Thousands of NY Christians Protest Gay Marriage
- Jennifer Riley - Christian Post Reporter
- May 19, 2009
The mostly Latino crowd, which included Democratic State Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr. of the Bronx, who is an evangelical minister, stretched from 35th to 40th Street on 3rd Avenue in New York City.
Protesters rallied outside the NYC office of Gov. David A. Paterson, who has been pushing passage of the Marriage Equality Act. As they sang and waved Bibles in the air, demonstrators spoke about the need to retain the traditional definition of marriage, according to WNYC New York Public Radio.
“God instituted marriage between man and woman to the fabric of our society,” said the Rev. Daniel Delgado of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, according to Christian Broadcasting Network News.
Organizers say hundreds of churches from Maine to New Jersey from various denominations participated in the event.
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