Washington (CNN) – A group of conservative black pastors are responding to President Barack Obama’s support of same-sex “marriage” with what they say will be a national campaign aimed at rallying black Americans to rethink their overwhelming support of the president, though the group’s leader is offering few specifics about the effort.

Williams Owens, who is president and founder of the Coalition of African-Americans Pastors and the leader of the campaign, has highlighted opposition to same-sex marriage among African-Americans. He calls this campaign “an effort to save the family.”’

“The time has come for a broad-based assault against the powers that be that want to change our culture to one of men marrying men and women marrying women,” said Owens in an interview Tuesday after the launch event at the National Press Club. “I am ashamed that the first black president chose this road, a disgraceful road.”

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