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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

has anyone countersued the mayor as to why she is targeting christian churches and not mosques?

If the gay agenda is to rewrite or ban the Bible, they’re setting themselves up for a losing fight.


41 posted on 10/17/2014 12:48:40 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: Politicalkiddo

Islamophobic, xenophobic, eurocentric, phallocentric, heteronormative ...


42 posted on 10/17/2014 12:56:32 PM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: Olog-hai

Not the correct spelling of the Mayor’s name.

Asinine is the correct spelling. Some may even use double “s” and spell it ASSinine!


43 posted on 10/17/2014 1:00:44 PM PDT by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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To: Olog-hai

Tell the mayor to munch rug and choke on the hairball.


44 posted on 10/17/2014 1:04:07 PM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: GladesGuru
Could you just go “Full Spanish Inquisition” on them?

No one would expect it.

45 posted on 10/17/2014 1:04:12 PM PDT by FreedomOfExpression
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To: left that other site

There is no such things as “Freedom of Speech”.

With Hate Crimes and PC regulations, speech hasn’t been free for a long time.


46 posted on 10/17/2014 1:04:15 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: redgolum

I hear you, FRiend.

I have lost customers for saying the most innocuous things, but I haven’t yet been arrested for “hate speech”.

It could be just around the corner though.


47 posted on 10/17/2014 1:05:48 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Suck sand. She needs artificial ingredients to pound sand.


48 posted on 10/17/2014 1:23:08 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

I stand corrected.


49 posted on 10/17/2014 1:25:18 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens. KILL THE BILL!)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

T’is OK.

She’s Psalmaphobic .... Butt Feelaphililick.


50 posted on 10/17/2014 1:27:13 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

LOL!


51 posted on 10/17/2014 1:27:59 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens. KILL THE BILL!)
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To: Olog-hai

I just cannot remove the image of Nicholas’ action at the Council of Nicaea from my head...


52 posted on 10/17/2014 1:34:36 PM PDT by ReaganCowboy (History books are written by winners.)
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To: Olog-hai; a fool in paradise

did anyone really think they would give up?

Only “our side” gives up


53 posted on 10/17/2014 1:42:56 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Rumplemeyer

The left will rally around her, of course. Eventually the GOP will give up criticizing this.


54 posted on 10/17/2014 1:44:37 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: DeweyCA
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.

There is only one problem, we still have way too many Christians who vote for the dems. If we see a massive drop of Christians who support the dems, then maybe we see some change?

55 posted on 10/17/2014 2:12:45 PM PDT by eekitsagreek
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To: eekitsagreek

There are far too many people who believe government should be in the charity business. They also believe that supporting like minded politicians is virtuous and makes them charitable as well. They don’t buy the government theft argument because its all done for the right reason and they think that absolves them of any sin. Many of these people really think that makes them GOOD Christians when they are nothing of the sort.


56 posted on 10/17/2014 2:40:22 PM PDT by trubolotta
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To: left that other site

Pastor’s speeches are also covered by free exercise of religion. Any Christian’s speech about any aspect of anything that is relevant to their faith is covered by free exercise


57 posted on 10/17/2014 3:11:36 PM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: Kartographer
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Great quote ...

what's the movie ?


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58 posted on 10/17/2014 4:12:10 PM PDT by Patton@Bastogne
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To: AmusedBystander
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59 posted on 10/17/2014 4:17:30 PM PDT by Patton@Bastogne
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To: Kartographer
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"Well you may not know this, but there's things that gnaw at a man worse than dying."



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60 posted on 10/17/2014 4:25:34 PM PDT by Patton@Bastogne
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