By Morgan Lee , Christian Post Reporter – July 1, 2014|

FCBC Senior Pastor Lawrence Khong called upon those in attendance to “preserve purity in the home,” and said that while he had relationships with members of the LGBT community, he believed that the church could not bend on its definition of marriage as between a man and a woman.

“We are not pushing a religious issue on our nation; we are standing here on a social and moral issue,” he said. “Today, we wear white not because we want to preach to people, but [because] we want to share with them that we stand on the same moral ground that is healthy for our nation.”

Khong insisted that his values were in line with those of the government’s and stated that he was “confounded” by some who criticized FCBC as “confrontational,” when Pink Dot was “a value generally not acceptable in our land.”

“We, as Singaporeans, have the right to decide what kind of Singapore we want it to be,” he said.

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