Religious group says gay marriage threatens rights
By Brandie M. Jefferson, Associated Press Writer
October 15, 2006

BOSTON --Conservative religious and political leaders rallied Sunday in opposition of gay marriage, arguing that their rights to religious expression are being threatened.

The event, being broadcast to churches nationally, is part of a larger effort to energize conservative voters before the Congressional elections in three weeks.

Gov. Mitt Romney, a likely Republican candidate for president in 2008, was scheduled to join several members of the Massachusetts clergy and an estimated 1,000 supporters at the Tremont Temple Baptist Church.

The Washington-based Family Research Council chose Boston for the site of its annual "Liberty Sunday" because Massachusetts is the only state that has legalized gay marriage. the rest