white supremacist and anti-Semitic groups. Agema has since updated the "traditional marriage" section of his personal website with links to additional sources, including the Family Research Council.

"If you really love someone, if you really were concerned about someone, if you saw your friend for example dying of alcoholism would you just stand quietly by and watch it happen?" Agema said on the radio program. "Or would you speak up and say hey I want to help you. That's what we should be doing."

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Agema, whose position gives him a voice in the development of party policy, has stressed the need for the GOP to maintain conservative principles. The MIRS subscription newsletter reports that an RNC panel this week unanimously approved an Agema resolution highlighting the differences between the Republican and Democratic parties, including the position that marriage is between one man and one woman.