City of Houston demands pastors turn over sermons [Dealing With Homosexuality]

Fox ^ | Published October 14, 2014 | By Todd Starnes

[GonzoII]

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.”

[HiTech RedNeck]

If it has believers, it’s real enough for this. Matters not what the sign outside the door says.

[deport]

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[GonzoII]

"Charlie Sheen said that ?"

I guess he had a conversion or something?? ;0)

[HiTech RedNeck]

That’s the devil. All roar, no bite.

[Puppage]

What about mosques?

Now, that's just plain racist/sarc

[KoRn]

Damn....

This crossing some lines that shouldn’t be crossed! I hope those churches and pastors erect a middle finger in her direction and NOT comply with any part of it.

Compliance with an order like this would set a SCARY precedent with far reaching consequences beyond just churches.

[Chickensoup]

and the people of Houston are not marching in the streets?

[Fred Hayek]

Methinks that was Fulton Sheen.

[HiTech RedNeck]

I’d hope anyone who tried a stunt like that would get the “OK you asked for it you got it, here’s evangelism in your face” response.

[Autonomous User]

Man she sure has her leather bulldyke thonge in a wad.

[Ditter]

I hope Anise Porker gets in so much trouble over this that she hides in a cave somewhere.

[massgopguy]

My sermons were on my hard drive....

[hondact200]

Mayor cannot do this. Pastors in Houston stand your ground. This female piece of garbage has to go. An abuse of power. Tough teety lady if you do not like people speaking out against homosexuality tough.

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[HiTech RedNeck]

What a witnessing opportunity to a hard case, and everyone is acting like eternity just caved in. Piteous.

[GonzoII]

LOL.

[KoRn]

lol!!

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

It really is. :(

[GonzoII]

"Methinks that was Fulton Sheen."

Youthinks right.

[BykrBayb]

They should make all their sermons available on their website, to church members. Join the church, on the same terms as anyone else, and you can view the archives, like all the other members.