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Jax pastor R.L. Gundy on HRO switch: “we cannot discriminate”

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Back in 2012, he was one of a chorus of evangelical pastors in North Florida speaking out against updating Jacksonville’s human rights ordinance to cover LGBT citizens from discrimination in jobs, housing and public accommodations.

But now, the Reverend R.L. Gundy has changed his mind.

“There’s no conflict between your Biblical stance and the issue. Which is, we cannot discriminate against people,” Gundy says.

The pastor at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church is a well-known faith leader in the city’s influential African-American religious community. Urban legend persists that this group had prevailed upon former mayor Alvin Brown to kill the HRO…

Read the full story at Florida Politics.


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