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Houston to pastors: Forget your sermons, now we want your speeches
Fox News ^ | October 17, 2014 | Todd Starnes

Posted on 10/17/2014 11:33:52 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Five Christian pastors will no longer have to turn their sermons over to attorneys for the city of Houston. Instead, they will be forced to turn over their speeches related to the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO).

I don’t mean to point out the obvious here—but what do those attorneys think a sermon is? It’s a speech.

According to an amended motion filed Friday in Harris County, Texas court, the city’s attorneys will no longer demand sermons related to homosexuals, gender identity, or Mayor Annise Parker—Houston’s first openly lesbian mayor.

The amended subpoenas do require the pastors to turn over “all speeches or presentations related to HERO”—along with 17 different categories of information. …

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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 1stamendment; anniseparker; antichristian; equalrightsordinance; firstamendment; freedomofspeech; freeexerciseclause; gaystapo; hero; homosexualagenda; houston; irs501c3; texas
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To: Olog-hai
File for an injunction at the nearest federal court, then sue.

This is the hill we die on, if need be.

21 posted on 10/17/2014 11:59:27 AM PDT by Salvavida (The restoration of the U.S.A. starts with filling the pews at every Bible-believing church.)
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To: Olog-hai

can I be blunt?

women are already shy at using rest rooms because they hate using dirty toilets and sitting on seats that might not be clean. Many women’s bathrooms even have disposable paper seat liners for this reason, meaning only your hand not your tush gets dirty.

Now they have to face wet seats from transgenders having bad aim?
and a bonus worry:
this is an ebola risk.

Male restrooms have a urinal for a reason...


22 posted on 10/17/2014 12:00:50 PM PDT by LadyDoc (liberals only love politically correct poor people)
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To: Olog-hai
the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO)

"HERO", eh?

Hmm. I guess they figured that sounded better than "Free Access Guarantee" law, or "Polluting Even Restrooms w/ Vileness" law.
23 posted on 10/17/2014 12:02:57 PM PDT by LearsFool ("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
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To: left that other site

“Sermons” are covered by “Freedom of Region”.

“Speeches” are covered by “Freedom of SPEECH”.

Both covered under the same Amendment in the Bill of Rights.

These Leftists just don’t get it.


24 posted on 10/17/2014 12:09:29 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Olog-hai

This fascist bit(h and her brownshirts would have to send the sheriff and arrest me at gunpoint before I would give her anything.

Any sign of weakness or willingness to compromise with this tin horn city dictator will only encourage more of this, and of a more severe nature.

Line in the sand time. Do these clergymen have the faith and strength to fight this to the bitter end?

Some here will disagree with me, but I think that this action by the mayor and her henchmen is close to that point where more than peaceful resistance is justified.


25 posted on 10/17/2014 12:11:23 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Indeed.


26 posted on 10/17/2014 12:12:16 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: Olog-hai

Houston Gaystappo


27 posted on 10/17/2014 12:13:42 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: Olog-hai

Hey carpet muncher! subpoena this!


28 posted on 10/17/2014 12:14:30 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: Olog-hai
COWBOY UP! Houston Christians! Surround your church, surround you pastor's home and dare anyone to cross to deliver such a warrant! They are coming for your Pastor they will be coming for you next!!

"Well you may not know this, but there's things that gnaw at a man worse than dying."
29 posted on 10/17/2014 12:15:08 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Olog-hai

This serves as a good illustration of Libs’ attitude toward Christianity. Libs believe that their sexual liberty to practice sodomy takes precedence over the First amendment rights of Christians to freely practice their religion. Chai Feldblum, a lesbian Georgetown law prof, whom Obama appointed to the EEOC, said that when religious rights conflict with gay rights, that gay rights should ALWAYS win. That is the attitude of Libs toward Christianity. More Christians better become aware of that.


30 posted on 10/17/2014 12:17:11 PM PDT by DeweyCA
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To: Olog-hai
Houston, we have a problem.

Millions of Christians might just quit turning the other cheek.

31 posted on 10/17/2014 12:22:49 PM PDT by AmusedBystander (The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next)
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To: Olog-hai

I’m hoping the AG will again step in and begin to really cause a problem for this Mayor. She has no authority to demand copies of “speeches”. She thinks that just because she’s a minority, she has the right to harass and condemn Christians.

I’m sick of this CRAP.


32 posted on 10/17/2014 12:28:28 PM PDT by CyberAnt (True the Vote: " MY AMERICA, ... I'm terrified it's slipping away.")
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To: NorthMountain

You homophobe. /s


33 posted on 10/17/2014 12:29:53 PM PDT by Politicalkiddo (Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.- John Adams)
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To: LadyDoc

“Male restrooms have a urinal for a reason...”

And as the owner of an commercial office building I can tell you that if there is a nuclear attack, the men can gather under the urinals because they haven’t been “hit” yet.


34 posted on 10/17/2014 12:30:28 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: AmusedBystander

If we were as violent as Muslims, no one would say us nay. Then again, we wouldn’t be Christians if we were as violent as Muslims.


35 posted on 10/17/2014 12:31:09 PM PDT by Politicalkiddo (Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.- John Adams)
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To: Olog-hai

The Houston Hag will impoverish Houston via lawsuits/judgments.


36 posted on 10/17/2014 12:36:46 PM PDT by GladesGuru (Islam Delenda Est. Because of what Islam is - and because of what Muslims do.)
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To: Politicalkiddo

Racist and sexist, too!


37 posted on 10/17/2014 12:42:13 PM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: Politicalkiddo

“If we were as violent as Muslims, no one would say us nay. Then again, we wouldn’t be Christians if we were as violent as Muslims.”

True.

Could you just go “Full Spanish Inquisition” on them?


38 posted on 10/17/2014 12:42:57 PM PDT by GladesGuru (Islam Delenda Est. Because of what Islam is - and because of what Muslims do.)
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To: NorthMountain

Probably Isalmophobic, too.


39 posted on 10/17/2014 12:43:27 PM PDT by Politicalkiddo (Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.- John Adams)
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To: Olog-hai

These wonderful and trusting people, voted in a Lesbian Mayor and guess what . The mayor is a lot less tolerant than the people who put her in Office..Isn’t that a Surprise!!!!!


40 posted on 10/17/2014 12:44:25 PM PDT by chatham
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