From the 14th Amendment:
"Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States [emphasis added]; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
"Section 5: The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article."
In fact, consider that Acts 22:25-29 shows that Paul used his Roman citizenship to save himself from being flogged.
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Not only would I not be surprised if referenced church is not familiar with 14A, and therefore cannot argue that amendment in its defense not to hire so-called LGBT pastors, but also consider the following.
On one hand, we're stuck with a gridlocked Congress for the next two years, the Democratic-controlled House predictably unwilling to exercise Congress's 14A power to make punitive laws to discourage state actors from abridging constitutionally enumerated protections, 1st Amendment protected religious expression and free speech in this case.
On the other hand, master deal maker Pres. Trump could probably use 14A as a lever to get Congress to strengthen enumerated protections.
THIS is a hill to die on.
unconstitutional.
I thought we were suppose to have seperation of church and state?
Nope.
Bob Hope
Joel O’Steen is livid at this! Just Kidding...he agrees with homosexuality
That sucks. Literally....
...in the vestibule...in the Chancery...in the Choir room...in the Pastor’s office...in the Men’s room, the Woman’s room...
This is coming soon to Orthodox Jewish institutions, which are the bastion of heterodoxy. Already Orthodox Jews are being harassed for perceived racism, misogyny, etc.
If the Catholics ever get around to cleaning house, their clergy will have somewhere to go.
No way!
Texas Ping.
Sadly there will be some so called churches that will utterly embrace this nonsense. In reality they are all doing God’s people a favour by go forcing the true church back to their main calling which is preaching the Gospel.
It only stops when we hang the guilty.
Someone once said, “A people unwilling to use extreme violent force to obtain or preserve their liberty deserve s the tyrants that rule them”
Total violation of the First Amendment of the US Constitution.
This will be struck down.
That is illegal unconstitutional and wrong. Why not mosques???????
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Has Austin not learned of the separation?
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Looks like Meghan Stabler is down in the mud with this.
She is mentioned here...
“I firmly believe they waited to file until [Kavanaugh] was confirmed,” Meghan Stabler, a noted Austin LGBTQ activist and former board member of the Human Rights Campaign, told me.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/religious-extremists-got-justice-now-094516683.html?guccounter=1
https://about.me/meghanstabler
https://twitter.com/meghanstabler
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/696847280448475136/m0sXB7xa_400x400.jpg
Pretty sure this is correct as well, https://personalstoriesproject.org/meghanstabler/
I wonder which ones on the Austin City Councle pushed this and I bet a dollar Meghan is tied in somehow.
Anyone in Austin that can make or disprove this possable connection?
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The Bible believing churches that have chosen to be fence sitters have gotten us into this mess. And you know what Jesus said about that!
