. >> reporter: derek mccoy an associate paster hit the main stage campaigning against the far as president of the maryland family alliance. i'd like to know what are your views on homosexuality. >> from a biblical stand point of which is the center point of what we feel from a clurky standpoint. of what we go by yes, it depicted as far as the lifestyle is depicted. i don't write the rules. i conform to it, it doesn't con form to me. >> the black community and church from instrumental in the black church movement. many ask how can you feel this way. it's hypocritical. for them to feel this way towards the minority group. >> is that really the objective. there's never been a time in my live that i woke up and said "i can't wait to by bigoted to another group of people", if you look from the christian point of view. it's the tenuate of the christian faith is what the scripture says. >> if you are a christian, and you want to go to heaven, you want to live a life that is god like, you are saying you need to change. >> yes, because we are supposed to change in the image of cyst. >> reporter: he

derek mccoy associate pastor in maryland, hit the main stage, campaigning against the law as the president of the maryland family alliance. >> today when we hear views like yours, many people are asking how can you feel this way? it feels bigoted or hypocritical or an entity that was part of the civil rights movement or this way toward a minority group? >> it's an objective. there has never been a time in my life that i stood up and said man i can't wait to be bigoted toward another people. >> another pastor, said that it was time to speak out against the church's bias. >> if we changed the narrative of where the people were, and gave them the opportunity to raise their voices and show the public a different picture of a black clergy leader who says i support equal rights for gays and lesbians. >> but lgbt says that the divide between churches is great. and for many, the price for speaking up is too steep. >> and you can catch them at the new time, 7 p.m. pacific. >>> it's a sequel 50 years in the making. the woman responsible for the classic novel, to kill a mocking bird s. ready to publi