Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Anthony Verdugo, CFC founder, on his members opposed to gay marriage: "Their conscious [sic] is not being protected."

This is a CBS12/WPTV news report by Lauren Hills. Oddly there is no video available on-line; maybe it will be uploaded later. Here is a short excerpt from the text of the story:
     "What we're seeing is people who disagree with the Supreme Court are not being respected," said Anthony Verdugo, CFC [Christian Family Coalition] founder. "Their conscious [sic] is not being protected." [emphasis added]
     He said they're worried laws could be enacted that would try to force churches to perform same sex marriages against their will.
Pastor [Mark] Boykin, and many others are, too.
     "If they arrest us, fine us, they have to do what they have to do, but if it comes down to civil disobedience, we will do that," said Boykin.
The New York Times has a very good analysis of church groups that are opposed to the SCOTUS ruling on gay marriage and their struggle going forward to deal with the new reality.

Yesterday CBS12 sent out a tweet announcing the forthcoming news conference with the Christian Family Coalition. When anyone clicked on the link they were directed to a screen to await the "Live News Stream":
Obviously an editing error.