[DJ MacWoW]

The church cancelled when they found the deceased had a "husband". It's in the article. They didn't know until they read the obituary. The surviving spouse is usually acknowledged. Also in the article was the family had their own preacher doing the service. Most likely it would have been a "gay" funeral. The family left out some details, don't you think?

Atwood's current pastor agreed to preach the funeral, but they needed a large church, like New Hope, to accommodate hundreds of mourners from across the country. New Hope agreed and the service was scheduled for July 26.

[NetAddicted]

Why did they expect hundreds of mourners?
Since they chose the church (why choose an anti-homosexual church?), they should’ve accepted their turndown.