San Antonio Councilwoman Caught Making Anti-Gay Remarks in a Recording

San Antonio councilwoman, Elisa Chan regarded gays "disgusting" in a 15-minute recording.

The audio recording was taken on May 21 by Chan's aide, James Stevens, says San Antonio News Express. Stevens submitted the recording to the said news press and quit his job.

"My decision to record in the first place was that, during the staff meetings, we weren't really discussing the ordinance itself," Stevens told Brian Chasnoff of San Antonio News Express. "We were really just talking about ways to appeal to the (voting) base and to get them fired up as opposed to analyzing the ordinance. Chan is only focused on her political future. She's not focused on the policy itself and how it's going to really affect the city. We spent 80 percent of that meeting talking about how disgusting homosexuality is," he continued.

In the recording, Chan made several remarks which made her opinions on homosexuality quite clear. Chan regarded homosexuality as "disgusting" and a "behavioral preference." She also added that same sex couples should be "banned from adoption."

"I don't think homosexual people should do adoption," she says on the audio. "They should be banned by adoption. You're gonna confuse those kids. They should be banned. If you wanted to choose that lifestyle, we don't want to discriminate you, but it shouldn't affect the young people. How terrible that we actually allow them to adopt?" cites the Huffington Post.

Although tightly opposed to allowing gay couples to adopt, Chan appears rather permissive to gay couple marriage. According to the Dallas Voice, Chan voted no to plans for the State Constitution to explicitly state that marriage is between a man and a woman.

When asked about the controversial 15-minute recording, Chan told San Antonio News Express that she needed to hear the recording first before commenting.

"I think that's in a private setting and I don't know if that's - I need to hear that recording to know," she said. "I'm not quite sure what you're talking about so maybe you can play that back to me. We talk a lot of things in the staff meetings, so I wanted to know also under what context," she told the press.

San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro was not so pleased with Chan's anti-gay remarks saying that her comments were "hurtful."

"Councilwoman Chan's remarks were hurtful and ignorant," Castro said. "[No one should] believe for one second that they represent the views of San Antonians. Ours is a city that welcomes everyone and appreciates diversity," he said in a report by the Dallas Voice.

Hear Elisa Chan's actual anti-gay remarks by clicking here.