Tag Archives: Houston

NOM Co-Sponsors Houston Hate Rally

Brian Brown has announced his partnership with the coming Houston hate rally against “sermon-grabbing homofascist” Mayor Annise Parker. Five pastors and churches in have had their internal church communications subpoenaed by Mayor Annise Parker. This is part of an intimidation campaign that comes amidst a lawsuit brought by citizens against the city of Houston after a petition from residents was …

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Pastor Who Called For God To Murder Obama Supports FRC’s Houston Hate Rally

“Whereas, City Attorneys responded by issuing a tyrannical, unprecedented demand that key pastors turn over their sermons, and other communications related to homosexuality and/or the immorality of the perverse, unjust ordinance, and; Whereas, this demand of the pastors is an attack on the religious liberty and freedom of speech for which our Baptist forefathers suffered in order to teach and …

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HOUSTON: Hate Groups To Rally Against Mayor Annise Parker On November 2nd

Tony Perkins, Todd Starnes, Mike Huckabee, Phil Robertson, Rick Scarborough, the Benham brothers, and a clown car cavalcade of other crackpots will rally in Houston on Sunday, November 2nd to denounce “sermon-grabbing homofascist” Mayor Annise Parker. Sponsoring the event, which will be live-streamed to churches nationwide, are the Family Research Council, Alliance Defending Freedom, Liberty Counsel, Texas Values, Iowa’s Family …

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Pat Robertson: Gays Are Terrorists

Via Right Wing Watch: These people are terrorists, they’re radicals and they’re extremists. No Christian in his right mind would ever try to enforce somebody against their belief or else suffer jail. They did that during the Inquisition, it was horrible, it was a black mark on our history, but it isn’t being done now. There’s no Christian group I …

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Townhall Writer Attacks Houston’s “Old Bull-Dyke” Mayor Because Jesus

“If I were gay I wouldn’t give a flip if pastors spoke against my particular penchant — like Houston’s old lesbian mayor has been doing – because I cherish this thing called ‘liberty’. Yep, as a hypothetical gay dude I would still embrace freedom of speech and not get my neckerchief in a wad because some Southern Baptist doesn’t like …

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HOUSTON: Ted Cruz Joins Area Pastors In Denouncing Mayor Annise Parker

Video by the Family Research Council. Of course. Remember, all of this hysteria comes from the Christianist battle to repeal Houston’s LGBT rights ordinance – local legislation that exists in similar form in more than one hundred major US cities and municipalities.

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Houston Refiles Subpoenas

This won’t lessen the screaming, of course.

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Focus On The Family On Houston

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.

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Houston Headlines In Teabagistan

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 …

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Anti-Gay Christian Calls Out Christian Right For Lies About Houston Subpoenas

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 …

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Sen. Ted Cruz Slams Annise Parker

“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 …

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Tony Perkins: Bully Annise Parker Has Taken A Bulldozer To Religious Freedom

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HOUSTON: City Subpoenas Sermons Of Anti-Gay Pastors Over Campaign To Repeal Recently Passed LGBT Rights Ordinance

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 …

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Houston Pride Leaves The Gayborhood

For the first since its inaugural event in 1979, next year’s Houston Pride will take place downtown instead of in the gayborhood of Montrose. Via ABC Houston: The decision to move the Pride Festival from Montrose to downtown is getting mixed reviews from the LGBT community. Pride Houston held a community meeting today to explain its decision. The group says …

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HOUSTON: Mayor Annise Parker On Short List For “Best Mayor In World” Award

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 …

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Quote Of The Day – Dave Welch

“[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 …

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HOUSTON: Judge OK’s LGBT Rights Bill,
Issue Won’t Be On November Ballot,
Haters Get January Court Date

This afternoon a Texas district court judge lifted the temporary restraining order on Houston’s equal rights ordinance and set a January court date for a trial regarding the validation of the repeal signatures. The issue will NOT be on the November ballot, much to the sadz of Texas Values leader Jonathan Saenz. UPDATE: But wait, there’s more. Also Friday, Houston’s …

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HOUSTON: Divorce Records Show Wife Of Hate Group Leader Jonathan Saenz Left Him For Another Woman

Via Lone Star Q: Mere months before Jonathan Saenz became president of the anti-gay group Texas Values, his wife left him for another woman, according to Hays County district court records obtained by Lone Star Q. The revelation could help explain Saenz’s seemingly abrupt transformation from socially conservative lobbyist to homophobic firebrand. Saenz, a devout Catholic, has been a right-wing …

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HOUSTON: Anti-Gay Activists Sue City Over Rejection Of LGBT Rights Repeal

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 …

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