...Nothing says they were not informed in advance of the required standards......
"A week before her funeral services were held, her family had given the pastor of the New Hope Ministries a memorial video. However, t
he family did not receive any word that they would be turned away until 15 minutes after the memorial service was already scheduled to begin. During the funeral service, Pastor Ray Chavez told the family that they would have to edit out the images, including one of Collier proposing to her wife, in order to continue."
Lakewood Church Refuses to Host Lesbian Funeral - World Religion News
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....Relatives of a Colorado woman say they were forced to move her funeral – 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the service – over objections to a video showing highlights from the openly lesbian woman’s life....Maestas, who helped Collier’s mother arrange the funeral, told ABC News that New Hope Ministries was aware that Collier was a lesbian.
They told the church about her sexual orientation while they were making arrangements for her funeral. Maestas also told the church that they would be playing a video at the service. “The only other thing they asked me was to have these videos ready two days prior so they could review them,” Maestas said. “I provided the video, and got the okay from the funeral home that we would be able to show it....” "
Relatives Livid After Colorado Church Objects to Lesbian's Funeral - ABC News
"...However,
the family did not receive any word that they would be turned away until 15 minutes after the memorial service was already scheduled to begin. During the funeral service, Pastor Ray Chavez told the family that they would have to edit out the images, including one of Collier proposing to her wife, in order to continue...."
Lakewood Church Refuses to Host Lesbian Funeral - World Religion News
"....An hour-long viewing of Collier's body had just finished and the memorial service was 15 minutes underway when Chavez stopped it, those in attendance said.
Friends say they gave the church a remembrance video of Collier a week before that contained images of her kissing and embracing her wife. The pastor had every chance to stop the funeral long before it began, they said...."
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About fifteen minutes after the funeral was scheduled to begin — with the open casket and flowers already in place, and with about 170 people in the pews — New Hope’s pastor objected to some content in a video of the woman’s life."
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http://www.inquisitr.com/1752856/la...uneral-for-lesbian-woman/#T1mksHegR4vH6ysy.99
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They claim Pastor Chavez's demand came on the day of the funeral, instead of days prior when the tape was delivered to church officials.....But the grieving kin of 33-year-old Vanessa Nicole Collier claim their hopes were dashed and that they found little mercy when, allegedly just 15 minutes into (or before, according to a local source) the funeral service and after an hour-long viewing had already taken place, Chavez delivered the devastating news...."
http://www.christianpost.com/news/c...t-the-last-minute-because-she-was-gay-132526/
"...An hour-long viewing of Collier's body had just finished and the memorial service was 15 minutes underway when Chavez stopped it, those in attendance said."
Friends say they gave the church a remembrance video of Collier a week before that contained images of her kissing and embracing her wife. The pastor had every chance to stop the funeral long before it began, they said..."
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_27...-because-woman
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he pastor who called off the funeral defended his actions to KCNC, saying he hadn't been aware of the video until right before the service, and that he gave the family the chance to edit it."
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