ATLANTA -- Politics and religion collided on the first Sunday since President Barack Obama said same-sex couples should be able to get married.
It's a controversial issues for churches, especially African-American churches.
At Victory for the World Church in Stone Mountain, Senior Pastor Dr. Kenneth L. Samuel first voiced his support for gay marriage years ago and lost members as a result.
During Sunday's sermon, he had strong words for other pastors who oppose it.
"You know, some of them got wives in front of them and boyfriends behind them," Dr. Samuel said. "And rather than tell the truth and set people free, they'd rather preach a lie."
A Pew Research Poll from April shows only 39 percent of black Americans favor gay marriage compared with 47 percent of white Americans.
In 2004, thousands marched in Atlanta to protest gay marriage.