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Posted on 10/16/2014 4:11:04 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
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.”
ADF, a nationally-known law firm specializing in religious liberty cases, is representing five Houston pastors. They filed a motion in Harris County court to stop the subpoenas arguing they are “overbroad, unduly burdensome, harassing, and vexatious...”
Olsteen! He pays taxes and prob voted for her.
At least this isn’t a political witch-hunt...
He gets more than his share of persecution by the modern-day Pharisees.
I do not see how this can possibly be legal.
In fact, the very nature of this subpena should be grounds for impeachment of the mayor and the judge
Who?
Don't distract attention from Parker for her actions by bringing up Joel Osteen!
These were ministers opposing the gay’s are more equal than others law - J.O. would not wade into those waters.
How many citizens would it take to lock the mayor in jail?
sorry. hard drive crash... now go screw yourself!!!
I’m missing something. How can the mayor’s attorneys, or anyone else, issue subpoenas outside of a legal process, such as an investigation or a trial on specified charges?
No...he is a homosexual supporting false teacher. The Pharisees were political and would have no problem with Joel Osteen. Jesus would have driven him out!
The Church of Your Best Purpose Driven Self-Esteem probably never touches anything slightly controversial.
I seriously doubt that .. and you shouldn’t be spreading rumors before you know any of the facts.
I was going to guess they didn’t ask a single black church!
It is a civil case, five pastors are suing the mayor and her administration over the executive order to allow trannies to use whatever public restroom they like. They gathered signature to petition for the order to be overturned and the mayor’s people discredited thousands of signatures as not valid for all sorts of bogus reasons and so the ministers sued. I don’t know the details of the case but the mayor turned vindictive and is going after the ministers for using their churches for political purposes. ...or something like that. If she finds anything that she can label hate speech, she will use that as well. It is a fishing expedition.
I don’t get it. So what if Osteen’s not included in the Parker leftist persecution and witchhunt? What point are you trying to make here?
Thanks for the info.
——I’m missing something. How can the mayor’s attorneys, or anyone else, issue subpoenas outside of a legal process, such as an investigation or a trial on specified charges?-——
My word....they are democrats....the legal process don’t apply the them...
So you were missing nothing....
Honestly, I get this vibe that Osteen is one of those snake oil salesman types and I have a hard time taking him seriously. It’s one of those nebulous things that I can’t say what it is specifically about him, that rubs me the wrong way, but something does.
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