Posted on 10/31/2014 8:56:02 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The mayor's office of the city of Houston in Texas confirmed Thursday that conservatives sent in more than 1,000 Bibles to the city's first openly gay mayor, Annise Parker, in protest after the sermons of five local pastors were subpoenaed in a legal dispute over a controversial ordinance some say will allow men to use women's restrooms in the city.
Earlier reports noted that city officials in Houston were upset over a voter lawsuit filed after the Houston City Council rejected valid petitions to repeal the city's controversial Equal Rights Ordinance, which allows men who identify as female to use women's restrooms, and women who identify as male to use men's restrooms.
When Parker announced Wednesday that she has asked her legal department to withdraw the subpoenas, hundreds of Bibles had already been sent to her office.
Conservatives and pastors were encouraged by former GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee to send her Bibles and copies of their sermons in protest of what the city's lawyers did to the pastors who are not party to the voter lawsuit.
"We have about 1,000 (Bibles) maybe a little more than 1,000," explained Darian Ward, press secretary for the mayor's office, told The Christian Post Thursday. She said she was not sure how many, if any, were sent in on Thursday or the day before, but explained that they plan on donating the Bibles to people who need them.
When asked how the mayor's office felt about the Bibles, she said: "Well, it's a good thing because we have them to donate to organizations that need them."
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Can the people of Houston recall this mayor?
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I don’t know if Houston has a recall provision but her position has a term-limit, and this is her last term.
Oh my, WHAT do you think they’ll do with ALL those Bibles???
Distribute them? Probably not - after all, separation of church and state, you know...
Store them? Nahhh, it’ll cost taxpayers too much money to do that...
Burn them??? Hmmm.....
Oops, I posted prematurely..
Gee, HOW can a GOVERNOR make the police DISTRIBUTE Bibles???
What happened to their Separation of Church and State???
Oh, the humanity! What a travesty!! I call for impeachment!!!
-said no lib-tard, ever...
Houston - BEGIN THE RECALL OF MAYOR PARKER !!!
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When does it end?
Aparently they do:
"After the press conference, Andy Taylor, a lawyer representing opponents of HERO in the lawsuit, said voters should ultimately decide on whether or to pass the ordinance. He also said the public could look at throwing Parker out of office with a recall election, if the mayor does not allow voters to decide."
http://www.click2houston.com/news/mayor-parker-withdraws-subpoenas-issued-to-houston-pastors-in-hero-lawsuit/29404322
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Why should other 501c(3) be exempt - like Planned Parenthood - if churches are not exempt from political speech?
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