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City Ordinance: Austin Churches Must Hire Homosexual, Transexual Pastors
christianaction.org ^ | October 24, 2018 | Martin Fisher

Posted on 11/27/2018 3:11:14 PM PST by lowbridge

After Houston rejected similar measures three years ago, churches in Austin may be forced to hire homosexual and transgender pastors and ministers due to a city ordinance.

Ground zero in the turmoil because of non-discrimination reforms that fail to protect religious and moral objections to sinful lifestyles has shifted to Austin.

The city’s leaders passed an employment discrimination ordinance much like 2015’s “HERO” measure in Houston, prohibiting decisions against hiring based on sexual orientation and gender identity in addition to other reasons.

The ordinance provides no limit to enforcement against churches that decide against hiring of homosexuals and transsexuals on moral and religious grounds.

Not even pastoral and other leadership positions at churches are excluded from possible city oversight and regulatory management in the capital of Texas.

Dozens of Texas churches that are members of the U.S. Pastor Council (USPC) are represented by a federal lawsuit filed earlier this month, following the Houston pattern of possibly a long battle in the courts.

“Every church in Austin that refuses to hire practicing homosexuals as clergy or church employees is violating city law and subject to civil penalties and liability,” the filing, U.S. Pastor Council v. Austin, reads.

“The City of Austin’s failure to exempt church hiring decisions . . . violates the U.S. Constitution, the Texas Constitution and the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act.”

(Excerpt) Read more at christianaction.org ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: austin; homosexualagenda; texas
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To: lowbridge

Irrelevant ... there are no “Christian” churches in this Texas’ Progressive sh!thole .


121 posted on 11/27/2018 5:56:20 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
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To: Klemper

Before you can change your gender you must first change into a frog or a worm. That’s about as scientific as it gets.


122 posted on 11/27/2018 6:34:59 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

that would be my position as a church - either you’re singling out Christians, or your ordinance has to apply to all religions, from buddists to jewish to pagans to mohammadeens.


123 posted on 11/27/2018 7:09:06 PM PST by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: AnalogReigns

For that matter, why should any employer be forced to hire anyone they don’t want to hire? Anti-discrimination laws destroyed freedom of association and gave government tremendous power over our lives and took away our freedom. Only government must be non-discriminatory. Everybody else should be free to hire, do business with (or not), rent to, sell to, etc. on any basis he or she chooses.


124 posted on 11/27/2018 8:10:54 PM PST by Pining_4_TX ("Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods." ~ H.L. Mencken)
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To: SaveFerris
First off Austin, the true "Church" is the body of Christ. It isn't contained in a building.

Try as you might with this ordinance, you will never prevail against the church.

And a FYI for those that are pushing this assault, the scriptures are clear that those that continually rebel, celebrate sin and reject Christ and His commands will not inherit the Kingdom of God. (1 Corinthians 6:9-10).

It's all right there in writing for anyone to see. The Lord left you with more than enough evidence to know what you are forcing is an offense.

125 posted on 11/27/2018 8:32:36 PM PST by 444Flyer (John 3 Revelation 20 Joshua 24:15 Time's short.)
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To: lowbridge

Hello........., Supreme Court?????? First Amendment under attack!

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;...”

free exercise thereof, FREE, not prohibiting you from practising your core religious beliefs.

No puny city ordinance can take away your first amendment rights.


126 posted on 11/27/2018 8:42:44 PM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: RegulatorCountry

“Incorporation” says you’re full of it.


127 posted on 11/27/2018 9:09:44 PM PST by MortMan (Satan was merely the FIRST politician who pretended to speak for God.)
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To: Gay State Conservative
no way the Federal Courts will tolerate this.Well,at least SCOTUS won’t.

Really? Truth be told, there seems to be a few LGBT folks on that court. (not that there is anything wrong with that)

128 posted on 11/27/2018 9:15:20 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: Pining_4_TX

I suspect the time is long past for “citizen nullification” on discrimination. Associate with whoever you want, for whatever reasons you want....just don’t tell people you don’t want to associate with why..... It’s none of their business—nor the business of the government—anyway.


129 posted on 11/27/2018 9:38:19 PM PST by AnalogReigns (Real life is ANALOG...)
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To: Salvavida

It is for me.


130 posted on 11/27/2018 10:17:42 PM PST by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: Maudeen

The fence sitters are not Bible believing.


131 posted on 11/27/2018 10:23:24 PM PST by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: lowbridge

Won’t survive legal challenge... left wingers are just flat out evil people.


132 posted on 11/27/2018 10:27:16 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: YogicCowboy

Good point . . . .but they think they are.


133 posted on 11/27/2018 10:32:04 PM PST by Maudeen (http://ThereIsHopeinJesus.com/)
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To: lowbridge

What happens if the first known gay pastor decides he
wants to place a Nativity display at city hall?


134 posted on 11/27/2018 10:41:02 PM PST by Sivad (Demo M/O = infiltrate, overtake, politicize, weaponize)
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To: vette6387

Gotta love it, vettester!
Wasn’t it good old Rick Perry who got all them
“Caliwhackers” to move their a$$es to Texas? Is that
not working out, or what? If enough move out
of here maybe we can get our state back some day.


135 posted on 11/27/2018 10:58:48 PM PST by Sivad (Demo M/O = infiltrate, overtake, politicize, weaponize)
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To: MortMan

Oh, isn’t that the same Incorporation Doctrine that has been used for the past 60 years to remove religion from public schools and the public square? Are you certain you understand what you’re saying, here?


136 posted on 11/28/2018 1:46:40 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: lowbridge
I don't doubt that this is the Austin leftist government's ultimate goal, but in all fairness I'll say that the absence of exemption language doesn't necessarily open the door to the government's right to impose its will upon churches and Christian groups. In a sane, rational society exemptions shouldn't even be necessary; the Constitution, common sense and a priori assumptions of absolute property rights would overrule all without any chance that the perverts would prevail.

I've never been a fan of exemption clauses anyway. They imply that but for the presence of the exemption clause, churches and religious groups would be fair game. That is a very tenuous, defensive position to find ourselves.

137 posted on 11/28/2018 6:29:53 AM PST by fwdude (Forget the Catechism, the RCC's real doctrine is what they allow with impunity.)
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To: RegulatorCountry

I know quite well what I speak of. The new rules in Austin are a clear and egregious breach of the free exercise and free association parts of the first amendment. These aspects and the restrictions have been affirmed numerous times at every court level, and have further been affirmed against the wishes of states and cities.

The root of the issue with non-establishment is not the incorporation doctrine, but rather the “wall of separation” misinterpretation that has become the driving force behind the misapplication.

Finally, the incorporation doctrine, if it and the fedguv behind it were limited to their enumerated powers as they were supposed to be, would be a fine application of federalism. But, fedguv has become the be-all and end-all, with rules for anything and everything. So, the states and their sub-units are limited in what they can do with respect to not running afoul of the myriad laws unconstitutionally established outside the enumerated powers of fedguv.


138 posted on 11/28/2018 8:57:42 AM PST by MortMan (Satan was merely the FIRST politician who pretended to speak for God.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

I’ll have to check out Caetano v Massachusetts


139 posted on 11/28/2018 9:57:53 AM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: sport

“I would close down first.”

And fulfill the left’s endgame?


140 posted on 11/28/2018 10:14:22 AM PST by Rebelbase
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