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City to drop pastor subpoenas
Chron.com ^ | October 29, 2014 | Katherine Driessen

Posted on 10/29/2014 10:05:10 AM PDT by Gamecock

The City of Houston will withdraw its controversial subpoenas of five pastors tied to a lawsuit over the city's equal rights ordinance, Mayor Annise Parker announced at a news conference Wednesday.

The announcement came amid a national firestorm about the subpoenas, which have prompted outrage among Christian conservatives. Parker said two meetings yesterday, one with local pastors and another with national clergy, persuaded her to pull the subpoenas altogether.

The subpoenas are part of a discovery phase in a suit filed by equal rights opponents, who largely take issue with the rights the law extends to gay and transgender residents.

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KEYWORDS: houstonpastors; sermons; sermonssubpoenas; subpoenas
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To: Gamecock

...at least until AFTER November 4...


21 posted on 10/29/2014 10:45:56 AM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: lee martell

She’ll be out of office come Jan. 2016. She is term limited.


22 posted on 10/29/2014 10:47:52 AM PDT by deport
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To: GeronL
Well, then, Osteen has a raging case of Cranio-Rectal Insertion Syndrome.
23 posted on 10/29/2014 10:48:21 AM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: grumpygresh

Joel Osteen the rockstar evangelist sat this one out?

Pray tell us more.......


24 posted on 10/29/2014 10:48:38 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("I am a radicalized infidel.")
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To: elcid1970

Osteen is a salesman, nothing more, nothing less.


25 posted on 10/29/2014 10:49:39 AM PDT by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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To: elcid1970

Osteen and the mayor are tight.

Besides, he isn’t called to preach on homosexuality. Said so himself.


26 posted on 10/29/2014 10:59:38 AM PDT by Gamecock (USA, Ret.)
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To: Gamecock

City should drop mayor.


27 posted on 10/29/2014 11:15:13 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: lightman; xzins; wagglebee

Ping


28 posted on 10/29/2014 11:19:23 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (It is better to offend a human being than to offend God.)
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To: knarf

There was some guy that even invoked his Roman citizenship at one point.... :)


29 posted on 10/29/2014 11:21:01 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Albion Wilde; Gamecock

Because she didn’t want to bring about a national discussion on religious expression, she says, not because of any doubt about the merits of her case.

I think it means she thinks she can win but she doesn’t want everyone discussing religious freedom.

Is that a weird thing to say or what?


30 posted on 10/29/2014 11:46:43 AM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: GeronL

That is why I call him Joel Obama now.


31 posted on 10/29/2014 2:42:21 PM PDT by do the dhue (WARNING: this site is not liable for the things I say)
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