Rand Paul, R-Ky., announced his presidential nomination on Monday to an angry mob of democrats and a content gaggle of tea party enthusiasts – and I’m not talking about biscuits and Earl Grey.

Members from both sides of the isle are skeptical. Republicans feel his extreme-right policies are not geared for a majority. Democrats simply would rather anyone else run.

A large amount of skepticism stems from Paul’s involvement with a documentary “Light Wins: How to Overcome the Criminalization of Christianity.”

Holding elected officials accountable for their actions is crucial to a representative democracy, so let’s dive into what Rand Paul is endorsing.

Light Wins is a pro-religious documentary, promoted by Janet Porter, president of the conservative group Faith2Action.

The film, introduced through separate but equally appalling trailers in mid-February, highlights the implementation of government influence on religion in association with recent Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) requirements.

Right Wing Watch, an organization for monitoring and exposing the activities of the right-wing movement, first alerted the public to the documentary’s warning of the dangerous epidemic we face “If homosexual activists get everything they want.”

Porter’s documentary will debut at the National Religious Broadcaster’s Convection in Nashville later this month. I imagine tickets are sold out, and I can only assume that there are vast groups of bible thumpers camping out to be first in line.

Light Wins corrals big names in anti-gay policy including former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, state representatives from Ariz., Texas, Kan. and Iowa, and extremist pastor Scott Lively – known for prompting human rights violations in Uganda to foster a deliberate anti-gay agenda, according to The Slate, a Washington Post affiliate.

If not inherently anti-gay, Light Wins certainly employs and encourages the ideas of prominent figures with blatant hatred toward gays.

In a documentary chock-full of circular arguments and passé viewpoints, the primary and regrettable message is a quick and permanent end to any civil rights progress or marriage equality for the LGBT community.

The Supreme Court will rule on gay marriage later this month and will clarify the results of its 2013 ruling.

Rand Paul said he is relieved the Supreme Court has not ruled on marriage equality since the 2013 verdict. Huckabee’s sentiments are about the same.

Regardless of a Supreme Court decision on the matter, Huckabee believes states will have the final say. “I’m going to do it because I believe it’s the right position, it’s the biblical position, it’s the historical position.”

Well that clears everything up. The documentary is about biblical history, the right position and sacrificing next of kin to the heavenly father, not flagrant abuse and oppression of equality.

In another preview, Porter berated the gay community and its effect on the Boy Scouts of America.

“The Boy Scouts of America needlessly caved to a dark, sexual agenda,” she said. Porter then continued claiming the Boy Scouts lack the resolve and bravery to speak up against the direct and perceived to be unfair attacks from the LGBT community.

The Boy Scouts have reluctantly allowed gay boys into the organization, yet neglect allowing gay leaders.

Luckily, there are people who recognize the lamb-blood writing on the wall and who are working to eliminate barefaced ignorance and typecast homophobia.

The Human Rights Campaign is a progressive civil rights organization with the goal of improving the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people through health, healing, workplace equality, religion and faith, and youth and campus engagement programs.

In an article by the Huffington Post, Vice President of the Human Rights Campaign, JoDee Winterhof said, “It would be unconscionable for any American, let alone one who seeks the presidency, to affiliate with such venomous and dangerous extremism.”

Classifying gays as second-class citizens is unacceptable – it is gut wrenching and deplorable. It makes me physically nauseated, and it drowns any prospect for the future of equality. It sickens me to think that a presidential hopeful would run on these policies; a neglect to elect is nothing less short of what that kind of bigotry deserves.