NY HISPANIC CLERGY DENOUNCE RULING ON GAY MARRIAGE: From the NY Sun

A state senator, Ruben Diaz, and several Hispanic clergymen met yesterday to denounce last Friday's Manhattan Supreme Court ruling and the unanimous support for same-sex nuptials from the leading mayoral candidates.

Mr. Diaz, a Democrat from the Bronx who is president of the New York Hispanic Clergy Organization, spoke in Spanish to members of the group at the Christian Community Benevolent Association's building at East 172nd Street. Mr. Diaz is an ordained minister of the Church of God, a pastor at the Christian Community Neighborhood Church, and the founder of the benevolent association, a nonprofit group that provides assistance to the elderly. ...

In the meantime, Mr. Diaz said, Hispanic clergy are mobilizing their communities to protest the decision and any further attempts to make same-sex marriage legal.

A demonstration in March 2004, Mr. Diaz said, drew 30,000 Hispanic evangelical Christians to the steps of the Bronx Supreme Court to denounce same-sex marriage and support the federal marriage amendment. Another protest this year--which, by a show of hands, all the clergy gathered enthusiastically supported--would attract more than 30,000, Mr. Diaz said.

That community response, and comments from Mr. Diaz, suggested religious Hispanics could cause political difficulty for Fernando Ferrer in his quest to reach City Hall.

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