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Houston Demands Pastors Turn Over Sermons
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Originally posted by Sparko View Post---
The city of Houston has issued subpoenas demanding a group of pastors turn over any sermons dealing with homosexuality, gender identity or Annise Parker, the city’s first openly lesbian mayor. And those ministers who fail to comply could be held in contempt of court.
“The city’s subpoena of sermons and other pastoral communications is both needless and unprecedented,” Alliance Defending Freedom attorney Christina Holcomb said in a statement. “The city council and its attorneys are engaging in an inquisition designed to stifle any critique of its actions.”
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ADF attorney Stanley suspects the mayor wants to publicly shame the ministers. He said he anticipates they will hold up their sermons for public scrutiny. In other words – the city is rummaging for evidence to “out” the pastors as anti-gay bigots.
Among those slapped with a subpoena is Steve Riggle, the senior pastor of Grace Community Church. He was ordered to produce all speeches and sermons related to Mayor Annise Parker, homosexuality and gender identity.
The mega-church pastor was also ordered to hand over “all communications with members of your congregation” regarding the non-discrimination law.
“This is an attempt to chill pastors from speaking to the cultural issues of the day,” Riggle told me. “The mayor would like to silence our voice. She’s a bully.”
http://www.tpnn.com/2014/10/14/city-...-over-sermons/
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How dare those bigoted Christians bring their religious views into the public square !!!!
Uh... wait.... they're preaching in their churches, and teaching their congregations in their own buildings...? So...it's not in public....?...>>> Witty remark or snarky quote of another poster goes here <<<...
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I'd claim that my hard drive died, and that the sermons and communications were lost.That's what
- She
Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
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I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
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Originally posted by Bill the Cat View PostI'd claim that my hard drive died, and that the sermons and communications were lost.
The mayor can't win this one, it goes directly against the first amendment.
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She just won the city a multimillion dollar lawsuit that they will lose massively."He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostWhy lie about it?That's what
- She
Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
- Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)
I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
- Stephen R. Donaldson
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostCP is near there. We might need to go post his bail.
10121795.gifThat's what
- She
Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
- Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)
I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
- Stephen R. Donaldson
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Originally posted by seer View PostAnd so it starts - who didn't see this coming! Fascist...The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostThis is the kind of crap that idiots like JimL are too stupid to realize is the REAL agenda of the morons he supports. And there's a lot more to this than is in the press.Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostThis is the kind of crap that idiots like JimL are too stupid to realize is the REAL agenda of the morons he supports. And there's a lot more to this than is in the press.
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From the Houston Chronicle...
I am a charter member of the Alliance Defending Freedom, so I've been getting their alerts on this. This is absolutely astounding. The homosexual community doesn't want equality -- they want CONTROL.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by seer View PostWhat more do you know? I sent my pastor a link, I would like to find out as much as I can.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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