Tag Archives: Annise Parker

And again the wingnuts conveniently fail to disclose that the subpoenas are a standard discovery response to the lawsuit filed by the anti-gay hate group.

ABOVE: World Net Daily, Townhall, Canada Free Press, and PJ Media. The madness has already spawned a Snopes entry. And of course, Brian Brown never misses an opportunity: Let me express both my gratitude and my admiration for the courageous religious leaders who were not only brave enough to preach hard moral truths in a society that is not welcoming …

Joel McDurmon writes at American Vision: Several people have contacted me over the recent Fox News headline, “City of Houston demands pastors turn over sermons.” WND.com was even broader: “Houston demands oversight of sermons.” There is no doubt that the Mayor and City Council are radical and aggressive LGBT activists trying to advance their agenda against all morality and the …

“I’m proud to stand with the pastors. Religious liberty is the very first protection in the Bill of Rights, the foundation of all of our liberties. The City of Houston’s subpoenas demanding that pastors provide the government with copies of their sermons is both shocking and shameful. For far too long, the federal government has led an assault against religious …

Teabagistan has been in an utter uproar for the last 24 hours after the city of Houston subpoenaed anti-gay pastors with a demand for copies of recent sermons in order to determine whether they were advocating for the repeal of the city’s recently approved LGBT rights ordinances. Opponents of the equal rights ordinance are hoping to force a repeal referendum …

Openly lesbian Houston Mayor Annise Parker has made the short list for the 2014 World Mayor Prize, an international contest to name to the world’s best mayor. Parker is just one of three United States mayors to make the cut. Her North American counterparts Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett and Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson are also …

“[Houston] City Attorney David Feldman did not have the legal authority to intervene with the validation and acted as judge, jury, and executioner by declaring 2,750 entire petitions invalid due to his claim of technical problems. The fact that a very diverse pastor-led coalition, in only 30 days, produced over 55,000 signatures in this historic effort makes it crystal clear …

As expected, the former chairman of the Harris County GOP and several Christian pastors have filed suit against Houston after the petition campaign to repeal the city’s LGBT rights ordinance was rejected due to a lack of valid signatures. Plaintiff and conservative activist Jared Woodfill said his group is asking a state district judge to declare that City Secretary Anna …

Via the Houston Chronicle: Opponents of Houston’s new non-discrimination ordinance turned in well more than the minimum number of signatures needed to trigger a November vote on whether to repeal the measure. A group of conservative political and faith leaders on Thursday claimed to have gathered more than 50,000 signatures within the 30-day window after the ordinance’s passage, about 30,000 …

Earlier this month a Houston anti-gay group called on Christian men to “occupy” the city’s ladies restrooms in order to protect women from the coming avalanche of bearded men in dresses. Or something. Their petition drive to repeal Houston’s just-approved LGBT rights ordinance faces its signature deadline on Sunday. Today Jeremy Hooper tips us to a bizarre radio commercial that …

Via Watchmen News: The city of Houston has been taken over by the Gaystapo and its homosexual leader Mayor Annise Parker. It wasn’t enough to elect a self-proclaimed lesbian as the mayor of the city. The City Council, in an 11-6 vote, has now shoved the gay agenda done the throats of the people of Houston and those who visit …

Enjoy the anguish.

And it’s finally done. The emotional battle over the controversial Equal Rights Ordinance finally came to an end Wednesday night at Houston City Hall. City Council passed the ordinance in an 11-6 vote. Earlier Wednesday, hundreds of people signed up to speak on the issue in advance of the city council casting their ballots for or against the measure. Wednesday’s …

Things are underway. You can hear angry chanting from the haters outside the chamber.  Watch live here.

The Houston City Council is holding its debate on the proposed LGBT rights ordinance. Watch live here. Here’s what happened yesterday: On the eve before a scheduled city council vote on the measure, Mayor Annise Parker announced a last-minute change to the draft, hoping to appease critics concerned over transgender people using restrooms. “Tomorrow, there will be a motion to …

Watch it live right now. (Tipped by JMG reader Mike)

Vote here. (Tipped by JMG reader CD 2001)

“All we have to do is turn on the news and every day we see more and more encroachment upon pastors from this administration. All they have to do is be aware of what’s happening around us and to be aware, for example, that in the city of San Antonio, if a pastor speaks on Romans 1, he could be …

JMG reader Mike writes: The City of Houston has now posted the draft language of the ERO (Equal Rights Ordinance) on its web site. A large coalition of LGBT and non-LGBT groups contributed to getting this ordinance to this point, including pressuring the Mayor and Council to include private employers in the non-discrimination provisions. LGBT organizations included Equality Texas, HRC, …