Houston pastors pledge to defy SCOTUS in likely gay marriage ruling

From Dylan Baddour, Houston Chronicle | June 18, 2015

Some prominent Houston church leaders put their names on a full-page open letter to the U.S. Supreme Court in major U.S. newspapers, promising to defy the court should it decide same-sex marriage is a civil right.

Pastor Gregg Matte of Houston’s First Baptist Church, Pastor Dave Welch of the U.S. Pastor Council and Pastor Steve Riggle of Grace Church were among more than 80 signatories on the letter orchestrated by former Pearland pastor Rick Scarborough. The letter was publishedlast week in the New York Times, the Washington Post and USA Today.