and want to see it defined and upheld between one man and one woman >>> derek mccoy, associate pastorhope church hit the main stage campaigning against the law as the president of the maryland family alliance. >> i'd like to know what are your views on homosexuality. >> from a biblical stand point, a center point of what we feel like from a clergy standpoint - yes, it's depicted in that, as far as that lifestyle is depicted. i don't write the rules. i conform to it, it doesn't conform to me. >> the black community and church were instrumental on the civil rights movement. today, when we here views like yours many ask how can you feel this way, it feels bigoted or hypocritical for an entity that was a part of the civil rights movement to feel this way towards a minority group. >> is that really the objective? because i - there's never been a time in my life that i stood up. woke up in the morning and thought man, i can't wait to be bigoted towards a group of people. if you look at the christian perspective. it's the tenants of the faith is what the scriptures say. and if you are a chri