An American group opposed to same-sex marriage is fanning the flames in a controversy around an anti-bullying booklet put out by Vancouver's School Board.

Board chair Patti Bacchus and Vancouver Coun. Tim Stevenson say trustees Ken Denike and Sophia Woo should apologize for speaking out in an interview aired on the website run by the U.S. group National Organization for Marriage.

"I am concerned that that affects the image of the school district because it in no way reflects the position or practises or policies of the Vancouver School Board," Bacchus said.

Vancouver School Board trustees Ken Denike and Sophia Woo appeared in a YouTube video created by a U.S. group opposed to same-sex marriage, where the trustees appeared to be complaining about a website included as a resource in an anti-bullying pamphlet for students. They said the web site CheckHimOut.ca, shown in this still from the video, included explicit adult content. (YouTube)

The video surfaced shows images of the school board's offices on West Broadway and interviews with Woo and Denike complaining about a pamphlet supporting sexual orientation that had links to a web site with explicit images.

Denike told CBC News he was misled by the video's producer.

"It is out of context. The video that portrays me and Sophia Woo was one that was done, as I understood it to be used, for U.S. news," he said. "I'm getting clarification on just what my rights are with regards to the portrayal of that."

Denike said has contacted a lawyer about the use of the interview in the video.

But he maintains the booklet at the base of the argument could lead children to a website about gay sex that should be for adults only.

Bacchus says the booklet was only meant for teachers' use and has been changed to remove the reference to the explicit website.

Denike says he's hoping all the attention helps push for a provincial policy on support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered issues in schools.

With files from The Canadian Press