TAMPA, Fla. – The night before his husband's funeral, Kendall Capers was told the service was cancelled.
The pastor of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Tampa learned the pair was gay and the congregation was livid.
New Hope immediately said yes, but the invitation was abruptly revoked during the wake after the newspaper obituary named Capers as the surviving "husband."
Julion's mother was too upset to talk on camera, but said she was standing at her son's casket when the phone rang. The message?
It would be blasphemous for her son's funeral to be held here at the church.
New Hope's Pastor T.W. Jenkins said that his church doesn't support gay marriage.
"I try not to condemn anyone's lifestyle, but at the same time, I am a man of God and have to stand upon my principles."
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