Annise Parker’s contempt for first amendment rights.

As I said only yesterday, homosexualists are more and more seeking to force acceptance for their way of life through intimidation and hateful abuse of those who will not give their assent. In this morning’s news I found a further example of just that. In the City of Houston, Texas, where mayor Annise Parker is a lesbian, city attorneys have subpoenaed the sermons given by local pastors.

“Houston’s embattled equal rights ordinance took another legal turn this week when it surfaced that city attorneys, in an unusual step, subpoenaed sermons given by local pastors who oppose the law and are tied to the conservative Christian activists that have sued the city. Opponents of the equal rights ordinance are hoping to force a repeal referendum when they get their day in court in January, claiming City Attorney David Feldman wrongly determined they had not gathered enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot. City attorneys issued subpoenas last month during the case’s discovery phase, seeking, among other communications, “all speeches, presentations, or sermons related to HERO, the Petition, Mayor Annise Parker, homosexuality, or gender identity prepared by, delivered by, revised by, or approved by you or in your possession.” The subpoenas were issued to several high-profile pastors and religious leaders who have been vocal in opposing the ordinance. The Alliance Defending Freedom has filed a motion on behalf of the pastors seeking to quash the subpoenas.”

If you want to know what my sermons are about no subpoenas are necessary, just come to church on Sunday. I seldom if ever refer overtly to anything political, however Christian faith and morality often carry with them public implications. In fact my congregation just so happens to include members of the city council, a number of attorneys, and two judges.

I am unashamed of the Gospel that I preach every Sabbath. But to require that I submit my sermons to governmental scrutiny or any political use outside the context of worship is an egregious a violation of religious freedom, that it’s unthinkable that any city attorney, particularly a city attorney of a major a city like Houston, would not automatically refuse any such directive.

That the civic leaders of a major American metropolis imagined that this was somehow a legitimate use of civic powers is astounding.

Read the whole article here.