on Christians in a few weeks ago I hosted a huge religious liberty rally in Iowa twenty five hundred people coming and

is a deep passion and you know today were pre taping at this rally here in Iowa that has thousands

to Iowa or rally religious liberty I I hope folks come out I don't hear it affecting a

Christian punish anyone a stance that they you know about a week and a half ago mark I hosted a rally for religious liberty dialogue

and historic Lutheran church for many years the old guard hosted weddings in their church a couple years ago two men came to them and

our religious liberty I've been blessed to have had the opportunity for many years to play a role helping defend our religious liberty before

toward gay or gay people so so you had been for a number of years hosting weddings in this historic church and

of people in support of religious liberty what this rally is doing is it's telling the stories of ordinary

well when it comes to religious liberty religious liberty has been a foundational passion of mine for

hosting a homosexual wedding ceremony in their church was contrary to their faith they couldn't do it they

have a choice and that it's been quite painful and as a result of that we're but businesses declined and you

is a deep passion look like well when it comes to religious liberty religious liberty has been a a

I definitely understand freedom in a different way have before it was just sort of a fear into another

when did you open it up to hosting blinks and two thousand and eight two thousand right we had beautiful wedding sit here for quite a few years and they're

host a wedding in that show religious liberty is under assault now all of us are aware couple

it's a great question it's an important question you know I mention a couple weeks ago I was down in McAllen and