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Pastors to mayor: Don’t mess with Texas pulpits
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| 10/14/14
| Todd Starnes
Posted on 10/15/2014 3:34:09 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Christians across the nation are mobilizing to defend a group of Houston pastors who were ordered by the city to turn over any sermons dealing with homosexuality, gender identity issues or Houston mayor. Their message is simple Dont Mess with Texas Preachers.
Dave Welch, the executive director of the Texas Pastor Council, is one of the five ministers who received a subpoena. He said he will not be intimidated by Annise Parker, who is the city's first openly lesbian mayor, nor will he comply with the citys demands.
My answer to that is bring it on, he said.
Houstons city attorney issued the subpoenas in a response to a lawsuit filed related to the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (H.E.R.O.), the city's new non-discrimination ordinance, also known as the Bathroom Bill.
The new law, which has yet to take effect, would (among other things) allow men who identify as women to use the restrooms of their choice and vice versa. Opponents launched a petition drive to put the issue on the ballot.
However, the city threw out the petitions claiming there were not enough legitimate signatures. Opponents then filed a lawsuit which led the city to issue the subpoenas.
Ironically, none of the five subpoenaed pastors are plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: anniseparker; homoagenda; homosexualagenda; houston; huston; irs501c3; texas; toddstarnes
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So much for separation of Church and state. I remember about 20 yrs ago, Calypso Louie Farraklan, head of the Nation of Islam, spoke at the Chicago civic ctr and had 20k+ people on their feet cheering wildly, including Jackson, Sharpton, Coretta Scott King, Hosea Williams and everyone who was someone in the civil rights movement when he called homosexuality a bigger threat to the sanctity of the Black family than drugs or racism. Also, his 2nd-in-command at the time, Khaleed Mohammed while speaking in front of about 5000 at Queens College, brought the house down when he proclaimed that any Black man who wears a dress does not deserve to exist on the face of the earth. And not one peep from GLAAD, Queer Nation, the Llambda Society, SPLC, etc. Sure this was a long long time ago but have things really changed within the NOI? Nahh, no double standards here, that's just a PIGMENT of our imaginations.
To: Impala64ssa
can you imagine a city doing this to a bunch of local imams?
yeah, me neither.
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posted on
10/15/2014 3:35:40 PM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
To: Impala64ssa
The mayor is a lesbian and is using every dirty, unlawful trick in the book to go after her enemies. She has no shame, leftists never do.
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posted on
10/15/2014 3:41:06 PM PDT
by
Fungi
(The bigger the government, the smaller the individual.)
To: Impala64ssa
How in the H3LL did they elect a lesbo Mayor? Seriously this is TEXAS we are talking about not Minnesota or Californication.
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posted on
10/15/2014 3:42:18 PM PDT
by
verga
(You anger Catholics by telling them a lie, you anger protestants by telling them the truth.)
To: Impala64ssa
My response as a Pastor would be much more targeted sermons against the Abomination that is homosexuality/Sodomy in general with a strong and repeated condemnation against the new immoral ordinance enacted by the city of Houston.
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posted on
10/15/2014 3:42:20 PM PDT
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: Impala64ssa
The mayor needs to be removed and sued-violation of civil rights. Churches and parishioners should notice have had to pay onevthin dimensions to lawyers who are required to respond to this clear, unconstitutional abuse of authority. We need to go on the offensive.
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posted on
10/15/2014 3:44:48 PM PDT
by
LALALAW
(one of the asses who's sick of our "ruling" classes)
To: verga
It’s Houston... The armpit of Texas.
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posted on
10/15/2014 3:45:26 PM PDT
by
ViLaLuz
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
To: verga
They elected her the same way they elected Sheila Jackson Lee. ‘Nuff said.
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posted on
10/15/2014 3:46:40 PM PDT
by
JohnBovenmyer
(Obama been Liberal. Hope Change!)
To: Impala64ssa
If I were a Pastor, I’m afraid my response would be very unpastor-like.
To: Impala64ssa
Scratch a leftist and just underneath the skin lurks a fascist.
Mayor Anus Porker is Exhibit A to that!
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posted on
10/15/2014 3:52:54 PM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: Fungi
The mayor is a lesbian and is using every dirty, unlawful trick in the book to go after her enemies. She has no shame, leftists never do. Perfect example why elections have consequences. IIRC only about 5% of the Houston electorate bothered to vote when gay Mayor Porker ran. 5%, that's about all the lesbos, homos and trannies and whatever other scum sucking vermin Houston has residing inside its city limits.
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posted on
10/15/2014 3:54:38 PM PDT
by
Ron H.
To: Impala64ssa
sorry, hard drive crash... now go screw yourself
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posted on
10/15/2014 3:55:14 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Ron H.
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posted on
10/15/2014 3:58:52 PM PDT
by
Fungi
(The bigger the government, the smaller the individual.)
To: Impala64ssa
Calypso Louie Farraklan...called homosexuality a bigger threat to the sanctity of the Black family than drugs or racism. Well....I think he should be made to answer that issue again.
Hey Louie!
Have you changed your position on faggots?
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posted on
10/15/2014 3:59:05 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
To: mkmensinger
To: Chode
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posted on
10/15/2014 4:00:23 PM PDT
by
Fungi
(The bigger the government, the smaller the individual.)
To: Impala64ssa
These political thugs want to know what the pastors are talking about? Pick up a Bible and read some of it, morons. It’s been in print for - gosh, what? - ages!
To: Fungi
worked for them... right?
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posted on
10/15/2014 4:43:22 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Impala64ssa
Well, the mayor is obvious a witch, and I figure that City Attorney David Feldman is her familiar.
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posted on
10/15/2014 5:09:42 PM PDT
by
yefragetuwrabrumuy
("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
To: Impala64ssa
On a side matter does anyone know if Breitbart is down today. Perhaps my ISP is blocking it. Anyone else having problems bringing up Breitbart.com this afternoon? Ive been trying for about 2-3 hours with no success as of yet?
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posted on
10/15/2014 5:09:44 PM PDT
by
Ron H.
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