A group of black pastors is seeking the
impeachment of Attorney General Eric Holder over his calling for state attorneys general to ignore state laws that ban same-sex marriage.
"America is not where we have a king that gives orders from on high. But they use the influence of their office to change America," the Rev. William Owens, president of the Coalition of African American Pastors, said of Holder and President Barack Obama in an appearance Wednesday on Fox News Channel's
"Hannity."
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Owens referred to the president and attorney general as "King Obama and King Holder," saying they have gone against the will of the people who have voted to ban same-sex marriage in their states.
Obama, he said, was deceptive when he said in his first run for president in 2008 that he believed marriage was between a man and woman. He later said his thinking had "evolved" on the issue.
"He did that to get elected first, and the deal he made with the gay community was, when I get elected on my second go-round I will fight for it. But he did not evolve. He was already there," Owens said.
Owens accused Obama of purposely lying.
"He said if you want you can keep your doctor. It's a pattern for them to get what they want over the will of the people," he said.
Holder has said the administration's efforts on gay rights are building on the civil rights movement, but Owens said his group parts ways with the White House on that issue.
"I was in the civil rights movement. We didn't fight for anything like this," he said. "In fact, they don't want equal rights, they want superior rights. They want special rights. They have always had the right to do what they want to do."
Owens said gay rights are being used to trample on religious rights, pointing to pressure put on Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer to veto a bill granting religious exemptions to businesses such as wedding photographers who have moral objections to gay marriage. Brewer vetoed the bill Wednesday.
"What about what we believe?" Owens asked.
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