Reverend William Owens, founder and president of The Coalition of African American Pastors, prepares to speak at a rally supporting the Marriage Protection Amendment in Upper Senate Park with black pastors from around the nation, organized by Owens and Bishop Harry Jackson, Chairman of the High Impact Leadership Coalition.
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PRWeb - Published 7:01 a.m., Tuesday, May 15, 2012
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Declare that "one man, one woman" definition of marriage is where they will stand.
Memphis, TN (PRWEB) May 15, 2012
A coalition of well-known and highly...
A prominent Black pastor has come out to denigrate Obama’s gay marriage message by using scripture. That’s not smart.
By Cord Jefferson
Posted: 05/17/2012 11:37 AM EDT
WASHINGTON - JUNE 06, 2006: Rev. William Owens, of the Coalition of African Americans, speaks...
By Associated Press
Published May 18th, 2012 4:08 am Comments
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A group of black pastors gathered in Memphis on Thursday to denounce President Barack Obama's support for gay marriage and call on him to change his views.
Some members of the black clergy, including the...
By Paul Stanley, Christian Post Reporter
May 18, 2012|5:52 pm
A group of influential black ministers – some of whom are connected with the fifth largest denomination in the U.S. – gathered Thursday in one of the nation's most famous civil rights cities to ask President Obama to reverse his stance...
By Calvin Wolf | Yahoo! Contributor Network – Wed, May 23, 2012
According to The Daily Caller, the NAACP’s endorsement of same-sex marriage has been challenged by the Coalition of African American Pastors, led by William Owens. Owens...
By Glenn Burkins – May 23, 2012
A group calling itself the Coalition of African American Pastors (CAAP) has blasted the NAACP for recent statements supporting same-sex marriage.
The group, which claims to include “major leaders of the black church and civil rights leaders who marched with Martin Luther King Jr.,"...
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday, 24 May 2012
MIAMI (AP) — The NAACP passed a resolution Saturday endorsing same-sex marriage as a civil right and opposing any efforts “to codify discrimination or hatred into the law.”
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's board voted at a leadership retreat...
On Saturday at a board meeting in Miami, Florida the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the nation’s oldest African American civil rights group, voted to support a resolution endorsing same-sex marriage.
NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous said...