Showing posts with label Annise Parker. Show all posts
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Monday, November 3, 2014

Houston Pastors Send Bold Message To Their Mayor: ‘Don’t Mess With The Pulpits Of America’ 

Dave Urbanski, Nov. 2, 2014, The Blaze

After Dr. Ed Young walked up to the microphone at Grace Community Church in Houston, Texas, Sunday night, the pastor of First Baptist Church had a stern message for the mayor of the city: ”Don’t mess with the pulpits of America.”

Those gathered in the sanctuary for “I Stand Sunday” — a spirited event in reaction to the now-withdrawn subpoena of pastors’ homosexuality-themed speeches and sermons that caused a nationwide uproar over freedom of speech and religion — cheered and clapped loudly in response.

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Black Pastor: Gay Mayor's Attack on Christian Pastors Is 'Truly The Next Civil Rights Movement'

Houston Mayor Annise Parker
Penny Starr, Oct. 28, 2014, CNS News

The Reverend Bill Owens, founder and president of the Coalition of African American Pastors, said the attack on Christian pastors by the openly gay mayor of Houston, who subpoenaed their sermons and other communications after they opposed a city ordinance that allows transgender people to use any public restroom, signals the need for “the next civil rights movement.”

Owens, speaking from Houston, told CNSNews.com that he and other pastors in his coalition held a press conference on Tuesday to support the Houston pastors and express their concern about this threat to religious liberty.

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